<html><body><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Emily and Team:<br><br>Forgive me, but can someone please state what is "the position we agreed in Dakar" ?</div><div><br></div><div>I wasn't in attendance, and frankly with all of the drafts circulating on this issue, I think I've lost the original starting point.</div><div><br>Thanks--</div><div><br>J.</div><div><br></div>
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Subject: [Rt4-whois] A word on proxies<br>
From: Emily Taylor <<a href="mailto:emily@emilytaylor.eu">emily@emilytaylor.eu</a>><br>
Date: Sun, November 27, 2011 1:52 am<br>
To: <a href="mailto:rt4-whois@icann.org">rt4-whois@icann.org</a><br>
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Hi all<br><br>I've been following the exchanges with interest.<br><br>On proxies, our default position should be what we agreed in Dakar. We all (including Susan) agreed those recommendations, despite virtually everyone having reservations on some of the issues. James and Susan (and latterly Kathy) were tasked to see whether they could agree additional text on proxies, and agreement wasn't possible. To me, this indicates that we have pushed the consensus as far as it can go at this stage.<br> <br> I think that we could add a paragraph in our findings to say that we wrestled with the issue of proxies, and set out a summary of both positions (ie concern that it will just be continuation of what we have; vs concern about bringing in an regulating non-contracted parties). We should definitely label this as one to watch, and an area where the community should build up good practices voluntarily. We welcome the study/work/whatever on reveal and relay, and anticipate that it will highlight many of the issues that we have encountered about patchy standards amongst commercial proxy providers: from gold standard (eg Domains by Proxy, [ others? Moniker?]) to others such as <a href="http://Above.com">Above.com</a> (an ICANN accredited registrar) which does not reveal until after UDRP or other proceedings have started, and has been found against in over 100 UDRP cases. It is an area where improved standards are necessary to promote consumer trust, and we look to the industry initially to work on these. The next WHOIS Review will have more information (ie the outcome of many of the studies which are just started now), and will be able to evaluate how well the industry has done.<br> <br>Susan - I appreciate, and share many of your concerns. However, we committed to a hard-won consensus on this issue in Dakar. You have rightly explored whether it's possible to do more, and it isn't at this stage. You can see from the responses of others in the group (eg Seth, Peter) that the preservation of our consensus is the most important thing at this stage of our study. I hope you will recognise how much we have achieved in this regard. Reading the draft report as a whole, I feel very proud of all of our work, and our teamwork.<br> <br>Kind regards<br><br>Emily<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br><br><span style="color:rgb(153, 51, 153)"></span> <img src="http://www.etlaw.co.uk/images/stories/etlaw/etclogo250x60.gif"><br><br><div style="margin-left:80px"> <u style="color:rgb(204, 51, 204)"> </u><br style="color:rgb(153, 51, 153)"><br><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">76 Temple Road, Oxford OX4 2EZ UK</span><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"> <span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">t: +44 (0)1865 582 811 • m: +44 (0)7540 049 322</span><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><a href="mailto:emily@emilytaylor.eu" target="_blank">emily@emilytaylor.eu</a> </span><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"> <br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><b style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><a href="http://www.etlaw.co.uk" target="_blank">www.etlaw.co.uk</a></b><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><br style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)"><span style="color:rgb(153, 153, 153)">Emily Taylor Consultancy Limited is a company registered in England and Wales No. 730471. VAT No. 114487713.</span><br> </div><br> <hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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