Council members:

Attached please find the final report of the WHOIS study group, which was convened by the Council on 27 March to examine the study recommendations suggested by the public (and later augmented with study suggestions recommended by the Government Advisory Committee), and to make a recommendation to the Council.

Also, in the course of discussions on further studies of WHOIS, study participants asked for more information on IRIS and specifically more information about what it would take to implement IRIS from both a technical and policy perspective.  Steve Crocker has provided an email response (also attached), and has also offered to participate in a Q & A or broader discussion, at which SSAC experts could have a dialogue with the GNSO Council and constituency representatives.  Staff would be happy to coordinate such a conversation at the Council’s request.

The WHOIS study group would be glad to answer questions about the report and our deliberation process.

Thanks, Liz Gasster

Study group participants: 

Jordi Iparraguirre

Ken Stubbs

David Maher

Steve Metalitz 

Lee Eulgen

Steve DelBianco

Tony Harris

Tim Ruiz

Paul Stahura

James Bladel

Stéphane Van Gelder

Norbert Klein

Robin Gross

Danny Younger

Beau Brendler

Wendy Seltzer

Liz Gasster - staff