[ALAC] ICANN Board Addresses WHOIS

[Carlton Samuels]

As I was expecting, a decision that is solomonic in its intent.  I could
never see them telling our Uncle Sam to bugger off.

Carlton

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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>wrote:

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> 19 November 2012
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> For Immediate Release
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> ICANN Board Launches New Effort to Tackle gTLD
> Registration Data Challenges Based on Policy Review Team Report
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> Approved resolution also reconfirms full support for
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> Enforcement of WHOIS policy and obligations
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> Los Angeles, California…  The ICANN Board of
> Directors has directed the Chief Executive
> Officer to launch a new effort to re-examine the
> purpose of collecting, maintaining and providing
> access to generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD)
> registration data. The move follows the
> recommendations of a review team that examined
> implementation of WHOIS data policy.
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> WHOIS is a listing of domain registrants and their contact information.
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> “WHOIS began more than 25 years ago, before there
> was even a World Wide Web and its purpose was far
> more technical than it is today,” said Dr.
> Stephen D. Crocker, ICANN Board Chair. “It’s
> clear that we have to take a thorough look at
> WHOIS from the ground up, and that’s what we’re
> asking the CEO to do - what should WHOIS be and
> how can we best improve its accuracy?”
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> The Board tasked the CEO to go beyond the
> existing WHOIS protocol and start a new
> initiative focused on directory services. In
> response CEO Fadi Chehadé will convene an expert
> working group to help lay the foundation for new policy development work.
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> The Board resolution also directs the CEO to
> continue to fully enforce the contractual
> conditions that relate to the current collection,
> access and accuracy of gTLD registration data,
> and increase efforts to communicate and conduct
> outreach ensuring compliance with existing WHOIS policy and conditions.
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> “It’s basically a two-track approach,” said
> Crocker. “In addition to a full examination of
> WHOIS, the Board wants to make certain that
> enforcement of existing WHOIS reporting
> requirements is strengthened in conformance with
> the Affirmation of Commitments and the
> recommendations of the WHOIS Review Team.”
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> The Affirmation of Commitments (AoC) is an
> agreement signed by ICANN and the U.S. Department
> of Commerce in 2009 that, among other things,
> commits ICANN to enforcing existing policies relating to WHOIS.
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> To read the Board resolution on WHOIS, go here:
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> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm#1
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> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/resolutions-08nov12-en.htm#1
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> To read the report of the WHOIS Policy Review
> Team, go
> here:
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> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-1-08nov12-en.pdf
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> http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/documents/briefing-materials-1-08nov12-en.pdf
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