Hello All, Here is a copy of the WHOIS resolution passed by the Council today: The GNSO Council resolves: 1) To acknowledge the completion of the Whois TF work and note we have received and discussed their report, and thank the task force for their work 2) To create a working group of affected stakeholders: - including GNSO constituency, law enforcement and community participants, - whose work is to be completed within 120 days - that will work to examine the issues raised with respect to the policy recommendations of the task force and make recommendations concerning how those policies may be improved to address these issues, namely: a. define the roles, responsibilities, and requirements of the operational point of contact, and what happens if they are not fulfilled. b. how legitimate interests will access registration data no longer published via Whois, c. whether a distinction should be made between the registration contact information published based on the nature of the registered name holder (for example, legal vs. natural persons) or its use of the domain name. Regards, Bruce Tonkin