[ga] Thick whois?

["Joop Teernstra" <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The question whether a thick whois is appropriate for the current structure 
of empowered private Registries is a very important one that should indeed 
be debated here.
This is an issue that affects ALL domain name owners.
This is the oldest forum where people who have always felt that they are 
representative of the typical individual domain registrant can still speak 
out.
My humble position is that before any changes are ordained to services like 
Whois, Registries should be recast as not-for-profit democratically governed 
cooperatives of Domain Name holders.
Ideally.

So for the moment my answer to the thick-whois question is No.
Who agrees?

Joop

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randel H Hanes" <hanes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 2:22 AM
Subject: [ga] Still waiting to see...


> I added myself to the DNSO mailing list before ICANN became what it is
> today.
> Moved over to GNSO in hope to keep my finger on the pulse of changing
> policies and view projects to watch out for issues that could up for 
> debate.
> I signed on understanding the list's rule that can be read near the
> bottom of the FAQ page
> http://gnso.icann.org/faq.html
>
> If you look over the GNSO Project Status List
> (http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/pending-projects-list.pdf), is there
> something that seems to give you pause..
> like the matter of Protection of the Red Cross/IOC names for the New
> gTLD program. Should there be a special preference for one organization
> over another?
>
> Or how about something in that was covered over the Agenda for the GNSO
> Council Meeting 12 April 2012
> (http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-council-12apr12-en.htm). Is there
> any commit for a proposal to modify the WHOIS in the debate of Thick vs.
> Thin Whois for New gTLDs?
>
> Come on folks... lets see some relevant chatter.