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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear All,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The url to the Whois Charter has been corrected in the following paragraphs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whereas in July 2011, several of these volunteers drafted a proposed charter for a Whois Survey “Working Group”, preferring the term “Working Group” to “Drafting Team” in this case; <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council further approves the proposed charter for the Whois Survey Working Group as defined here:<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf</a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Apologies for the inconvenience.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:13.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Motion to approve charter for Whois Survey Working Group (WS-WG) </span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas there have been discussions for several years on the adequacy of the current set of Whois tools to provide the necessary functions to support existing and proposed Whois service policy requirements,</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and there have been questions as to the adequacy of these tools for use in an IDN environment (see: joint SSAC Working Group on Internationalized Registration Data, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsossac/Internationalized+Registration+Data+Working+Group+-+Home"><span lang=EN-US style='text-decoration:none'>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsossac/Internationalized+Registration+Data+Working+Group+-+Home</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> ),</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and there have been extensive discussions about the requirements of the Whois service with respect to Registry and registrar operations in the GNSO community (see: history of Whois policy activity: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/whois-services/"><span lang=EN-US style='text-decoration:none'>http://www.icann.org/en/topics/whois-services/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> ),</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>and new architectures and tools have been developed and suggested by the technical community (see: development of IRIS RFC by the IETF: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4698"><span lang=EN-US style='text-decoration:none'>http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4698</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> and initial IETF discussion of RESTful and current draft: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/weirds/current/maillist.html"><span lang=EN-US style='text-decoration:none'>http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/weirds/current/maillist.html</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> and </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sheng-weirds-icann-rws-dnrd-00"><span lang=EN-US style='text-decoration:none'>http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sheng-weirds-icann-rws-dnrd-00</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> );</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas on 07 May 2009, the GNSO Council resolved that Policy Staff, with the assistance of technical staff and GNSO Council members as required, should collect and organize a comprehensive set of requirements for the Whois service policy tools;</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas on 26 March 2010, Staff published a first draft of a Whois Service Requirements Inventory report, soliciting input from SOs and ACs;</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas on 31 May 2010, Staff posted a draft final report which reflected SO and AC input, soliciting input from the GNSO Council and community at the Brussels ICANN Public Meeting;</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas on 29 July 2010, Staff published the Inventory of Whois Service Requirements – Final Report;</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas on 19 May 2011, the GNSO Council asked Staff to issue a call for expertise seeking community volunteers to form a Whois Survey drafting team for the purpose of developing a survey of views regarding Whois Service Requirements;</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Whereas in July 2011, several of these volunteers drafted a proposed charter for a Whois Survey “Working Group”, preferring the term “Working Group” to “Drafting Team” in this case; </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf</a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Resolved,</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council convenes a Whois Survey Working Group (WS-WG) of interested volunteers to draft, implement, and analyze the results of a survey measuring the level of support for various technical requirements outlined in the final Inventory of Whois Service Requirements Report of 29 July 2010.</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council further approves the proposed charter for the Whois Survey Working Group as defined here:<br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf">http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois/charter-wswg-06oct11-en.pdf</a></span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>In accordance with this charter, the Whois Survey Working Group plans to produce a draft survey to be delivered to the GNSO Council for approval by March 2012. Following approval, the Whois Survey Working Group plans to then conduct this survey for a period not less than thirty (30) days, delivering a draft report describing survey results and recommendations for next steps to the GNSO Council by October 2012.</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Glen de Saint Géry<br>GNSO Secretariat<br><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</span></a><br><a href="http://gnso.icann.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://gnso.icann.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:13.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>