[ALAC] Fwd: Draft GNSO WHOIS RT Final Report Summary Chart

Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro at gmail.com
Sat Sep 29 08:02:13 UTC 2012


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...... it boils down to please define the problem before you try to solve
it.  Otherwise, you risk coming up with the wrong answer.

+1 and there are things that can be done simultaneously to address concerns
on the issue of delay

>
> And certainly when I attended the briefing on Whois in Prague, there was a
> good discussion pointing out, inter alia, that somewhere we need to define
> the level of accuracy required.  So maybe we support immediate
> implementation of what is (and has been, for sometime) required - but
> support a long term discussion on the issues SSAc raises.
>
> Holly
> On 29/09/2012, at 1:14 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
> > On 28 September 2012 09:39, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> > We do not want the review team Recs shelved pending the more glorious
> project.
> >
> > Vigorously agreed.
> >
> > The high-level review suggested by the SSAC -- which may very well help
> design a WHOIS NG or even full replacement -- should not hinder, nor be
> used as an excuse to impede, the addressing of immediate short term
> deficiencies. Perfect not being the enemy of the good and all that...
> >
> > My fear is that those against robust and trustworthy WHOIS -- right now,
> basically (what I would call) extreme privacy advocated and an industry
> resistant to change -- will use the SSAC as a crutch to delay or dilute the
> RT recommendations.
> >
> > While I don't attribute this to the SSAC, it is a common tactic within
> ICANN to resist change by ask anew for first-princples re-evaluation of
> need. Either that, or definitions.
> >
> > - Evan
> >
>
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