Dear NPOCers
Greetings and I hope this finds you well.
I am currently acting as the contact person between the Next Generation RDS PDP working group and the NPOC membership. RDS is standing for Registration Directory Services and basically what the whole group is about is what will replace the WHOIS we have today , meaning it is all about which registration information will be required, requested, stored and maybe data mined, from those registering a domain. As such this is a key part to ensure the freedom of expression and security on the Internet. As you see from the sentences before, the working group don't make it easy to understand what is going on and that is something we have to work hard in the future to change.
The working group has requested to pass on to you its second outreach message. Basically, the working group is asking you all what RDS requirements should be added to the requirements that are already listed in the documents.
Please read the documents. If you have any questions, please contact me, I will do my best to answer your questions as long as you understand that I am often struggling with this. Nobody can and has to be perfect, as long as we try our best. If you have any requirements that should be added, please send them to me and I will send them to the working group. The working group is asking for responses before the 28th of June.
I know this is hard work, I know it is hard to understand, but I know that it is important and I also know is that we have to start somewhere. Take it as a learning opportunity. BTW, if you have real problems with all the acronyms just enter ICANN plus the acronym into a search engine and you more often then not get the explanation right away.
Again, sorry if I request such a complicated task, but again, if you have any questions, please ask.
Yours
Klaus