Dear All, the following Webinar is highly recommended. Please be so kind to note that you need to register as soon as possible by emailing alice.jansen@icann.org to receive log-in and dial-in details for the Webinars. Kind regards, Olivier -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Soac-infoalert] RDS Risk Survey and Webinar Reminder - Tomorrow & Thursday Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:07:55 -0700 From: Charla Shambley <charla.shambley@icann.org> To: soac-infoalert@icann.org <soac-infoalert@icann.org> CC: Margie Milam <Margie.Milam@icann.org> Dear SO/AC: This is a reminder that the */Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=40175189>/* will be holding a webinar on how to participate in its recently launched Registration Directory Service (RDS) Risk Survey: *Date:* Wednesday, 16 April 2014 *Time:* 19:00-20:30 UTC (time converter: http://tinyurl.com/n9rsmfx) * * *Date:* Thursday, 17 April 2014 *Time:* 12:00-13:30 UTC (time converter: http://tinyurl.com/ouzekzx) If you provide or use gTLD domain name registration data (today known as Whois), please consider responding to this survey to share your unique perspective on potential risks and benefits associated with the EWG's proposed RDS, should ICANN choose to implement such as system to replace Whois. Today, anyone can query Whois to identify the organization or individual responsible for an Internet domain name, known as a Registrant, along with their postal address, email address, and telephone number. The EWG was asked to re-examine the purpose and provision of this information, envisioning a clean-slate approach to meet global Internet community needs with greater privacy, accuracy, and accountability. The EWG's proposed next generation RDS would collect, validate and disclose registration information for permissible purposes only, with some values remaining public and others being gated -- that is, returned only to authorized users with legitimate purposes. At this point, the RDS is simply a proposal being refined by the EWG for ICANN Board and community consideration. If you are one of the many different individuals, businesses, and other organizations that consume Whois data today, or a domain name Registrant, Registrar, or Registry that provides Whois data today, please participate in this survey. This survey is a chance to tell the EWG about the risks and benefits that the recommended RDS might have for YOU. All risks and benefits identified through this survey will be published in aggregated, anonymized form and used by the EWG to refine its recommendations and as input to a full risk assessment. *RDS Risk Survey attributes:* · RDS Risk Survey Availability Date: 15 March 2014 · RDS Risk Survey address: http://tiny.cc/risk-ewg-survey · RDS Risk Survey Close Date: *15 May 2014, 23:59 UTC* To read more, you may download a printable PDF <http://www.icann.org/en/groups/other/gtld-directory-services/rds-risk-survey...> [PDF, 1.93 MB] before returning to http://tiny.cc/risk-ewg-survey to take the on-line survey. Translated versions of this survey will also be available shortly. */ /* */To learn more about this survey, please join the EWG for this interactive online workshop: How will Next Generation Registration Directory Services impact you?/* *Date:* Wednesday, 16 April 2014 *Time:* 19:00-20:30 UTC (time converter: http://tinyurl.com/n9rsmfx) *Date:* Thursday, 17 April 2014 *Time:* 12:00-13:30 UTC (time converter: http://tinyurl.com/ouzekzx) Additional details on the interactive online workshop are available here <http://www.icann.org/en/about/learning/webinars/rds-workshop-04apr14-en.htm>. Sincerely, ICANN Staff, on behalf of the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services