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RE: [council] Whois "misrepresentation study" meeting



All, 

I have been reaching out to various proponents of studies, and to candidates 
who might be helpful in providing study data, on a selected basis, to try to 
define the precise parameters of the terms of reference for RFPs to obtain 
costs and feasibility for various WHOIS study areas.  You may recall that the 
Council, in asking for this work to be done at your open meeting in Mexico 
City, specifically invited staff to:  "pursue creative ways to develop cost 
estimates for these studies, including re-formulations of the suggested 
hypotheses. At any time, Staff may come back to Council with questions 
regarding study hypotheses."  These discussions have been conducted pursuant to 
that invitation, they have been "one-off" discussions, and Glen happened to 
record and post this one because I asked her to schedule it.  Other calls have 
also occurred.  I did not post agendas or announce the calls, other than to the 
invitees of the calls.

Please let me know if you would prefer that I handle these calls in a different 
way.  

Regarding the substance and status of WHOIS studies -- I have reformulated the 
categories of studies into the attached groupings.  (Please see chart 
attached).  Draft terms of reference for RFPs on the first two study areas, 
WHOIS "misuse" and WHOIS "misrepresentation" are also attached for your 
reference.  I am currently seeking input on the questions highlighted in the 
italicized "boxed" text in the attached.  If you have input to provide, please 
feel free to do so. We have not yet begun to prepare a document on "Proxy and 
Privacy Services".  

I had not intended to conduct a broad community-wide consultation at this 
stage.  If the Council wants to provide input or solicit broader input now or 
at any time before RFPs are released, please let me know and I can of course 
accommodate that, noting that will delay the release of these requests.

Regarding Study 4 on the attached (previously study #11) staff is currently 
thinking (though our thoughts could certainly change) that this study might be 
subsumed by the work of the SSAC and GNSO to study the feasibility of 
introducing display specifications to deal with the internationalization of 
registration data.

Regarding study 5, we will be initiating the compilation of WHOIS service 
requirements in early September.

Please let me know if you have any questions or would like further information, 
or if you would like me to alter my process in any way.

Thanks, Liz



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Gomes, Chuck
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 8:21 AM
To: Avri Doria; Council GNSO
Subject: RE: [council] Whois "misrepresentation study" meeting


I was unaware of it as well.

Chuck 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Avri Doria
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 10:55 AM
> To: Council GNSO
> Subject: [council] Whois "misrepresentation study" meeting
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Just found this in the calendar.
> Was this meeting announced?
> Did it have an agenda?
> 
> Was it an open meeting, as all GNSO meetings are unless 
> specifically closed over personal privacy concerns, or was it 
> by invitation only?
> 
> If I knew of this and it just did not register, I apologize, 
> but I really do not know what it was about.
> 
> I will listen to the audio, but am looking for some context.
> 
> http://audio.icann.org/gnso/gnso-whois-20090810.mp3
> 
> thanks
> 
> a.
> 
> 

Attachment: WHOIS studies chart July 2009 for distribution.doc
Description: WHOIS studies chart July 2009 for distribution.doc

Attachment: WHOIS Misrepresentation Studies July 28.doc
Description: WHOIS Misrepresentation Studies July 28.doc

Attachment: WHOIS Misuse Studies Aug 6.doc
Description: WHOIS Misuse Studies Aug 6.doc