Hi All, I have a confession to make. I have worked on Whois since the issue started at ICANN. I have been on Whois Task Forces (along with others in our WG), and served as Vice-Chair of the Whois Review Team under the Affirmation of Commitments. But -- I don't understand all the questions being asked of us and the community in the Charter documents. Some contain terms that have multiple definitions debated over days in prior meetings, others involve layers of nuances that are not set out, including who is the requesting actor? And why many noncommercial organizations are actually commercial entities, although they are engaged in noncommercial services, and sharing ideas, information, service, education, research, +). So in continuing my suggestions about these charter questions, several ideas come to mind: 1) let's define terms for those receiving our questions. Words like "relay," "reveal," even "proxy providers" and "privacy providers" have been debated and discussed in some sessions for days. Let's give those reading these question a fighting chance by including working definitions within the questions themselves (and perhaps asking if the definitions we choose are consistent with their work and experience as proxy/privacy providers, privacy/proxy registrants, or p/p data users). 2) let's use the scope the charter document wisely gives us. In considering the questions, the charter document states that we should "at a minimum" consider these questions. Happily, that leaves ample room for clarification. So for example, let's use our expertise (and we have so much in this WG) to clarify the layers of problem the question introduces, including: does it make a difference if the request for p/p data comes from a private party (and there are lots of them), or a law enforcement official locally, or a law enforcement official completely outside the jurisdiction of the registry, registrar, registrant or even the proxy/privacy service provider? The better the questions, the better the answers -- and this is tough stuff! I look forward in working with you -- and hope we can distribute questions everyone can understand - from those expert in the jargon to the basic registrant who uses p/p services (a wide range of companies, organizations and individuals, according Whois Review Team research) -- and everyone in between! Best and tx, Kathy (Kleiman)