[To: council@gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c@gnso.iacnn.org] Reminder to the GNSO Constituencies and to GNSO liaisons to the GNSO Council, to appoint representatives to the 3 WHOIS task forces voted on at the GNSO Council meeting in Carthage, by Friday 14 November, 2003. Participants: - 1 representative from each constituency - ALAC liaison - GAC liaison - ccNSO liaison - SECSAC liaison - liaisons from other GNSO WHOIS task forces - up to three outside advisors The ICANN bylaws http://www.icann.org/general/archive-bylaws/bylaws-15dec02.htm#AnnexA 5. Composition and Selection of Task Forces a. Upon voting to appoint a task force, the Council shall invite each of the constituencies of the GNSO to appoint one individual to participate in the task force. Additionally, the Council may appoint up to three outside advisors to sit on the task force. (Each task force member is referred to in this Annex as a "Representative" and collectively, the "Representatives"). The Council may increase the number of Representatives per constituency that may sit on a task force in its discretion in circumstances that it deems necessary or appropriate. b. Any constituency wishing to appoint a Representative to the task force must submit the name of the constituency designee to the Staff Manager within ten (10) calendar days after such request in order to be included on the task force. Such designee need not be a member of the Council, but must be an individual who has an interest, and ideally knowledge and expertise, in the area to be developed, coupled with the ability to devote a substantial amount of time to task force activities. c. The Council may also pursue other options that it deems appropriate to assist in the PDP, including appointing a particular individual or organization to gather information on the issue or scheduling meetings for deliberation or briefing. All such information shall be submitted to the Staff Manager within thirty-five (35) calendar days after initiation of the PDP. The Descriptions of Work for the 3 task Forces: http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tor.shtml Title: Restricting access to WHOIS data for marketing purposes http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tor2.shtml Title: Review of data collected and displayed http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tor3.shtml Title: Improving Accuracy of collected data Please inform the GNSO secretariat with the full contact details for the representatives. Thank you very much. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org