Wearing my RySG Councilor hat, here is a letter that the RySG sent to the Board regarding concerns we have about the Board's action to form its own Data Consumer Protection Working Group as well as its apparent support for unilaterally changing Whois requirements in a top-down manner. Chuck From: David W. Maher [mailto:dmaher@pir.org] Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2010 2:02 PM To: peter.dengatethrush@icann.org Cc: rod.beckstrom@icann.org; Gomes, Chuck; diane.schroeder@icann.org Subject: Letter from the Registries Stakeholder Group Dear Peter: Attached to this message is a letter from the Registries Stakeholder Group of the ICANN GNSO regarding resolution 2.10 passed by the ICANN Board on September 25, 2010 with respect to the Board's action items on "Searchable Whois". We would appreciate it if this letter could be made available to the entire Board. Best regards David David W. Maher Chair, Registries Stakeholder Group Senior Vice President - Law & Policy .ORG, The Public Interest Registry 1775 Wiehle Ave, #200 Reston, VA 20190 USA (v) +1-312-876-8055 (f) +1-312-876-7934 http://www.pir.org <http://www.pir.org/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.