Re: [registrars] Proposed Ballots

[Thomas Keller <tom@schlund.de>]

gets my support as well.

tom

Am 09.04.2003 schrieb Tim Ruiz:
> This looks reasonable to me.
> 
> Tim
> 
>  -------- Original Message --------
>    Subject: RE: [registrars] Proposed Ballots
>    From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
>    Date: Tue, April 8, 2003 6:23 pm
>    To: <registrars@dnso.org>
> 
>    > Same here Rob. I had earlier considered attempting to put together
>    > an  amendment to this motion
> 
>    Elana, I'd like to put forward the following as a friendly amendmentto
>    your earlier motion...
> 
>    Members of the GNSO Registrar Constituency continue to see abuse of
>    public Whois databases by spammers, hijackers and  others intending to
>    obtain registrant contact data through  automated or otherwise
>    high-volume means for inappropriate purposes.  This raises significant
>    privacy, technical and operational concerns for consumers, privacy
>    advocates, registrars and registries.  At the same time, the Registrar
>    Constituency recognizes that there may be a number of  legitimate
>    reasons why key stakeholders may seek to obtain  this same contact
>    information through sanctioned means.
> 
>    In order to ensure an appropriate balance for all interests, the
>    Registrar Constituency proposes that the GNSO Council's Privacy Task
>    Force review privacy concerns related to the Whois protocol, service
>    and contractual data provisioning requirements for ICANN gTLD
>    registrars and registries and make recommendations to limit the
>    availability of such data only to legitimate interests and uses,
>    protect it from unauthorized use and review whether or not the Whois
>    protocol and service itself may be better replaced by a more
>    appropriate alternative.
> 
>    [] I support the statement as a formal position of the Registrar
>    Constituency;
>    [] I  do not support the statement as a formal position of the
>    Registrar Consituency;
>    [] Abstain.
> 
>    PS - are we gonna vote on any of this anytime soon? I'm getting ballot
>    withdrawal. :)
> 
>    -rwr
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Gruss,

tom

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