[council] WHOIS Policy Review Team Meeting: 20-21 September 2011 Marina del Rey

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-19sep11-en.htm

WHOIS Policy Review Team Meeting: 20-21 September 2011 Marina del Rey

19 September 2011

With a view to issuing a draft final report by the ICANN Dakar meeting, the 
WHOIS Policy Review Team will hold a two-day face-to-face meeting in Marina del 
Rey (Los Angeles) on 20-21 September 2011.

Silent observers are more than welcome to remotely attend this session. 
Comments, however, will not be taken and should be submitted during the next 
WHOIS Review Team's Interaction with the Community session that will be held in 
Dakar on Wednesday, 26 October (foreseen timeslot: 14:30-16:00).

For the Marina del Rey meeting details, please refer to the following wiki 
page: https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/Marina+del+Rey+Meeting

The Review Team also invites the Community to visit its public wiki for more 
information on its activities: 
https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/WHOIS+Policy+Review+Team

Background

The WHOIS Policy Review 
Team<https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/WHOIS+Policy+Review+Team> 
was launched in October 2010 in line with the Affirmation of 
Commitments<http://www.icann.org/en/documents/affirmation-of-commitments-30sep09-en.htm>
 (AoC) provisions, section 9.3.1, which stipulates that:

"ICANN additionally commits to enforcing its existing policy relating to WHOIS, 
subject to applicable laws. Such existing policy requires that ICANN implement 
measures to maintain timely, unrestricted and public access to accurate and 
complete WHOIS information, including registrant, technical, billing, and 
administrative contact information. [...]. The WHOIS Policy Review Team is 
composed of ten SO/AC representatives, two independent experts, one Law 
Enforcement representative, the ICANN President and CEO (Selector)'s designated 
nominee, and the Chair of the GAC (Selector)'s designated nominee. For full 
reference, please consult 
:http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/composition-4-en.htm.

In March 2011, the WHOIS Policy RT submitted its scope of work and 
roadmap<https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/Scope+and+Roadmap+of+the+WHOIS+RT>,
 outreach plan<https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/Outreach+plan>, 
action plan<https://community.icann.org/display/whoisreview/Action+plan> and 
list of key definitions for public comment 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-04mar11-en.htm.

It then solicited the Community's feedback on its Discussion 
Paper<http://www.icann.org/en/reviews/affirmation/whois-rt-discussion-paper-09jun11-en.pdf>
 [PDF, 182 KB] in June 2011 - 
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-09jun11-en.htm - and issued 
a Request for Proposals for a WHOIS Consumer Trust Research in July 2011.



Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

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http://gnso.icann.org