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<p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As you discuss which WHOIS studies to pursue, I thought it
might be helpful to share my best guesstimate on the timetable for next steps
with regard to the WHOIS Proxy/Privacy “Abuse” study and the WHOIS
Proxy and Privacy “Reveal” study. As you know the staff has
completed its analysis of two other study areas – WHOIS “Misuse”
and WHOIS “Registrant Identification”. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Regarding the WHOIS Proxy/Privacy “Abuse” study:
The deadline for responses to the RFP we issued was 20 July, and we received
three responses. I will be analyzing these over the next couple of weeks
and I hope to share that analysis with the Council by mid-August.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Regarding the WHOIS Proxy and Privacy “Reveal”
study: We are drafting the Terms of Reference now and we will be
circulating this draft to the Council, hopefully within the next week. I
will ask for Council feedback and any edits or changes within say, two weeks
from that point. We will then incorporate those suggestions, if any, and then
post the RFP by the end of August. We will allow 60 days for responses
(as with the other RFPs), bringing us to November 1. Staff would then
likely complete that analysis and share it with the Council by 1 December at
the latest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve updated the WHOIS studies chart accordingly for
your reference. Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can
provide any further assistance to the Council as you deliberate on this matter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best, Liz<o:p></o:p></p>
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