Colleagues, Just to let you know that the final Whois advisory has been published at https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/registry-agreement-raa-rdds-2015-04-27..., the effective date is 31 January 2016. As explained in the announcement (https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-04-27-en), contracted parties will receive formal notice within the next two weeks. Regards, -- Francisco. On 4/14/15, 1:01 PM, "Francisco Arias" <francisco.arias@icann.org<mailto:francisco.arias@icann.org>> wrote: Dear RrSG and RySG members and colleagues, Attached please find the draft Whois advisory that ICANN intends to publish as final by 27-Apr-2015 with an effective implementation date of at least, 6 months after publication (final effective date TBD), providing contracted parties ample time to implement any necessary changes. As you may know we have had several interactions between ICANN and the community to define the contents of the Advisory. We believe this Advisory incorporates the input received and is ready for publication. We wanted to give a heads up to the contracted parties and the community in general of the upcoming publication. Thank you again for your time and your constructive inputs. Regards, -- Francisco Arias Director, Technical Services Domain Name Services & Industry Engagement Global Domains Division ICANN