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RE: [nc-whois] Clarification of the term "administrative work"


Thanks, Bruce.
 
Hopefully, now we can all get back to work, for those who remain interested, in the short time remaining.
 
MC
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 5:25 AM
To: nc-whois@dnso.org
Subject: [nc-whois] Clarification of the term "administrative work"

Hello All,
 
The term "administrative" work in the GNSO Council motion was perhaps in hindsight a bit cryptic.
 
In simple terms the WHOIS task force carried out a great deal of analysis of WHOIS issues over 2 years.  The Task Force produced a set of consensus recommendations that went on to become the first outputs of the new GNSO to be approved by the ICANN Board.  This was an important step forward in establishing the GNSO and ICANN as an effective policy development body.
 
At the meeting in Rio, members of the WHOIS task force (Marilyn Cade, Tony Harris, and Thomas Roessler) requested that the WHOIS task force members be able to use GNSO resources (ie the mailing list and support from the GNSO secretariat) to complete some documentation (the "administrative work") that captures some of the work of the WHOIS task force on issues where consensus was not able to be developed.   The purpose of this documentation, as I understand it, is to take advantage of the expertise of the current WHOIS task force members to capture knowledge on other WHOIS issues that will serve as reference material in future policy work.  For example the documentation created on the privacy issue is being used as one of the inputs into the staff manager's report on privacy. The GNSO Council is thankful that the task force members are willing to stay on a little longer to ensure that the knowledge gained over the past 2 years is captured.  In a way it is similar to a software engineering project, when after the project is delivered, project staff could spend a couple of weeks creating any additional documentation before the team members move onto other projects.
 
The exact nature of the "administrative work" or documentation is for the task force as a whole to decide.  It is up to individual task force members as to whether they are willing to contribute to this work, but good documentation of any policy issues are of value to the GNSO as a whole.
 
Note the present WHOIS task force is not creating any new consensus policy recommendations, so in that respect the work is complete.  Any new policy development will be subject to the GNSO policy development process, and new task forces will be formed as necessary.  I hope that current members of the WHOIS task force will be able to contribute to future policy initiatives of the GNSO council that relate to WHOIS issues.
 
As the GNSO motion specifies, the WHOIS task force mailing list will be closed on 1 May 2003.  Individual members of the task force can of course continue to collaborate using their own resources (e.g create their own mailing lists) in the development of any documents for consideration by the GNSO (not just the GNSO Council) as a whole.   The more important issues are discussed within the GNSO the more likely we are to create effective policy.
 
Once again, I would like to thank the WHOIS task force members for their voluntary work.  You are now all WHOIS experts!
 
Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Ruchika Agrawal [mailto:agrawal@epic.org]
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:39 AM
To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGCRP; NC-WHOIS (E-mail); Bruce Tonkin
Subject: Re: [nc-whois] correction -- NOT yet defunct WHOIS TF -- we don't get off THAT easy!

Dear Bruce,

The GNSO meeting minutes state:

Bruce Tonkin, seconded by Marilyn Cade, moved that:
- The WHOIS task force complete the administrative work
- The WHOIS task force list remein open until the administrative work is complete
- A Period of two weeks be allowed for this
- The WHOIS task force be closed as from May 1, 2003

Votes: 21 votes in favour, Milton Mueller against, Chun Eung Hwi abstained, no vote from Gabriel Pineiro (absent, no proxy)

Decision 6:
Continue WHOIS task force until completion of administrative work. The WHOIS task force be closed as from May 1, 2003



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