There's another call for public comments on WHOIS, <http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-14sep07.htm>. While previous comments have met with resounding silence and lack of follow-up or recognition, ALAC might want to share the opportunity for comment with at-large participants. More significantly, now that the Working Group has officially concluded and turned its report over to the GNSO Council, ALAC should consider providing public perspectives to the GNSO Council and ultimately the Board. I would (personally) recommend that ALAC support allowing domain name registrants to designate an Operational Point of Contact to be listed in the WHOIS record for their domains -- I don't think that reduces accountability, but increases contactability. In the absence of consensus, however, I would recommend that we at least (once again...) gather and submit comments reflecting the range of views users and registrants have on the issue. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org Visiting Professor, Northeastern University School of Law Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ http://www.torproject.org/