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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Wearing my RySG Councilor hat, here is a letter that the RySG
sent to the Board regarding concerns we have about the Board’s action to
form its own Data Consumer Protection Working Group as well as its apparent support
for unilaterally changing Whois requirements in a top-down manner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> David W. Maher
[mailto:dmaher@pir.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 09, 2010 2:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> peter.dengatethrush@icann.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> rod.beckstrom@icann.org; Gomes, Chuck; diane.schroeder@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Letter from the Registries Stakeholder Group <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Peter:<br>
Attached to this message is a letter from the Registries Stakeholder Group of
the ICANN GNSO regarding resolution 2.10 passed by the ICANN Board on September
25, 2010 with respect to the Board’s action items on “Searchable
Whois”. <br>
We would appreciate it if this letter could be made available to the entire
Board.<br>
Best regards<br>
David<br>
David W. Maher
<br>
Chair, Registries Stakeholder Group<br>
Senior Vice President - Law & Policy <br>
.ORG, The Public Interest Registry
<br>
1775 Wiehle Ave, #200<br>
Reston, VA 20190 USA<br>
(v) +1-312-876-8055
<br>
(f) +1-312-876-7934 <br>
<a href="http://www.pir.org/">http://www.pir.org<br>
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