[council] RE: Motion on WHOIS Access recommendation

["Neuman, Jeff" <Jeff.Neuman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Wolf,

This is key, but also please review:


1.        SAC 51:  http://www.icann.org/en/groups/ssac/documents/sac-051-en.pdf


2.        And the final roadmap to implement SAC 51:  
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-6-04jun12-en.htm which 
is currently published and before the board.

I do disagree with some things in the road map like the legalistic approach to 
standards development which is a larger issue of how ICANN sees its own self 
regulatory model, but nonetheless, they need to be reviewed.


3.       Also, don't forget the current discussions with the registrars on the 
RAA amendments:  
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-7-04jun12-en.htm which 
have several sections dealing with WHOIS Access.



4.       And finally keep in mind that certain picket fence items not finalized 
in the RAA discussions, can be addressed in the PDP we approved (which I 
believe the motion is meant to address).


The main point is that the motion came out of a group whose recommendations are 
3 years old and do not take into consideration all of the work that is already 
underway.

Given all the work already underway, what is it that the motion adds that is 
not being done?

Thanks.

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Neustar, Inc. / Vice President, Business Affairs


From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
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Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 4:42 AM
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Subject: [council] Motion on WHOIS Access recommendation

All:

with regards to the a.m. motion which has been deferred to the Prague meeting 
I'd like to come back to the "definition of WHOIS Access" which was discussed 
at the last call.
In this context two defining documents should be given attention: the RAP WG 
Final Report and the WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report.

The RAP WG is pointing to "basic availability of and access to WHOIS data" 
which implies technical, operational and contractual aspects (see 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/rap/rap-wg-final-report-29may10-en.pdf; page 71 ff)

In this context it may be helpful to make reference to the definitions in the 
WHOIS Policy Review Team Final Report on WHOIS Data, WHOIS Protocol and WHOIS 
Service (see 
http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en; page 22 
ff)

I would appreciate if continuing this discussion on the list could lead to a 
more common understanding of the item until it comes to voting.

Best regards
Wolf-Ulrich