I am presently traveling until midnight Tuesday. I ask that the proponents of Formulation have until Friday am to complete drafting changes. I believe Ken is also traveling and may not have seen emails. Marilyn Regards, Marilyn Cade -----Original Message----- From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:12:39 To:<council@gnso.icann.org> Subject: [council] Regarding WHOIS purpose Hello All, Following our discussion in Wellington, I have put forward a proposed motion in the Council agenda. Formulation 1 currently seems to have the most support, so I have suggested a motion for discussion as follows: "The GNSO Council recommends that the WHOIS task force use the following definition: "The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide information sufficient to contact a responsible party for a particular gTLD domain name who can resolve, or reliably pass on data to a party who can resolve, issues related to the configuration of the records associated with the domain name within a DNS nameserver." as a working definition to allow the task force to proceed on terms of reference (2), (3), and (4) (see: http://gnso.icann.org/policies/terms-of-reference.html )" If this motion fails, then we can put the motion forward using formulation 2. Note that it is also possible to amend the motion above. During the discussion in Wellington it seemed as though the proponents of formulation 2 wanted to adjust the formulation to better meet their intent. It would be helpful for Council members that wish to put forward an alternative formulation, post their formulation within the next 48 hours, so that Council members have time to consider. All Council members should also ensure that they are thoroughly familiar with the contents of the staff report at: http://www.gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tf-report-15mar06.htm Note that as the WHOIS task force proceeds with discussions on terms of reference: (2) Define the purpose of the Registered Name Holder, technical, and administrative contacts, in the context of the purpose of WHOIS, and the purpose for which the data was collected. And (3) Determine what data collected should be available for public access in the context of the purpose of WHOIS. Determine how to access data that is not available for public access. it would be appropriate to review the WHOIS purpose definition to see if it is still appropriate. Regards, Bruce Tonkin