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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">That advice makes sense to me.<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">The Board will be getting together in LA - 11-13 Sept 2012.<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">I do think it would be useful to get a response from the GNSO Council as a whole if possible. <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">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bruce Tonkin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Margie Milam<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 30 August 2012 3:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> council@gnso.icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Whois Review Team Final Report <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If the Board requested deadline of the 31<sup>st</sup> is not met, it may be a good idea to send an email to the Board Chairman informing the
Board that the GNSO Council is still preparing its response, and expects to submit it after the next council meeting (13 Sept).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]">
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Neuman, Jeff<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 29, 2012 9:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mason Cole; Winterfeldt, Brian<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [council] Whois Review Team Final Report <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It seems clear that we either need more time to work on this letter than August 31<sup>st</sup> or should just agree to not send a Council letter,
but leave this to the stakeholder groups/constituencies. If we do decide to do the letter, we will need a few more weeks at least to approve on the September 13<sup>th</sup> call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org">owner-council@gnso.icann.org</a> <a href="mailto:[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]">
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mason Cole<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 28, 2012 2:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Winterfeldt, Brian<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [council] Whois Review Team Final Report <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Brian --<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for your and the RT's continued work on Whois issues. On behalf of the RrSG, our feedback is provided below, in line. I am happy to assist with drafting from here if I can be of help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Mason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Winterfeldt, Brian wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Dear all:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I hereby forward to the full Council the latest draft letter to the ICANN Board regarding the WHOIS Review Team Final Report, wherein we attempt to flag potential
ambiguous recommendations and assist the Board in determining which Review Team recommendations are matters of GNSO policy development versus which recommendations are matters of staff implementation or negotiation with contracted parties. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Achieving full consensus of the Council may prove difficult given the divergence of viewpoints expressed in our small group, which we hope to have accurately encapsulated
in our draft below. The proposed text below was supported by myself and Wolf-Ulrich, and we have also included comments from Jeff and Wendy in red font within brackets.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">TO: ICANN Board</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">FROM: Chair of the GNSO Council</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">VIA: GNSO Liaison to the ICANN Board</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">I hereby forward to you the written public input of the GNSO Council on the WHOIS Review Team Final Report pursuant to your resolution (2012.06.23.26)
from the meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, requesting that the GNSO provide such input by 31 August 2012. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">As you are aware, the WHOIS Review Team’s scope, guided by the Affirmation of Commitments, was to review the extent to which ICANN’s WHOIS policy and
its implementation are effective, meet legitimate needs of law enforcement and promote consumer trust. To this end, the Final Report, which issued on 11 May 2012, contained sixteen recommendations.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">During its meeting on 20 July 2012, the GNSO Council considered the substance of the WHOIS Review Team Final Report, as well as how to respond to the
Board’s request. The GNSO Council recognizes, given the hard work and public input already incorporated into the Final Report, that there is a reasonable expectation by the Review Team for its recommendations be implemented as soon as practicable.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">[[The
NCSG disagrees. Please cut this sentence. The Review Team can make recommendations but it can’t expect implementation simply by dint of its hard work. The NCSG has previously stated that any implementation requires GNSO policy development. “The NCSG believes
all recommendations require GNSO Policy Development.”]] </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#E81E14">RRSG: The RrSG agrees. Our group is very appreciative of the work, but as has been pointed out before by council members, work output doesn't necessarily represent the expectation of action.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">However,
the GNSO Council also recognizes that a small number of the Review Team’s recommendations may require future GNSO policy development. Accordingly, the written input this letter is intended to clarify potential ambiguity and assist the Board in determining
which Review Team recommendations are matters of GNSO policy development versus which recommendations are matters of staff implementation or negotiation with contracted parties.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Recommendation Two - Single WHOIS Policy</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">. The
Review Team’s second recommendation calls for the Board to oversee creation of a single WHOIS policy document, and reference it in agreements with Contracted Parties, as well as clearly document the current gTLD WHOIS policy as set out in the gTLD Registry
& Registrar contracts & Consensus Policies and Procedure. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The GNSO Council notes that this recommendation carefully avoids the phrase “policy development.” It asks for documentation of the existing policy
set forth in the contracts and consensus policies. It does not ask for the GNSO council to review or develop any policies. Accordingly, the GNSO Council believes that this is not a recommendation for further GNSO policy development.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">[[The RySG agrees that if this recommendation means creation of a single policy document that just summarizes all current relevant WHOIS policies, then
no PDP is required. However, if this recommendation requires the creation of a new single policy, then a PDP should be required.]]</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#E81E14">RRSG: The RrSG agrees with the RySG here.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Recommendation Three - Outreach</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">. The Review Team’s third
recommendation calls for ICANN to ensure that WHOIS policy issues are accompanied by cross-community outreach, including outreach to the communities outside of ICANN with a specific interest in the issues, and an ongoing program for consumer awareness.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The GNSO Council views this recommendation as a modifier, or supplement, to a number of other recommendations in the Final Report. Accordingly, the
GNSO Council believes that this is not a recommendation necessitating GNSO policy development.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">6.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:7.0pt;color:red"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">[[<b>Recommendation
Six - Data Accuracy</b>. The sixth recommendation of the Review Team instructs that ICANN should take appropriate measures to reduce the number of WHOIS registrations that fall into the accuracy groups “Substantial Failure” and “Full Failure” (as defined
by the NORC Data Accuracy Study) by 50% within 12 months and 50% again over the following 12 months.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">The RySG believes that the recommendation to undertake “appropriate measures” to reduce the number of WHOIS registrations
that fall into these accuracy groups may require a PDP depending on what these measures are.]]</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#E81E14">RRSG: The RrSG agrees again. Further "all appropriate measures" is undefined and is unfortunately subject to differing interpretation. The RrSG recommends the GNSO
Council request that ICANN Compliance outline a plan to reach these goals, along with their expected timeframe and metrics. These should be published before implementation of any new compliance initiatives meant to address these metrics.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Recommendation Ten -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:black">Data Access – Privacy and Proxy Services</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">.
The Review Team’s tenth recommendation essentially calls for ICANN to initiate processes to regulate and oversee privacy and proxy service providers; processes should be developed in consultation with all interested stakeholders and note relevant GNSO studies;
a possible approach to achieving this would be to establish an accreditation system for all proxy/privacy service providers, and consider the merits (if any) of establishing or maintaining a distinction between privacy and proxy services; goal is to provide
clear, consistent and enforceable requirements for the operation of these services consistent with national laws, and to strike an appropriate balance between stakeholders with competing but legitimate interests—including privacy, data protection, law enforcement,
the industry around law enforcement and the human rights community.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The GNSO Council acknowledges that this recommendation can be read to describe a GNSO policy development process. However, in recognition of the contemporaneous
negotiation of the RAA, the GNSO Council recommends that—notwithstanding any GNSO policy development process on this recommendation—ICANN retain its authority to unilaterally impose regulation of privacy and proxy services pursuant to the RAA in the event
that no consensus policy has been reached in a reasonably time frame, such as twelve months from 31 August 2012.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The RySG believes that the entirety of the Review Team’s tenth recommendation does in fact require a PDP without any artificial time constraints imposed.]]</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#E81E14">RRSG: The RrSG agrees again with the RySG. The Whois RT report plainly says privacy / proxy accreditation should be developed in consultation with all interested stakeholders.
While regulation of privacy / proxy may be a laudable outcome, nowhere does the RAA suggest the ICANN corporation has the authority to make such an imposition, and it's false to say it does. The RrSG has discussed privacy / proxy accreditation with ICANN
staff in the course of RAA negotiations and our experience is that, unfortunately, like many community desires, it is complex, involves the interests of multiple stakeholders, and has cost an resource impacts on ICANN staff and the community. It is an appropriate
issue for a PDP and not unilateral action.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The Review Team’s twelfth recommendation calls for ICANN to task a working group within six months of publication of their report, to determine appropriate internationalized domain name registration data requirements and evaluate available solutions; at a
minimum, the data requirements should apply to all new gTLDs, and the working group should consider ways to encourage consistency of approach across the gTLD and (on a voluntary basis) ccTLD space; the working group should report within a year.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The GNSO Council acknowledges that the work of the Internationalized Registration Data Working Group “IRD WG” is already underway in regard to this
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