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<p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On the GNSO Council’s 1 April 2010 call, Council
members began to discuss staff’s recent report analyzing information
gathered to-date on proposed studies of WHOIS. That report is posted here: <a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/whois-studies-report-for-gnso-23mar10-en.pdf</a>
, summarized by slides: <a
href="http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/whois-studies-presentation-01apr10-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/correspondence/whois-studies-presentation-01apr10-en.pdf</a>.
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<p class=MsoNormal>On the call, Council members suggested that it would be
helpful to identify the WHOIS policy issues that each proposed study is intended
to inform. Recognizing that there is a long history of debate, Council
members also wanted to understand better the nature of the concerns and
viewpoints about these studies that have been expressed to-date. The
following is an initial response to that request. Most of the content was
extracted from the original study proposals themselves, since study proposers
were asked to specifically state the “utility” of each study being
proposed. That means that the ideas stated are often in the words of the study
proponents and may not be considered “neutral”. Some
additional ideas were gleaned from past council and working group
discussions. While I’m at it, in the attached I also offer some
thoughts and insights shared by others on the potential policy
“relevance” of other pending WHOIS studies. It might be
helpful to mention that as I assembled this list I noticed that the list includes
many things we might learn; it is less expansive on precisely how policies might
change. It also might be worthwhile for the Council to talk more about
that in your upcoming discussion. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Note that I did not wade into speculating on who the likely proponents
or critics of various studies would be. I tried to extract ideas that
have been stated already and I would encourage the Council members to offer the
views of their stakeholder groups and constituencies, including amplifying, clarifying
or correcting anything I’ve included in this document. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Note: This is a working document and does not
constitute or reflect the views of ICANN on any pending or proposed WHOIS
study. <o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, Liz<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Liz Gasster<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>Senior Policy Counselor<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b>ICANN<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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