[council] GNSO Council invites Recommendations for Future Studies on WHOIS

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GNSO Council invites Recommendations for Future Studies on WHOIS

Public comments are invited until 15 February 2008 on recommendations
for future studies on the WHOIS system.

Submit comments to: whois-comments-2008@xxxxxxxxx
View comments at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/

Background
At the 31 October meeting in Los Angeles, the Generic Names Supporting
Organization (GNSO) Council voted to conduct several studies of the
WHOIS system, concluding that a comprehensive, objective and
quantifiable understanding of key factual issues regarding the gTLD
WHOIS system will benefit future GNSO policy development efforts.
Before defining the details of these studies, the Council is soliciting
suggestions from the community for specific topics of study on WHOIS
that community stakeholders recommend be conducted.
Possible areas of study might include a study of certain aspects of gTLD
registrants and registrations, a study of certain uses and misuses of
WHOIS data, a study of the use of proxy registration services, including
privacy services, or a comparative study of gTLD and ccTLD WHOIS.
If you would like to offer suggestions about topics of study on WHOIS,
please do so by completing the online form available by clicking on the
following link http://forms.icann.org/cgi/study-suggestions. Please 
submit a separate online form for
each study that you recommend should be conducted and answer all
questions with as much detail as possible.  Please limit your online
answers to 1-2 paragraphs per question.  Additional detail and any
supporting materials may be emailed to: whois-comments-2008@xxxxxxxxx.
You are also invited to comment on proposed studies that have already
been posted.  To do so please reference the specific proposal you are
commenting on.  Lastly, you may also provide input via email, instead of
posting online via the form provided.  To do so, please send email to
whois-comments-2008@xxxxxxxxx.
More information about policy activities related to WHOIS can be found
at: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/

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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
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Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat - ICANN
gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org