[registrars] FW: .US WHOIS POLICY
Title: Message Folks
- some important "corrections" from Neulevel re: my earlier concerns regarding
dotUS.
I
actually just got off the phone with Jeff and have a much better understanding
of how things work as well as what the relationship between the policy council
and Neulevel. I was surprised to learn that the policy council is largely an
autonomous group that forwards recommendations to Neulevel for analysis...it
would only be then that Neulevel's partners and customers are brought into the
discussion. Of course, I also took the opportunity to provide my view of the
recommendations to Jeff - I would urge all of you to do the
same.
Also
note that the representative from Bulk Registrar can also present your commments
directly to the council and should probably be kept in the loop with any
concerns/comments that you have regarding their
recommendations.
-rwr -----Original Message-----
From: Neuman, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Neuman@neustar.us] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 3:24 PM To: 'ross@tucows.com' Cc: 'michael@palage.com'; 'wessorh@ar.com' Subject: .US WHOIS POLICY Ross,
Can I ask you to
post this to the Registrars list. Hopefully it will answer some of your
concerns.
1) The US
Policy Council is an independent body and with the exception of having one
member serve as a voting member on the council (and another as a technical
advisor), it is not a part of NeuStar. NeuStar does not control any
actions of the Policy Council.
2) The US
Policy Council decided to forward the policy to NeuStar for its comments.
That's all that the vote means. NeuStar will provide its comments to the
Policy Council who then, depending on our comments, may revise the policy.
If the .us Policy Council wishes to move forward, it will then place the policy
open for public comment for a period of approximately 30 days. When the
policy is out for public comment, NeuStar would like to hear from anyone and
everyone about the Policy (good, bad, indifferent, etc.).
Speaking on behalf
of NeuStar, you can bet the we are interested in hearing from our customers as
well as the general public. After the public comment period, the US Policy
Council will read the comments and decide whether or not changes are
warranted. After being considered by the Council, the Policy will then
again be floated by NeuStar, and if accepted, will go to the Department of
Commerce.
3) As you can
see, the Policy is far from being final and there are still a lot of issues to
be worked. NeuStar would like to hear from you about this policy (through
the public forum and through other means) at any time (and certainly during the
public comment period).
4) The
Registrar rep. on the Council is Bulk Register and they are there to represent
the Registrar point of view. That being said, any Registrar may comment on
the policy through the forum (http://lists.neustar.biz/mailman/listinfo.cgi/policy-forum)
at any time. I urge all of you to join the forum and please help us to
make policy that will benefit us all.
I hope that
helps.
Please let me know
if you have any questions or concerns.
Director, Law & Policy NeuStar, Inc. Loudoun Tech Center 46000 Center Oak Plaza Building X Sterling, VA 20166 p: (571) 434-5772 f: (571) 434-5735 e-mail: Jeff.Neuman@Neustar.us The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this e-mail message and any attachments hereto in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.
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