Whereas, in 2012, the Board adopted a two-pronged approach to address the recommendations of the WHOIS Review Team, calling for ICANN to (i) continue to fully enforce existing consensus policy and contractual conditions relating to WHOIS, and (ii) create an expert working group to determine the fundamental purpose and objectives of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data, to serve as a foundation for a Board-initiated GNSO policy development process (PDP).
Whereas, in 2014, the Expert Working Group on Next Generation Registration Directory Services (EWG) delivered its Final Report [PDF, 5.12 MB] to the Board with its recommended model and principles to serve as the foundation for the GNSO PDP.
Whereas, an informal group of Board members and GNSO Councilors collaborated and developed a proposed framework [PDF, 612 KB] to provide guidance to the GNSO PDP for the examination of the EWG's recommended models and principles for the next generation registration directory services to replace WHOIS.
Resolved (2015.04.26.09), the Board thanks the EWG for the significant effort and work exerted that produced the proposed model for a next generation registration directory services as reflected in its Final Report [PDF, 5.12 MB].
Resolved (2015.04.26.10), the Board reaffirms its request for a Board-initiated GNSO policy development process to define the purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing access to gTLD registration data, and consider safeguards for protecting data, using the recommendations in the Final Report [PDF, 5.12 MB] as an input to, and, if appropriate, as the foundation for a new gTLD policy;
Resolved (2015.04.26.11), the Board directs that a new Preliminary Issue Report that follows this framework [PDF, 612 KB] be prepared and delivered to the GNSO;
Resolved (2015.04.26.12), the Board commits to forming a group of Board members that will (i) liaise with the GNSO on the policy development process to examine the EWG's recommended model and propose policies to support the creation of the next generation registration directory services, and (ii) oversee the implementation of the remaining projects arising from the Action Plan [PDF, 119 KB] adopted by the Board in response to the WHOIS Review Team's recommendations. The Board directs the Board Governance Committee to begin the process for identifying a recommendation of a slate of Board members to do this work.
Dear Valentina,
thanks for this excellent contribution.
As you mention, the public comment period is open until end of business day today... I really do not know why the ALAC comment period also closes on the same day - but this is all coming in at the very last moment.
I have CC'ed Holly Raiche & Carlton Samuels (as well as ALAC Chair Alan Greenberg & ALAC Policy Staff) to see if your organisation's comments can be taken into account, perhaps with ALAC asking for a few more days from Mary Wong in order to formulate a response.
Alas I have no say in the matter / process or substance. :-)
Kindest regards,
Olivier
ps. my thoughts about the matter of WHOIS Privacy & Proxy is that WHOIS has become inappropriate for the task it is asked to perform. I am flabbergasted that the work of the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services, published on https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ewg-recommends-a-replacement-for-whois is actually not being taken into account. It would save a lot of time from volunteers wasting time with WHOIS privacy/proxy now.
On 07/07/2015 17:46, Valentina Pavel /ApTI wrote:
We believe the new policy presents a serious danger to freedom of speech, privacy and to the rule of law on the Internet and we urge ICANN not to adopt this proposal.Dear At-Large Community Members,Please find attached ApTI's comment regarding ICANN's WHOIS privacy/proxy services proposal.
We are also working on publishing a summary of our comment.
The public comment period is open until 7 Jul 2015 23:59 UTC.
Thank you,
Valentina Pavel
Asociația pentru Tehnologie și Internet - ApTI
privacy.apti.ro & apti.ro
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