Re: [registrars] Call for European Registrar rep on ICANN WHOIS committee

["Ken Stubbs" <kstubbs@digitel.net>]

paul & others

i appreciate paul's perspective but i have been given assurances of support
from other registrars and other council members from other constituancies.

i would expect that we would be able to find the kind of person your talking
about as a backup resource but your description is almost one of a
"lobbyist" as well. if in the future the registrars feel that a lobbyist is
needed the that issue should be addressed seperately

with respect to european contacts having served a chairman of CORE and have
participated in the european panel of participants since 1998, i still
maintain many contacts in the european community and i feel quite strongly
that i can have the support of those people in our collective whois efforts.

granted, the european perspective is essential in future whois decisions,
but this perspective can be solicited from & provided thru input from the
current european registrar community.

i feel that is is essential to keep a "total global" perspective on the
whois issues and am committed to that effort.

as to other committees, i am currently on the dot-org committee. i am
willing to commit the necessary time to make the effort work as well

ken stubbs



----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul M. Kane" <Paul.Kane@REACTO.com>
To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
Cc: "Elana Broitman" <ebroitman@register.com>; "mike palage"
<michael@palage.com>; <registrars@dnso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:46 PM
Subject: [registrars] Call for European Registrar rep on ICANN WHOIS
committee


> No disrespect to Ken but I believe it is _necessary_ to have a European
> Registrar (lawyer) on the WHOIS Committee. The WHOIS Committee is just one
> (important) aspect, but can be used as a lever to address other issues.
>
> Ken is already involved on many Committees and the WHOIS Committee is not
one
> where the representative can sit back, but does need to be in very regular
> contact with officers at the European Commission - (and I don't mean
Wilkinson
> or Delmas) and knows his/her way around. There are 3000 survey responses
to be
> reviewed, that takes dedicated time.....
>
> The representative needs to be a "heavy hitter" at the EU level - else
life for
> ALL registrars wanting to conduct business in Europe will find life very
> difficult. Wearing my other "hats" I have been active in the Safe Harbour
> Agreement, the CyberCrime Act, liberalizing VAT on electronic services
(you may
> recall the EU wants to collect VAT from EVERY Registrar, even those based
> outside the EU) and just today for example the European Commission wants
to stop
> the use of cookies. See
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48025,00.html
>
> Europe Goes After the Cookie
>    Reuters
>    6:20 a.m. Oct. 31, 2001 PST
>
>    LONDON -- The "cookie," a simplistic identification tag that most
>    Internet users unknowingly carry when surfing the Web, runs the risk
>    of being outlawed under a proposed privacy directive from the
> European  Commission.
>
> The representative does not need to be a member of the NC ... and
Registrar
> representative will suffice, but they must be willing to put the hours in
for
> the benefit of the community "pro-bono" ...
>
> Best
>
> Paul
>
> "Ross Wm. Rader" wrote:
>
> > I'd also like to add that whatever additional resources that we can
bring to
> > bear in support of Ken are also available at his request. Combined with
> > Elana's offer of support, the resources of the Excomm and the input of
the
> > rest of the task force, I am sure that we can close this issue in a
timely
> > manner to the benefit of all involved.
> >
> > -rwr
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Elana Broitman" <ebroitman@register.com>
> > To: "mike palage" <michael@palage.com>
> > Cc: "paul kane" <paul.kane@reacto.com>; "Ross Wm. Rader"
<ross@tucows.com>;
> > <registrars@dnso.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 12:01 PM
> > Subject: FW: [nc-whois] Next steps.....
> >
> > > Mike and all - Ross and I recommend that we nominate Ken Stubbs as
Paul's
> > > replacement.  I believe that is important for registrars to remain at
the
> > > head of this TF because Whois issues are so key to all of our
businesses.
> > > Ken has a historical perspective, he can fairly represent the various
> > > registrar interests, and has a good working relationship with the
> > different
> > > interested constituencies in order to make progress.
> > >
> > > To the extent that Ken might need any technical support on Whois
issues, I
> > > am certain that our company and others will be happy to provide such
> > > support.
> > >
> > > If others agree, we should send the registrars' proposal to Phillip as
> > soon
> > > as possible since Tony's proposal was sent over a week ago.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Elana
> > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Antonio Harris [mailto:harris@cabase.org.ar]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:28 PM
> > > > > To: Paul M. Kane; WHOIS Committee - DNSO
> > > > > Subject: RE: [nc-whois] Next steps.....
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul,
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for all your good work.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to propose Marylin Cade as chair to
> > > > > replace Paul when he has to leave.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Tony Harris
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
>