Please note that the following two documents have been posted on page:<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_5">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/</span></a><br><br>
Staff Overview of recent WHOIS activities<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-staff-overview-of-whois11oct07.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_6">http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/icann-staff-overview-of-whois11oct07.pdf
</span></a><br><br>Staff Implementation notes WHOIS working group report<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-whoiswg-report-staff-implementation-notes-11oct07.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_7">
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-whoiswg-report-staff-implementation-notes-11oct07.pdf</span></a><br><br>Public comments are open on the WHOIS process until <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_8">
30 October 2007</span>.<br><a href="http://www.icann.org/public_comment/" target="_blank"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_9">http://www.icann.org/public_comment/</span></a><br><br>Please submit comments to: <
<a href="mailto:whois-comments-2007@icann.org"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_10">whois-comments-2007@icann.org</span></a>><br>Comments may be viewed at:<br><a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2007/" target="_blank">
<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_11">http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2007/</span></a><br><br>Explanation: A Whois taskforce convened in June 2005 completed its
work <br>and sent a final report to the GNSO Council in March 2007. In that <br>report, a majority of members endorsed a proposal called the <br>"Operational Point of Contact" (OPOC) where a domain name registrant
<br>would be able to choose a third-party to appear in the public Whois <br>information for this domain and the registrant's contact details
would <br>no longer be displayed.<br><br>Expanding on that work, the GNSO Council in March created a Whois <br>working group to examine three issues and make recommendations on them:<br><br>1. To examine the roles, responsibilities and requirements of the OPOC,
<br>and what happens if they are not fulfilled;<br>2. To examine how legitimate interests will access unpublished <br>registration data; and<br>3. To examine whether publication of registration contact information <br>should be based on the type of registered name holder (legal vs.
natural <br>persons) or the registrant's use of a domain name.<br><br>The working group's report [pdf] was published on 20 August 2007. On 6 <br>September 2007, the GNSO Council approved a resolution for further
<br>public comment on the report with the intention to lead to a vote on
the <br>issue on <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_12">31 October 2007</span> during the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_13">
Los Angeles</span> <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_14">ICANN</span> meeting. The <br>resolution called for ICANN staff to prepare a "draft final report"
<br>covering the Whois reports referenced above and called Staff Overview
of <br>Recent GNSO WHOIS Activity [pdf]. Public comments are invited on both
of <br>the GNSO Council's Whois reports and recommendations referenced above <br>and summarized in the Staff Overview of Recent GNSO WHOIS Activity.<br><br>Comments will be taken until 00:00 UTC (<span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_15">
17:00 PDT</span>) on <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_16">30 October 2007</span>.<br><br>Please take time to submit comments.<br>Thank you.<br>
<br>Kind regards,<br><br> Glen de Saint Géry<br><br>GNSO Secretariat - <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1192456835_17">ICANN</span><br>gnso.secretariat[at]
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