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:
Current
status: Report for
consideration at Council meeting on 23 June, 2005.
Purpose of
Whois
Progress:
Staff has
completed the following information-gathering exercises:
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
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
Staff contact:
Kurt Pritz / Maria
Farrell
7
Planning for ICANN
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