Re: [ga] VeriSign's failure to implement Universal WHOIS by Dec 2002

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George and all former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,

  The last report available that I know of is here:
http://www.icann.org/gnso/whois-tf/report-19feb03.htm
Last "Restricted" Teleconference is located here:
 http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20030605.GNSOteleconf-minutes.html

Whois steering committee forum archives are located here:
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/whois-sc/
VERY INTERESTING...

George Kirikos wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was reading Appendix W of the ICANN-VeriSign Registry Agreement for
> .com at:
>
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/verisign/registry-agmt-appw-com-16apr01.htm
>
> which in part reads:
>
> "Registry Operator shall commence research and development of the
> Universal Whois Service no later than December 31, 2001. Registry
> Operator shall, insofar as is reasonably possible in view of Registry
> Operator's dependence on the cooperation of third parties, strive to
> achieve significant progress in implementing the Universal Whois
> Service by December 31, 2002."
>
> Given that VeriSign has failed to deliver on this "significant
> progress", shouldn't that be its priority at this time, rather than
> other "services" such as WLS and SiteFinder? VeriSign needs to be
> reminded that its *obligations* should precede its other ambitions.
>
> Appendix W also says that "Registry Operator shall provide ICANN with
> an annual report on this research and development activity." If someone
> would provide a link to the latest 2 annual reports for that R&D
> activity, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/

Regards,

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