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<b>"Thick" Whois</b></div>
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Council Approved a motion to start a PDP (Policy Development Process) on Thick Whois. Motion included our favored amendment to avoid letting this PDP interfere with negotiations on RAA and .com renewal contract:</div>
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"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Whereas nothing in this motion is intended to prejudice migration to thick Whois through contractual means." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">If this PDP generates a new consensus policy for Thick Whois, it would immediately apply to both .com and .net TLDs that use thin Whois today.
Whereas a </span></span>contractual provision in the .com renewal later this year would only cover .com. </div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Locking Domain names in a UDRP proceeding. </b></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Council unanimously approved a charter for the PDP on the requirement to lock a domain name subject to UDRP proceedings. </font></div>
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<b>Top-level protections and options for Olympics / Red Cross</b></div>
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The non-commercial folks deferred the motion, citing need to finish public comment period and follow full process. This stimulated a lively debate. Zahid called for an expedited schedule so that this motion could be voted before the new gTLD application
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<div>Steve DelBianco</div>
<div>Executive Director</div>
<div>NetChoice</div>
<div>http://www.NetChoice.org and http://blog.netchoice.org </div>
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