Team, While the concept of using baseline data to make better policy decisions before and after is relevant to our WG, I'd like to remind everyone that our scope is only within the GNSO (PDP, non-PDP). As you will recall the 2013 RAA was a negotiation between Registrars and ICANN. This should not prevent us from reviewing this as a use case, but likely any recommendations that extend beyond the GNSO will probably be considered out of scope. As second note, there are a few WHOIS accuracy studies that may be useful in acting as a baseline, as well as, ICANN's Contractual Compliance utilizes a tool that tests for random validation. Not having much familiarity with these, it is difficult to say they will be useful in the use case mentioned below, but it is a start. Additionally, there are implementation activities regarding the WHOIS Review Team recommendations, one of which is an online accuracy reporting system. It is out for public comment. Lastly, a good chuck of our near-term work will be to research and analyze previous efforts as use cases for what may have worked and what didn't. I will make sure this is added to the list. Thank you. B Berry Cobb Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) 720.839.5735 mail@berrycobb.com @berrycobb -----Original Message----- From: owner-gnso-metrep-wg@icann.org [mailto:owner-gnso-metrep-wg@icann.org] On Behalf Of Theo Geurts Sent: Thursday, April 3, 2014 01:53 To: Pam Little Cc: gnso-secs@icann.org; gnso-metrep-wg@icann.org Subject: Re: [gnso-metrep-wg] A possible case study During my ramble i forgot to mention that this case is indeed a very possible study and could proof to be very valuable to the ICANN community since it is a hot topic. Regards, Theo Geurts ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Pam Little" <pam.little12@gmail.com> Aan: gnso-metrep-wg@icann.org Cc: gnso-secs@icann.org Verzonden: Donderdag 3 april 2014 07:05:49 Onderwerp: [gnso-metrep-wg] A possible case study Dear WG Colleagues I thought this blog might be of interest: “Are Whois email checks doing more harm than good?” http://domainincite.com/16375-are-whois-email-checks-doing-more-harm-than-go... To me, it raises a number of questions relevant to this WG. For example: · Was there data used to support those WHOIS related changes reflected in the 2013 RAA? · If so, what was the data and the baseline? · How will effectiveness of changes be measured? · Who will be collecting the data to measure effectiveness? ICANN? Registrars? Law enforcement agencies (through the GAC) that advocated for those changes? At Singapore meeting, I heard comments about “regulatory impact assessment” . I do not recall such an assessment done before those changes were introduced. Anyone? Kind regards, Pam