[Privsec] purpose of whois

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

As a member of the ICANN GNSO, I will be voting on a choice between 2  
formulation of the purpose of WHOIS.  I do not know to what extent  
this group has gotten involved in such issues but I would value this  
group opinions, and arguments, on the choice between the following  
formulations:

1. "The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide information  
sufficient to contact a responsible party for a particular gTLD  
domain name who can resolve, or reliably pass on data to a party who  
can resolve, issues related to the configuration of the records  
associated with the domain name within a DNS nameserver."

2. "The purpose of the gTLD Whois service is to provide information  
sufficient to contact a responsible party or parties for a particular  
gTLD domain name who can resolve, or reliably pass on data to a party  
who can resolve, technical, legal or other issues related to the  
registration or use of a domain name."

Full report on the formulations can be found at.

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/tf-report-15mar06.htm

I am planning to choose the first formulation, but the argument goes  
on, and will probably go on after our vote.  So any input from this  
group will be appreciated.  greatly.

thanks
a.