Dear Colleagues,

As decided during our January call, here is a draft resolution for our decision not to participate in the RDS/WHOIS2 specific review. Again, as decided, I contacted Alan Greenberg, the chair of the review team, and asked if they need any new participants with specific skill-set. The RT has all the necessary skills to complete their work, which means we can move forward with this resolution (sorry for the delay).

Draft Resolution

Background

In May 2017 the ccNSO Council informed the ICANN Board of Directors that it did not consider itself to be in a position to nominate volunteers to the RDS/WHOIS2 review team for the following reasons (see: https://ccnso.icann.org/sites/default/files/file/field-file-attach/2017-05/sataki-to-crocker-02may17-en.pdf):

- Unclear scope and process to define scope. The scope of the RDS /WHOIS 2 review has been defined.

- Concurrent processes relating to RDS /WHOIS.

- Impact of EU GDPR and its implementation. The ccNSO expected that the GDPR and its required implementation would have a major impact on RDS and hence on any review, implying that any review of current processes and policies would be affected by the GDPR.

The Chair of the ccNSO was approached by the RDS/WHOIS review team to consider participation by the ccNSO, as the Review Team has almost agreed on the terms of Reference for the review.

The ccNSO Council discussed the request to consider participation at its meeting on 18 January 2018. The consensus view at the meeting was that at least 2 out of the 3 concerns are still outstanding, with the major one being the impact of the General Data Protection Regulation and its potential impact on WHOIS/RDS, including the recommendations of the first WHOIS review.

Decision

The ccNSO Council decides that the ccNSO will not participate in the RDS/WHOIS2 specific review. The ccNSO Council requests its chair to inform the chairs of the other participating Supporting Organisations and Advisory Committee and other relevant parties. The ccNSO Council thanks the volunteers who sought endorsement of the ccNSO.

Please let me know by Friday, 16 February, if you object to the resolution.

Thank you!

Kind regards,

]{atrina