[ALAC] Fwd: Call for volunteers - 'thick' Whois PDP Drafting Team

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Tue Jul 24 14:39:48 UTC 2012


Dear Glen:
I am volunteering to be a member of Drafting Team to craft the charter for
a 'Thick' WHOIS PDP.

Thanks very much and kind regards,
- Carlton Samuels
Chair, At-Large WHOIS WG


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Carlton A Samuels
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> >From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
> >To: "council at gnso.icann.org" <council at gnso.icann.org>
> >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:06:24 -0700
> >Subject: [council] Call for volunteers - 'thick' Whois PDP Drafting Team
> >
> >Call for Volunteers for Drafting Team to develop
> >Charter for ‘thick’ Whois PDP WG
> >
> >Introduction
> >
> >At its meeting on 14 March 2012, the GNSO
> >Council initiated a Policy Development Process
> >(PDP) on ‘thick’ Whois (see
> ><http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20120314-1>
> http://gnso.icann.org/en/resolutions#20120314-1).
> >Following a short delay, the GNSO Council
> >decided at its last meeting that a group of
> >volunteers should now be convened to draft the
> >charter for the PDP Working Group, which is to
> >be approved by the GNSO Council.
> >
> >Task of the Drafting Team
> >
> >The Drafting Team will be tasked with developing
> >a charter for the PDP Working Group on ‘thick’
> >Whois’. The elements of the Charter should
> >include, at a minimum, the following elements as
> >specified in the
> ><http://gnso.icann.org/council/summary-gnso-wg-guidelines-06apr11-en.pdf
> >GNSO
> >Working Group Guidelines: Working Group
> >identification; Mission, Purpose and
> >Deliverables; Formation, Staffing and
> >Organization, and; Rules of Engagement. The
> >proposed charter will be submitted to the GNSO Council for its
> consideration.
> >
> >Volunteers
> >
> >If you are interested to participate, please
> >send an email to the GNSO Secretariat
> >(<mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> ).
> >You will be required to complete a Statement of
> >Interest in order to participate.
> >
> >Background Information on the Issue
> >
> >For the generic top-level domain (gTLD)
> >registries, ICANN specifies Whois service
> >requirements through the registry agreements
> >(ICANN 2009 Registry Agreements) and the
> >Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA).
> >Registries satisfy their Whois obligations using
> >different services. The two common models are
> >often characterized as “thin” and “thick” Whois
> >registries. This distinction is based on how two
> >distinct sets of data are managed. One set of
> >data is associated with the domain name, and a
> >second set of data is associated with the
> >registrant of the domain name. A thin registry
> >only stores and manages the information
> >associated with the domain name. This set
> >includes data sufficient to identify the
> >sponsoring registrar, status of the
> >registration, creation and expiration dates for
> >each registration, name server data, the last
> >time the record was updated in its Whois data
> >store, and the URL for the registrar’s Whois
> >service. With thin registries, Registrars manage
> >the second set of data associated with the
> >registrant of the domain and provide it via
> >their own Whois services, as required by Section
> >3.3 of the RAA 3.3 for those domains they
> >sponsor. COM and NET are examples of thin
> >registries. Thick registries maintain and
> >provide both sets of data (domain name and
> >registrant) via Whois. INFO and BIZ are examples of thick registries.
> >
> >The GNSO Council requested an Issue Report on
> >‘thick’ Whois at its meeting on 22 September
> >2011 noting that the Issue Report should ‘not
> >only consider a possible requirement of 'thick'
> >WHOIS for all incumbent gTLDs in the context of
> >IRTP, but should also consider any other
> >positive and/or negative effects that are likely
> >to occur outside of IRTP that would need to be
> >taken into account when deciding whether a
> >requirement of 'thick' WHOIS for all incumbent
> >gTLDs would be desirable or not’.
> >
> >The Final Issue Report was submitted by ICANN
> >Staff on 2 February 2012 (see
> ><
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
> >
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
> )
> >and in this report a number of issues are
> >outlined that will need further consideration
> >should a PDP proceed. The staff recommendation
> >notes that staff has confirmed that the proposed
> >issues are within the scope of the ICANN policy
> >process and the GNSO and notes that it is
> >reasonable from the staff’s perspective to
> >expect that further investigation of ‘thick’
> >Whois for all gTLDs would be beneficial to the
> >community generally, as it would allow for an
> >informed decision by the GNSO Council as to
> >whether ‘thick’ Whois for all gTLDs should be required or not.
> >
> >Recommended Reading for Volunteers
> >
> >    * Final Issue Report on ‘Thick’ Whois
> > (<
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
> >
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/final-report-thick-whois-02feb12-en.pdf
> )
> >
> >    * GNSO Working Group Guidelines, including
> > charter guidelines
> > (<
> http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf>
> http://gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-08apr11-en.pdf)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Glen de Saint Géry
> >GNSO Secretariat
> ><mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
> >http://gnso.icann.org
>



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