ICANN News Alert <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-16apr13-en.htm Webinar: WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations - Implementation Update 16 April 2013 Join ICANN Staff for an update on ICANN's ongoing and planned activities to fully enforce the existing WHOIS policy for generic top-level domains. Webinar Details Date: Wednesday, 24 April Time: 15:00-16:30 UTC Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/whois/ You are invited to an update on ICANN's ongoing and planned activities to fully enforce the existing WHOIS policy and contractual conditions for gTLDs. These activities address ICANN's obligations to support access to accurate gTLD WHOIS data and are consistent with objectives included in the WHOIS Policy Review Team's recommendations. ICANN Staff will walk you through, and respond to questions on, the following projects: WHOIS as a strategic priority; RAA amendments; data accuracy/access; compliance and automated tools; internationalized registration data; WHOIS information portal; and outreach and communication efforts. Staff also will provide an overview of the efforts undertaken by the Expert Working Group to develop a proposed blueprint for gTLD directory services. Please join this webinar on Wednesday, 24 April at 15:00 UTC (duration 90 minutes). The meeting will be run in an Adobe Connect room with a slide presentation. The session will be conducted in English. Participants will have the opportunity to offer comments and ask questions during the Q&A section. During the course of the webinar, these may be submitted using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you cannot join the live session, the recording of the session will be made available shortly after the meeting. Please register via email to alice.jansen@icann.org by Tuesday, 23 April 23:59 UTC to receive the dial-in details. We will send you an e-mail reminder before the event with login and dial-in details. Background documents: * Blog post on WHOIS & What's to Come <http://blog.icann.org/2013/03/whois-whats-to-come/> * WHOIS policies and provisions <http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/whois-policies-provisions> * Board Resolution on WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/prelim-report-08nov12-en.htm
* WHOIS Policy Review Team Recommendations <http://www.icann.org/en/about/aoc-review/whois/final-report-11may12-en.pdf> [PDF, 1.44 MB]