knowing Ross ... I dont think the end of his candidature in anyway signals the end of his participation .... (sorry elliott) Thanks Ross for all the work you have done, and the relentless effort you have put in. - Bhavin _____ From: owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of elliot noss Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:47 AM To: Registrar Constituency Subject: Re: [registrars] Ross Rader now ross can come back to the office and do some real work! ooops. was I thinking out loud again? seriously, thanks for the kind words jon. On 2-Nov-07, at 2:09 PM, Nevett, Jonathon wrote: Registrars: Please join me in recognizing the efforts of Ross Rader, who today is ending his second term as our representative on the GNSO. We all have benefited by Ross' hard work and unique style over the past four years, and he deserves our deepest thanks. So thanks Ross - we look forward to your continued work with the Registrar Constituency in the role of "elder policy statesman" and in other capacities. Best. Jon

I would also like to thank Ross Rader for all his work. In particular I would like to thank Ross for all his recent work on trying to reach a compromise in the WHOIS debate between those wanting more access and more accuracy, and those wanting more privacy protection for individual registrants. While the registrars did their best to reach middle ground, it seems as though other parties were not willing to compromise. We are left with the status-quo with respect to the registrar obligations, although ICANN is willing to reach agreements with individual registries and registrars when a registry or registrar is required to adhere to the national law of the country where they are located. At times registrars were being blamed by some parties at trying to press for change to protect criminal activities, or trademark infringement activities. It was unfortunate that it was not recognised that registrars have generally been responding to the requirements and needs of their customers, the vast majority of whom are lawful users of the Internet. I thank Ross for trying to work in this challenging environment for the benefit of ICANN, and also putting up with personal attacks from some members of the community. Thanks Ross. Regards, Bruce Tonkin