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    Dear BC Members,<br>
    <br>
    Please find below the ICANN announcement regarding the WHOIS
    Technical Requirements Survey Draft. The comment period opened
    yesterday (May 30th 2012) and will close on June 20th 2012, as per
    the announcement below.<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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                                lang="EN-US">GNSO Council – WHOIS Survey
                                Working Group</span></p>
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                                Processes</span></p>
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                                lang="EN-US">The Generic Names
                                Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council's
                                WHOIS Survey Working Group (WSWG)
                                requests community input on the draft
                                WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey. The
                                Working Group is soliciting input from
                                experts on technical requirements for a
                                new WHOIS protocol, in particular people
                                knowledgeable about technical aspects of
                                WHOIS who can help assess if the survey
                                asks the right questions and in the
                                right style to elicit technical
                                feedback. The Working Group seeks
                                specific suggestions on changes to
                                language and questions that will make it
                                clearer for experts to complete.</span></p>
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                                lang="EN-US">This Public Comment
                                solicitation represents an opportunity
                                for the community to share perspectives
                                on the proposed draft WHOIS Technical
                                Requirements Survey. In parallel, the
                                WSWG will conduct a Webinar to promote
                                the survey and solicit additional
                                feedback.</span></p>
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                                lang="EN-US">The WSWG will consider the
                                comments received as part of their
                                deliberations and creation of the final
                                version of the WHOIS Requirements
                                Survey. Upon submission to the GNSO
                                Council, the survey will be announced
                                and released for community
                                participation. The survey will be
                                available for 30 days. Afterwards, the
                                WSWG will compile, analyze and report on
                                the survey results to produce a final
                                report outlining possible WHOIS
                                Technical requirements.</span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555">Detailed
                                Information</span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                  lang="EN-US">Section I: Description,
                                  Explanation, and Purpose</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                              lang="EN-US">The WHOIS Survey Working
                              Group produced a draft survey of WHOIS
                              Technical Requirements at the request of
                              the GNSO Council Resolution (</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#20111006-1"
                                target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions#20111006-1</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                              lang="EN-US">). The Working Group is
                              seeking community feedback on the draft,
                              which will be considered by GNSO Council
                              and later released to the community for
                              participation in the WHOIS survey.</span><br>
                            <span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                              lang="EN-US">The Survey can be accessed
                              here: </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                href="http://icann.isoc.ug/whoissurvey/?sid=71483"
                                target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://icann.isoc.ug/whoissurvey/?sid=71483</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                              lang="EN-US"></span><br>
                            <span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                              lang="EN-US">The Working Group will accept
                              community feedback via the public comment
                              forum. Additionally, users of the survey
                              will see a free-form text dialogue box at
                              the bottom of each section of the survey.
                              Users may use this space to provide
                              specific feedback with respect to the
                              questions loaded for that section. If you
                              use this feature, be sure to include your
                              identity so that we may relate your
                              response to the public comment review
                              process.</span><br>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555">Section
                                  II: Background</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US">The Working Group aims to
                                draft, implement, and analyze the
                                results of a survey measuring the level
                                of support for various technical
                                requirements outlined in the GNSO WHOIS
                                Service Requirement Report (</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf"
                                  target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 633 KB]). The WHOIS
                                Survey Working Group will produce a
                                Report to be delivered to the GNSO
                                Council describing the results of the
                                survey and recommendations for next
                                steps for the GNSO Council's
                                consideration concerning the WHOIS
                                service requirements.</span></p>
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                            <p class="ecxMsoNormal"><strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555">Section
                                  III: Document and Resource Links</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"></span></p>
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style="margin-right:26.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><span
                                  style="">1.<span style="font:7.0pt
                                    &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">      </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555">WHOIS
                                Requirements Survey - <a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="http://icann.isoc.ug/whoissurvey/?sid=71483"
                                  target="_blank">http://icann.isoc.ug/whoissurvey/?sid=71483</a></span></p>
                            <p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="margin-right:26.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"><span style="">2.<span
                                    style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                    Roman&quot;">      </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US">WSWG Charter - </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf"
                                  target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 476 KB]</span></p>
                            <p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="margin-right:26.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"><span style="">3.<span
                                    style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                    Roman&quot;">      </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US">WSWG Wiki - </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/WSDT/WHOIS+Survey+Working+Group+-+Home"
                                  target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/display/WSDT/WHOIS+Survey+Working+Group+-+Home</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"></span></p>
                            <p class="ecxMsoNormal"
style="margin-right:26.25pt;margin-bottom:3.75pt;margin-left:15.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"><span style="">4.<span
                                    style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New
                                    Roman&quot;">      </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US">GNSO WHOIS Service
                                Requirement Report - </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><a
                                  moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf"
                                  target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-service-requirements-final-report-29jul10-en.pdf</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 633 KB]</span></p>
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                                  lang="EN-US">Section IV: Additional
                                  Information</span></strong><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"
                                lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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                          lang="EN">(*) Comments submitted after the
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                          be considered in any final summary, analysis,
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