OPOC Working Group

[edit] Objective

The objective of the WG is to examine the issues raised with respect to the policy recommendations contained in section 4 of the Whois Task Force (Final Task Force Report on Whois Services) and make recommendations concerning how those policy recommendations may be improved to address these issues.

[edit] Meetings

• First OPOC WG Meeting for April 25th

[edit] Members

Interim Chair

Philip Sheppard

Members of the OPOC Working Group:

Darlene Thompson - Nunavut Department of Education, Canada

Bruce Tonkin - Melbourne IT

Kristina Rosette - Covington & Burling LLP

Palmer Hamilton - Miller, Hamilton, Snider, & Odom, LLC.

Dan Krimm - Global Policy Fellow for IP Justice

Robin Gross - IP Justice

Adam Scoville - RE/MAX International

Steven Metalitz - Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP

Susan Kawaguchi - eBay

Kari Moeller - Turner Broadcasting System

Carlos Alvarez - Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Christopher Gibson - Professor at Suffolk University Law School

Doug Isenberg - GigaLaw Firm

Jay Westerdal - Name Intelligence

Melissa Rotunno - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Jon Nevett - Network Solutions

Yaovi Atohoun - Independant ICT consultant.

David Fares - News Corporation

Avri Doria - Luela University of Technology

Michael Warnecke - Entertainment Software Association

Carole Bird - Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Steve DelBianco - NetChoice

Hugh Dierker - Dierker Consultancy

Margie Milam - MarkMonitor

Lynn Goodendorf - Risk Management department in InterContinental Hotels Group

Richard Padilla - University of the Arts London

John Levine - The Internet for Dummies

Danny Younger - Artistic Ribbon

Jeff Williams - Spokesman for INEGroup LLA

Lane Mortensen - Wellsfargo

Tim Ruiz - GoDaddy

Milton Mueller - Professor at Syracuse University

Mawaki Chango - PhD at Syracuse University

Ken Stubbs - Afilias

Hope Mehlman - Regions Financial Corporation

Rudi Vansnick - ISOC

David Maher - PIR.org

Amadeu Abril - .CAT Registry

Requirements to participate in OPOC WG.

[edit] Email Archive of the Group

Please find the archives of this Working Group at

http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-whois-wg

[edit] Charter

As approved by the ICANN GNSO Council here is the official Whois Working Group Charter