Dear Alan, So, here they want to "develop a survey to estimate the level of agreement that the conclusions and assumptions in the Inventory of Whois Service Requirements Report of 29 July 2010 have in the ICANN community". I am not sure this is even necessary, because they report was already the result of a large consultation. Obviously, the "level of agreement" measured through a survey will change depending which part of the community is asked to reply. If it is just a public survey where everyone can participate, a bit like the open microphone sessions, I trust the IPR community will lobby hard against the authentication/authorization/privacy matters. My question to the GNSO would be to first ask for a clear view of the target population of this survey and how the various parts of the community will be weighted in compiling the final results. Regards, Patrick -- Blog: http://patrick.vande-walle.eu Twitter: http://twitter.vande-walle.eu