The "Preliminary Task Force Report on the Purpose of Whois and of the Whois Contacts" has been posted for comment at <http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/prelim-tf-rpt-18jan06.htm> ( PDF).
The comment period will be from 19 January 2006 to 8 February 2006. Comments may be submitted to <whois-comments@icann.org> . Comments will be archived at <http://forum.icann.org/lists/whois-comments/> .
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