<div dir="auto">Thanks Chuck<div dir="auto">These sound better outline for way forward.</div><div dir="auto">We look forward to the calls on Monday and Thursday.</div><div dir="auto">Thanks</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 20 Oct 2017 14:25, "Chuck" <<a href="mailto:consult@cgomes.com">consult@cgomes.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_254606798260423903WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Greg,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">For now, the leadership team has decided the following regarding your suggestion:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_254606798260423903MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in">Let’s wait and see what information ICANN provides leading up to ICANN 60 and in Abu Dhabi. It is possible that much of the information that a presentation would cover will be provided in other forums.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_254606798260423903MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in">We believe the Face-to-Face in Abu Dhabi would be better used on our WG tasks.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_254606798260423903MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in">If there is still value in requesting a presentation, we can request one using Adobe Connect after ICANN 60.<u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">I would also like to encourage everyone to do the following:<u></u><u></u></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_254606798260423903MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in">Participate in the Public Forum sessions on Monday and Thursday and use those opportunities as possible to ask questions.<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_254606798260423903MsoListParagraph" style="color:windowtext;margin-left:0in">Participate in the GDPR session on Thursday and ask questions as possible.<u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Chuck<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_254606798260423903__MailEndCompose"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></a></p><span></span><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.<wbr>org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Greg Aaron<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 19, 2017 9:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> Stephanie Perrin <<a href="mailto:stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca" target="_blank">stephanie.perrin@mail.<wbr>utoronto.ca</a>>; <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ICANN Legal Opinion on GDPR - Part 1<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_254606798260423903MsoPlainText">Dear Chuck:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_254606798260423903MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="m_254606798260423903MsoPlainText">ICANN meetings are for information-sharing. And since we have two efforts working on some of the exact same issues, I suggest that some info-sharing could be very helpful to our volunteers. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="m_254606798260423903MsoPlainText"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">The ICANN Org effort with Hamilton is clearly going to be more comprehensive than the narrow effort our WG has received from Wilson Sonsini. And as you know, the Org effort will set a precedent which will be important for our WG to understand. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">The new memo, and those to come, are about the impact of GDPR on registration data and WHOIS. I draw your attention to the end of the blog post:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">“As a reminder, this legal analysis is intended to serve as building block for community discussions about how to approach GDPR issues in the domain name space. [WHOIS.]<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Here's where we need help from the multistakeholder community:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">Please review the initial legal analysis and provide feedback. This includes identifying possible questions, and how best to interact with data protection agencies and others to get to the next step of the analysis.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">It will be helpful to receive your feedback at the earliest opportunity, so as to inform the upcoming discussions at ICANN60, and to feed into future iterations of the legal analysis.”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">The RDS WG is the main place where the multistakeholder community is considering WHOIS. So one would think that ICANN Org would have already reached out to our WG. I am surprised that it has not. So, I think it’s appropriate for us to invite the Org folks in. The goal is to understand that work and ask questions. Maybe the RDS WG could then formulate some feedback as requested above. After all, we’ve been thinking about this stuff for almost two years now..<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">As part of the briefing, it would be good to hear about this effort's schedule and workplan. The memo says: "We intend to provide a series of memorandums, which will address different aspects of the issue and where the scope and topics of each such memorandum will be discussed and agreed with ICANN. We understand that ICANN intends to make each memorandum publicly available." I do not see any of those details in the memo or blog. For example, what topics will be the subjects of the forthcoming memos? There’s clearly a plan for that.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I have no idea of any of that will come out in the GDPR session on Thursday, but since that consists of panel presentations, I am unsure and would prefer that our WG definitely get a briefing and a chance to ask questions.<span style="color:windowtext"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">All best,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">--Greg<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.<wbr>org</a> [<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephanie Perrin<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 19, 2017 11:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ICANN Legal Opinion on GDPR - Part 1<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"">I am curious as to how the questions are being framed. Who is the client, ICANN the MS body, ICANN the CEO and staff (who have been found to be a co-controller and therefore have an interest in avoiding fines) or ICANN the Board.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"">There are different interests at stake here, I think it would be useful to get a fuller understanding of how Teresa Swineheart is handling the development of questions.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"">Stephanie Perrin</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 2017-10-19 10:43, Chuck wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><pre>Greg,<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Having just finished reading the Hamilton memo, I don't understand why you<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>think the WG needs a presentation? What would a presentation from Teresa or<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>other ICANN staff person provide us that we couldn't get from the memo<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>itself and other sources such as the ICANN Blog, etc.?<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Can you identify any advice from Hamilton that would supplant work we have<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>been doing? If so, please identify it.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>In my opinion:<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>- The advice of ways forward fits nicely into our policy development<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>processes.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>- The Hamilton Memo confirms much of what we already heard from the DP<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>experts and Wilson Sonsini so we now have it from three separate sources.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>- You are absolutely that we "need to understand and track the legal<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>advice being made" and that it overlaps what we are doing but I think that<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>will help us.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Chuck<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>From: Greg Aaron [<a href="mailto:gca@icginc.com" target="_blank">mailto:gca@icginc.com</a>] <u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 7:25 AM<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>To: Chuck <a href="mailto:consult@cgomes.com" target="_blank"><consult@cgomes.com></a>; 'Alan Greenberg' <a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" target="_blank"><alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca></a>;<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>'GNSO RDS PDP' <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank"><gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org></a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Subject: RE: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ICANN Legal Opinion on GDPR - Part 1<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Dear WG leadership:<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>As we expected, this ICANN Org effort will have a profound effect on our<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>work. We will need to understand and track the legal advice being made,<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>which overlaps with and in some places may supplant work we have been doing.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>And the memo's "Finding New Ways Forward" section (3.9) provides advice for<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>the policy-making process. Clearly our WG needs (deserves) a presentation<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>at Abu Dhabi from Teresa Swinehart, who is heading up this effort. <u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Could this be done at the WG meeting on Wednesday 1 November? <u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Wednesday will be better attended, both in-person and remotely. (Some<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>members may still be in transit during the WG's early Saturday morning<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>meeting. And the Saturday meeting is at a challenging time for those<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>participating remotely -- ~6:30 a.m. Saturday morning in Europe / 12:30<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>a.m. Saturday East Coast USA.)<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>As part of the briefing, it would be good to hear about this effort's<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>schedule, workplan, and immediate next steps. The memo says: "We intend to<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>provide a series of memorandums, which will address different aspects of the<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>issue and where the scope and topics of each such memorandum will be<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>discussed and agreed with ICANN. We understand that ICANN intends to make<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>each memorandum publicly available."<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>All best,<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>--Greg<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.<wbr>org</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>[<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Chuck<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 8:51 AM<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>To: 'Alan Greenberg' <a href="mailto:alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca" target="_blank"><alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca></a>; 'GNSO RDS PDP'<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank"><gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org></a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ICANN Legal Opinion on GDPR - Part 1<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>I want to call attention to the following paragraph:<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>"The memo highlights the complexity of these issues in the domain name<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>space, and concludes that the current open, publicly available WHOIS<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>services cannot remain unchanged. The WHOIS system has to become adaptable<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>to address the GDPR from the European perspective, as well as other changing<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>regulations around the world."<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>After input from Data Protection experts, the Wilson Sonsini memo and now<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>this memo, do any in the WG disagree with this statement?<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Chuck<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>-----Original Message-----<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.<wbr>org</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>[<a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg-<wbr>bounces@icann.org</a>] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:04 AM<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>To: GNSO RDS PDP <a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank"><gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org></a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Subject: Re: [gnso-rds-pdp-wg] ICANN Legal Opinion on GDPR - Part 1<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Full Blog post is at<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/data-protection-and-privacy-update" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/<wbr>blog/data-protection-and-<wbr>privacy-update</a>. Alan<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>At 19/10/2017 12:23 AM, Alan Greenberg wrote:<u></u><u></u></pre><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><pre>Perhaps it has already been posted, but if not, ICANN has received the <u></u><u></u></pre><pre>first part of the independent legal analysis of the GDPR in relation to <u></u><u></u></pre><pre>WHOIS that had been commissioned.<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>It can be found at<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/gdpr-memorandum-part1-16oct" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/<wbr>system/files/files/gdpr-<wbr>memorandum-part1-16oct</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre>17-e<u></u><u></u></pre></blockquote><pre>n.pdf.<u></u><u></u></pre><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>Alan<u></u><u></u></pre></blockquote><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>______________________________<wbr>_________________<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>______________________________<wbr>_________________<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><u></u> <u></u></pre><pre>______________________________<wbr>_________________<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>gnso-rds-pdp-wg mailing list<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="mailto:gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org" target="_blank">gnso-rds-pdp-wg@icann.org</a><u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg" target="_blank">https://mm.icann.org/mailman/<wbr>listinfo/gnso-rds-pdp-wg</a><u></u><u></u></pre></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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