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<p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Attached please find staff’s initial report on WHOIS
studies as requested by the Council on 4 March 2009. I will provide an
overview of this report at the Council’s upcoming 1 April meeting, and I
look forward to your comments and input. My report will also be posted
here shortly. <a
href="https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion#">https://st.icann.org/gnso-council/index.cgi?whois_discussion#</a>
I will also be posting my presentation slides by the end of this
week. I’d also like to make the following points:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>I want to recognize that this effort has been underway
for quite some time, and while I have provided many updates along the way, I
understand that the background and context may be new to Council members who
joined the GNSO following the discussions that led to initiation of this
work. I would be glad to add additional background or detail as
requested. There was a significant body of work that the Council and
community engaged in that led up to the decision in March 2009 to pursue costs
and feasibility for the specific study areas selected. There were also other
studies initially proposed by members of the community and by the GAC.
Those described in my report were selected by the Council for staff to pursue. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>The Policy staff is also releasing a first draft later
this month of an additional “study” that was requested by the GNSO
Council in May 2009. This “study” is more accurately described
as a compilation or synthesis of WHOIS Service Requirements, that
includes known deficiencies in the current service and “any possible
requirements that may be needed to support various policy initiatives that have
been suggested in the past”. As requested in the resolution initiating
this work, when Staff releases the report, we will be consulting with the SSAC,
ALAC, GAC, the ccNSO and the GNSO on this draft, and an updated synthesis will
be prepared following those consultations. Steve Sheng is the primary author of
this upcoming report. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><![endif]>Regarding both reports, staff has tried to be
responsive to the expectations of the GNSO in initiating the requests. If
more work is needed or you have something further in mind, please let us
know. We consider both to be working documents that can be updated or
refined upon community review. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>There are many important details to consider,
but ultimately the Council will want to consider whether to recommend funding
for WHOIS studies in the FY 2011 budget. WHOIS studies have been noted as
a potential future expense for some time, but the analysis I’ve just
completed provides much-needed detail on specific costs to anticipate for the
WHOIS Misuse and WHOIS Registrant Identification studies. <span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>At the time this work was initiated, there were differing
views about whether / which studies should be undertaken. Hopefully the
information provided will be useful to the Council in considering next
steps. I might also suggest that this information be provided to the GAC
given its extensive previous recommendations for further study of WHOIS.
Staff can forward the report or the Council may certainly do so.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Again, we look forward to your comments and input! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Liz<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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