Re: [ga] Thick whois?

[Jeffrey Williams <jwkckid2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Joop and all,

  Well given the current increasing rate of fake renewals of Domain Names
and too often inaccurate
registration data, I disagree, thick whois is most certainly needed at a
minimum.

Kindest regards,
Jeffrey A. Williams
Ph # 214-245-2647

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
>
> 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<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<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.
>>
>>
>>
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