> > On 6 Jan 2016, at 08:03, Shane Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not necessarily RIPE Database related, but I thought I'd point out that > ICANN is considering replacing WHOIS for gTLD: > > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-01-04-en
Hi Shane. I think you’re grossly overstating things. IMO a call for volunteers to "serve on a PDPWorking Group to establish a policy framework for a next-generation gTLD Registration Directory Service” — whatever these things might be — is unlikely to amount to anything, even by ICANN’s dismal record on whois matters. By all means watch the never-ending whois food fights at ICANN. But don’t expect any sort of constructive or useful outcome.
