WHOIS Task Force 1 minutes

WHOIS Task Force 1 Teleconference December 2- Minutes

ATTENDEES:

GNSO Constituency representatives:
gTLD Registries constituency: - Jeff Neuman
gTLD Registries constituency - David Maher
Intellectual Property Interests Constituency - Jeremy Banks
Intellectual Property Interests Constituency - John Wolfe
Registrars Constituency - Paul Stahura
Commercial and Business Users constituency:- David Fares
Commercial and Business Users constituency:- Marilyn Cade
Non Commercial Users Constituency:- Milton Mueller

Liaisons:
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) liaisons - Thomas Roessler

ICANN Staff Manager: Barbara Roseman
GNSO Secretariat: Glen de Saint Géry

Absent:
Internet Service and Connectivity Providers constituency: - Antonio Harris
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) liaisons - Wendy Seltzer

Call for nominations for task force chair:
The GNSO Secretariat outlined the role of chair from the ICANN bylaws.
The role of chair is described in the ICANN bylaws as: ICANN Bylaws, Annex A, section 7 c. Appointment of Task Force Chair. The Staff Manager shall convene the first meeting of the task force within five (5) calendar days after receipt of the Charter. At the initial meeting, the task force members will, among other things, vote to appoint a task force chair. The chair shall be responsible for organizing the activities of the task force, including compiling the Task Force Report. The chair of a task force need not be a member of the Council.

Barbara Roseman referred to the in-scope and milestones from the WHOIS task force 1 terms of reference

David Fares nominated Bruce Beckwith on December 1, 2003, as task force chair. Jeff Neuman clarified that Bruce Beckwith was not a member of the task force and since he was not on the call, other nominations were called for.
Jeff Neuman nominated David Maher on December 1, 2003, as task force chair. David Maher declined the nomination during the teleconference
Jeff Neuman was nominated as task force chair by Marilyn Cade seconded by Milton Mueller.

Jeff Neuman was declared WHOIS task force 1 chair.
Five votes in favour, one abstention: Jeff Neuman

Statements of interest were called for from all the task force participants which would provide information about the participants involved in the policy development process when publishing the reports or policy proposals.

A question was raised on the the status of various participants in the Task Force, e.g., constituency representatives, liaisons, Nominating -Committee appointees, outside experts.
Barbara Roseman volunteered to solicit an opinion from ICANN General Counsel.

Jeff Neuman proposed
- sending out guidelines for the next conference call
- mapping out data gathering process
- requested all representatives to reflect on experts who could be called upon

Jeff Neuman thanked everyone for their presence and participation and ended the call at 16:30 UTC.

Next call: Tuesday 16 December 16:00 UTC, 11:00 EST, 8:00 Los Angeles, 17:00 CET.