Dear Council members, FYI, here is a brief update on the remaining timeline and deliverables of the Whois Task force. The Whois Task Force schedule is as follows: * 8th January - meeting; discuss (1) access to ublished data, (2) proposal by Marilyn Cade * 15th January - deadline for constituency statements on Preliminary Task Force Report on Whois Services * 15th January - deadline for public comments on Preliminary Task Force Report on Whois Services * 19th January - staff to circulated Draft Final Task Force Report on Whois Services * 22nd January - meeting; agenda TBA, likely to include consideration of the public comments, initial discussions on Draft Final Report, and further work on access to unpublished data * 29th January - meeting * 5th February - meeting * 12th February - meeting; Task Force vote on Final Task Force Report on WHOIS Services The Final Task Force Report will be transmitted to the GNSO Council following the vote on 12th February. Any further information on the Task Force will be published on the GNSO Calendar for meeting and other dates; http://gnso.icann.org/calendar/ . All the best, Maria