Dear all, Below is the staff report ahead of next week's conference call of the GNSO Council. All the best, Maria GNSO Council Staff Report 16 June 2005 1 WHOIS Task Force Recommendation 1 on notification: Progress: The Final task force report was submitted to the GNSO Council for consideration at the June 2 2005 meeting. Staff has completed the following information-gathering exercises: * Top 10 registrars' notification practices * 10 randomly chosen registrars' notification practices Current status: Report for consideration at Council meeting on 23 June, 2005. Purpose of Whois Progress: Staff has completed the following information-gathering exercises: * Uses of Whois data Current status: The task force is developing work on the purpose of whois. Recommendation 2 on conflicts with national laws Progress: The task force aims to finalize the recommendation for circulation to constituencies (for constituency statements) on Tuesday 21 June, 2005. The recommendation will then be the subject of a preliminary task force report, public comments, and a final task force report to the GNSO Council which is anticipated by late August 2005. Current status: Recommendation being finalized by task force for circulation to constituencies. Staff contact: Maria Farrell 2 Transfers policy implementation report Progress: Tina Dam, Karen Lentz and Maria Farrell are available to work with GNSO Council members on this topic. Karen has developed some statistics on the type of complaints/questions we receive about transfers that can be shared with the entire working group to help decide what part of the policy language to clarify. Current status: Awaiting Council member response Staff contact: Tina Dam / Maria Farrell 3 New gTLDs Including internationalized domain names at the TLD level. Progress: New gTLD question list in preparation for circulation Current status: In progress Staff contact: Olof Nordling 4 Input to ICANN strategic / operational planning process and budget Progress: Conference call held with ICANN staff on 9 June discussed how to manage interactive consultation in Luxembourg. Current status: Questions to guide the sessions are being developed and refined and will be circulated to the constituencies, SOs and ALAC two weeks before Luxembourg. (Friday 24 June) Staff contact: Kurt Pritz / Maria Farrell 7 Planning for ICANN Luxembourg meeting Progress: The agenda is expected to be circulated early in the week beginning 20 June, 2005. Council contact: Marilyn Cade Staff contact: Glen de Saint Gery