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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.
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