RE: [council] Fourth draft of WHOIS task force terms of reference

["Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Maria,

> 
> I have two editing suggestions regarding the terms of 
> reference.  One is to tighten or footnote the language about 
> the Internet's unique identifiers in the first paragraph so 
> that it can't be interpreted as including other unique 
> identifiers such as IP numbers.  I know the text in this 
> draft is there to avoid opening up other debates, so I will 
> try to find some existing language that describes ICANN's 
> role.  Failing that, I'll suggest a footnote to narrow the 
> scope of the term. 
> 

The statement of mission at the beginning of the terms of reference is
simply a factual statement of ICANN's mission from the bylaws.   The
remaining text of the terms of reference define the tasks of the task
force.
I will review the remaining text to make clear that this task force is
looking at gTLD domain name WHOIS, rather than the use of the WHOIS
service/protocol with respect to other identifiers.

Regards,
Bruce