Dear Team members:<div><br></div><div>Here are a couple items you may be interested in:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>Whois issues and the Team&#39;s draft report (among other items related to new gTLDs) are addressed in a letter Rod Beckstrom sent to Asst. Secretary Larry Strickling today --   &lt;<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/beckstrom-to-strickling-11jan12-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/beckstrom-to-strickling-11jan12-en.pdf</a>&gt;  (Whois also is reference in other recent letters posted on ICANN&#39;s correspondence webpage).</li>

</ul><ul><li>Negotiations between ICANN Staff and Registrar representatives to amend the RAA are addressing Whois issues contained in the Team&#39;s draft report.  Status reports on the negotiation sessions and related information are posted on a public wiki -- &lt;<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement;jsessionid=6DFF81DFF6D9FD24FD09CE1E0FB06DBE">https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement;jsessionid=6DFF81DFF6D9FD24FD09CE1E0FB06DBE</a>&gt;.</li>

</ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div></div><div>Denise</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Denise Michel<br>ICANN <br>Advisor to the President &amp; CEO<br><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" target="_blank">denise.michel@icann.org</a><br>

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