Dear Emily, colleagues,
- I would also add the fourth regime to Emily's list: the variety of cctld's with their own WHOIS procedures....
- I think we all need to reach a kind of consensus - which of three (or four) regimes should be treated as 'optimal' (recommended), and under which conditions (in which cirmumstances) the deviations from the optimal/recommended regime can be allowed/admitted. Let's discuss it tomorrow.
- I am sorry to apologize for not being able to attend today's dinner. I am already in MdR, but due to a terrible jet lag I need to have some rest after almost 14 hours in airspace without sleeping.
Rgds,
Michael

From: rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org [rt4-whois-bounces@icann.org] on behalf of Emily Taylor [emily@emilytaylor.eu]
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 3:05 AM
To: rt4-whois@icann.org
Subject: [Rt4-whois] New applicant guidebook - WHOIS requirements for us to consider

Hi everyone

Looking forward to our meeting tomorrow, and seeing you guys this evening.

The New Applicant Guidebook was published today http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-4-19sep11-en.htm

Take a look at Question Number 26 of the application form (see page A-19).  My question for the review team is this:

- the criteria for WHOIS are over and above those currently required, and to some extent represent the wish list that the compliance team and others have communicated to us
- Once the new gTLDs have run through, we will have 3 concurrent WHOIS regimes in operation , ie the Thin WHOIS of .com and .net (100m domains), Thick WHOIS of the other "old" gTLDs, and the gold plated WHOIS service for new gTLDs.

My question for us is - how will these concurrent, differing systems impact on consumers?  Will they understand what's required?  How will the compliance effort cope with all these differing systems?

Kind regards

Emily

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