May 2017 - Gnso-impl-thickwhois-rt

Thick WHOIS Policy Implementation: IRT update
by Dennis Chang May 31, 2017

May 31, 2017

Dear Thick IRT, Below I’ve captured a few notes from the last IRT meeting and also reiterate our implementation plan. OT&E: * OT&E opened as planned on 1 May 2017. * Registries have submitted the required documentation to ICANN on-schedule. * Registrars have received documentation from the registries on-schedule. * Those registrars on the call reported that they have yet to test it but agreed to test soon and report back. * So far, no technical issues have been identified. CL&D Policy: * No issues or risks identified and we are on track to complete implementation by 1 August 2017. Transition Policy: * 1 August 2017 is also a key milestone for this policy implementation. * On this date, the registry production system goes live after 3 months of OT&E and preparation by the registrars. * At the meeting, RRA was brought up as a concern for meeting this milestone. * Registry and registrars at the meeting reported that there are on-going activities regarding the RRA. Following the meeting, I’ve confirmed that there is another team working this. * Therefore, the Thick IRT is to continue its focus and efforts on the implementation with the assumption that the other team will resolve the matter in a timely manner as not to impeded the implementation. * As for the GDPR, the IRT has already decided that this matter is out of scope when we’ve published the implementation in Feb. 2017. There is no change to this decision and we continue to follow our implementation plan. Thanks everyone for your support of the implementation. Please continue to communicate your progress with the team here. I’d especially like to hear more on the OT&E findings. — Kind Regards, Dennis S. Chang GDD Services & Engagement Program Director +1 213 293 7889 Skype: dennisSchang www.icann.org "One World, One Internet"

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Thick WHOIS Policy Implementation: translation now available, OT&E progress discussion at the next IRT meeting
by Dennis Chang May 24, 2017

May 24, 2017

Dear Thick IRT, Please note that the two Thick policies have been translated and now available in 6 UN languages + Portuguese + Japanese + Korean. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rdds-labeling-policy-2017-02-01-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/thick-whois-transition-policy-2017-02… FAQs pages are available on the iRT wiki. https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64946713 https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=64946713 Also, as a reminder at our next meeting on the 25th, we’ll be discussing the progress on the OT&E for both CL&D and Transition. We look forward to hearing from you on how this is going for all involved. — Kind Regards, Dennis S. Chang GDD Services & Engagement Program Director +1 213 293 7889 Skype: dennisSchang www.icann.org "One World, One Internet"

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GNSO Council appointment for Thick WHOIS IRT: Susan Kawaguchi
by Dennis Chang May 3, 2017

May 3, 2017

Dear Thick WHOIS IRT, At the last GNSO Council meeting, appointment of Susan Kawaguchi to the Thick WHOIS IRT as the Council liaison was announced. Please join me in welcoming Susan to the Thick WHOIS IRT. Dear Susan, Welcome to the IRT! Michelle DeSmyter, our secretriat, will add you to the email group and the IRT wiki. I’ll also reachout to you to bring you up to speed on the IRT process as well as the Thick Whois Implementation project status. FYI, our next IRT meeting is on 25 May 2017 to which you will be receiving an invitation also. I’d also like to add a note of appreciation to Amr who’s been supporting us as the Council lisason till now. Thanks Amr! — Kind Regards, Dennis S. Chang GDD Services & Engagement Program Director +1 213 293 7889 Skype: dennisSchang www.icann.org "One World, One Internet"

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Thick WHOIS Policy Implementation project update
by Dennis Chang May 2, 2017

May 2, 2017

Dear Thick Whois IRT, A quick update on the Thick Whois transition: On 24 April 2017, Verisign has issued Thick Whois transition notifications to registrars for .com, .net and .jobs with the announcement of the OT&E availability by 1 May 2017. This is right on-schedule per our transition plan and we hope to see the first transition testing next week. OT&E duration is from 1 May 2017 to 31 July 2017 followed by the operational start date of 1 August 2017. The webinars we were planning for 2 May 2017 will be postponed to 25 May 2017 after the GDD Summit. Furthermore, we will change the format to an IRT meeting where the IRT will host visitors in discussions of the transition OT&E. We may host another such meeting on our June IRT meeting based on the need. I’ll keep you informed as to the progress. Thank you for your continued support for successful implementation of the Thick Whois policy. - Kind Regards, Dennis S. Chang GDD Services & Engagement Program Director +1 213 293 7889 Skype: dennisSchang www.icann.org[icann.org]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icann.org&d=DwMGaQ&…> "One World, One Internet"

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