Hi Tom, Yes, I take your overall point! As to the details of how this came about, the answer has more of a technical reason, not so much a policy rationale. I wanted to solicit full reach information (which is not usually the case for public comments) so that I could follow up and ask clarifying questions if need be, without revealing all info to the world, but couldn't separate the "name and affiliation" from the reach info, so we opted to blank out all from the public view. I guess I'll operate like an OPOC in this case...I will RELAY but not REVEAL! Liz -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Keller Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:50 AM To: 'GNSO.SECRETARIAT@GNSO.ICANN.ORG'; 'Council GNSO' Subject: AW: [council] Whois study suggetsions Hello, What strikes me as very strange is that everyone who registeres a domain name in the gTLD world will be held out to the public but persons/groups that suggest further studies on this issue are Submitted By: [Redacted for privacy reasons] protected. Best, tom -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] Im Auftrag von GNSO.SECRETARIAT@GNSO.ICANN.ORG Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2008 19:52 An: 'Council GNSO' Betreff: [council] Whois study suggetsions Dear Council members, The 3 study suggestion responses to topics of study on WHOIS may be directly viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/msg00001.html http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/msg00002.html http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/msg00003.html These are published on page: http://www.icann.org/public_comment/ and by clicking on the link at the bottom of the text marked [comments], http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments-2008/ the studies may be seen along with any comments that may be submitted. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks you. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org