Hi, An action item I took away from the last meeting was to frame a request to the staff to collect the various requirements for a new Whois service tool or set of tools. In thinking about it, I decide that perhaps this should be a a formal request and should be done in the form of a motion. I have included a first draft of such a motion below. Please send comments. I plan to add it to the agenda for our next meeting. thanks a. Whereas there have been discussions for several years on the adequacy of the current set of Whois tools to provide the necessary functions to support existing and proposed Whois service policy requirements, and, there have been questions as to the adequacy of these tools for use in an IDN environment, and, that there have been extensive discussions about the requirements of the Whois service with respect to Registry and registrar operations, and, new architectures and tools have been developed and suggested by the technical community, resolved, The GNSO Council requests that Policy Staff, with the assistance of technical staff as required, collect and organize a comprehensive set of requirements for the Whois service policy tools. These requirements should reflect not only the known deficiencies in the current service but should include any possible requirements that may be needed to support various policy initiatives such as tiered services and privacy protection. The synthesis of requirements should be done in consultation with the SSAC, ALAC, GAC and the ccNSO and should be ready for community discussion in time for the Sydney meeting.