Dear Councillors, See the Triage group's suggestion on ICANN's Request for Information on Registration Directory Service User Accreditation ("no action"). Should you have a different opinion, please, let us know by posting it to the email list, by Thursday, 13 February at the latest. Thanks, Gabi == Topic: Request for Information on Registration Directory Service User Accreditation Originator: ICANN Summary of request: ICANN is posting this Request for Information to identify any organisations capable of accrediting users of the new Registration Directory Service (RDS) now under consideration to replace the current WHOIS system. RDS users may include (but are not limited to) Registrants, Proxy Service Providers and Customers, Internet Technical Staff, On-Line Service Providers, Individual and Business Internet Users, Internet Researchers, Intellectual Property Owners, Law Enforcement Agencies, Operations/Security Incident Investigators, and others requesting gTLD domain name registration data for legitimate purposes. http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10feb14-en.htm Date received: 11 February 2014 Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: 10 March 2014 Recommended action, if any: None Expertise needed, if any: Various Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: Low