Dear Team members:<div><br></div><div>Here are a couple items you may be interested in:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>Whois issues and the Team's draft report (among other items related to new gTLDs) are addressed in a letter Rod Beckstrom sent to Asst. Secretary Larry Strickling today -- <<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/beckstrom-to-strickling-11jan12-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/beckstrom-to-strickling-11jan12-en.pdf</a>> (Whois also is reference in other recent letters posted on ICANN's correspondence webpage).</li>
</ul><ul><li>Negotiations between ICANN Staff and Registrar representatives to amend the RAA are addressing Whois issues contained in the Team's draft report. Status reports on the negotiation sessions and related information are posted on a public wiki -- <<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement;jsessionid=6DFF81DFF6D9FD24FD09CE1E0FB06DBE">https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement;jsessionid=6DFF81DFF6D9FD24FD09CE1E0FB06DBE</a>>.</li>
</ul><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div></div><div>Denise</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Denise Michel<br>ICANN <br>Advisor to the President & CEO<br><a href="mailto:denise.michel@icann.org" target="_blank">denise.michel@icann.org</a><br>
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