Hello Chuck, Just a quite response that the creation of the Data and Consumer Protection Working Group is separate from the issues of WHOIS. The Data and Consumer Protection Working group has only met informally over breakfast so far, and from my perspective the purpose is to identify a set of issues relating to registry data for further consideration by the community - rather than to "create" any policies. WHOIS wasn't discussed. With respect to the text: "Searchable Whois: Refer to the Board Data Consumer Protection Working Group to study issues and provide information to the Board relating to access and privacy to develop recommendations for possible inclusion in the forthcoming version of the applicant guidebook." The wording could be better. The Board is asking the newly formed group to study the issues, but I am not yet clear what recommendations could emerge. Your letter is timely in this regard. I agreed to be a member of the working group - partly to ensure that it doesn't stray too far from identifying issues for further work (e.g creating an issues report with appropriate facts for discussion in the community), rather than creating policy on the fly at the Board level Regards, Bruce Tonkin