[Gnso-ppsai-pdp-wg] Working on our charter questions

[Kathy Kleiman]

Hi All,
I have a confession to make. I have worked on Whois since the issue 
started at ICANN. I have been on Whois Task Forces (along with others in 
our WG), and served as Vice-Chair of the Whois Review Team under the 
Affirmation of Commitments. But -- I don't understand all the questions 
being asked of us and the community in the Charter documents.

Some contain terms that have multiple definitions debated over days in 
prior meetings, others involve layers of nuances that are not set out, 
including who is the requesting actor? And why many noncommercial 
organizations are actually commercial entities, although they are 
engaged in noncommercial services, and sharing ideas, information, 
service, education, research, +).


So in continuing my suggestions about these charter questions, several 
ideas come to mind:

1) let's define terms for those receiving our questions. Words like 
"relay," "reveal," even "proxy providers" and "privacy providers" have 
been debated and discussed in some sessions for days. Let's give those 
reading these question a fighting chance by including working 
definitions within the questions themselves (and perhaps asking if the 
definitions we choose are consistent with their work and experience as 
proxy/privacy providers, privacy/proxy registrants, or p/p data users).

2) let's use the scope the charter document wisely gives us. In 
considering the questions, the charter document states that we should 
"at a minimum" consider these questions.  Happily, that leaves ample 
room for clarification.  So for example, let's use our expertise (and we 
have so much in this WG) to clarify the layers of problem the question 
introduces, including: does it make a difference if the request for p/p 
data comes from a private party (and there are lots of them), or a law 
enforcement official locally, or a law enforcement official completely 
outside the jurisdiction of the registry, registrar, registrant or even 
the proxy/privacy service provider?

The better the questions, the better the answers -- and this is tough 
stuff!

I look forward in working with you -- and hope we can distribute 
questions everyone can understand - from those expert in the jargon to 
the basic registrant who uses p/p services (a wide range of companies, 
organizations and individuals, according Whois Review Team research) -- 
and everyone in between!

Best and tx,
Kathy (Kleiman)