Dear Jordyn, In your capacity as Chair of the WHOIS Task Force you have succeeded in having a number of policy proposals put forth (notably the Operational Point of Contact proposal and the Special Circumstances proposal); you have also succeeded in obtaining through the public comment period a large number of valid criticisms regarding each of these two proposals (and others). As I assess the manner by which the TF chooses to progress its work, I do not find within the workplan an effort to modify either of these plans as a result of the constructive public comment input received; rather, I see only a plan to put forth a "response to the public comments" followed by a straw poll to indicate which of the policy positions will become the majority position of the TF and which will become the minority report. Neither of these two proposals is a finished product. The public has clearly made its view known that there are serious deficiencies in each of these two competing recommendations. Why then is the final Task Force call scheduled for a scant 12 days from now? Why isn't the Task Force working to offer up a better product in light of commentary received? What's the point of having a public comment period if TF members aren't prepared to respect the public view by acting to thereafter modify the initial policy proposals? Please note that I have posted this letter to the at-large lists in that the course of action the Task Force ultimately takes will surely affect us all. Best regards, Danny Younger ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited