Please find below the proposed Triage recommendation 22-2016.  Kindly provide me with your input by the end of Tuesday 14 June 2016, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendation. Thank you.

Topic:   22-2016  - Request for Appointment of Candidates to Participate on the Customer Standing Committee (CSC)

Originator: ICANN

Summary of request: ICANN sent a letter [PDF, 217 KB] to the ICANN Supporting Organizations, Advisory Committees, and the Registry Stakeholder Group to request that these organizations initiate their internal processes to appoint candidates to serve as members and liaisons on the Customer Standing Committee (CSC). The CSC will provide operational oversight of the performance of the IANA naming function, a role currently performed by NTIA. In its oversight role, the CSC will monitor the performance of the IANA naming function against agreed service level targets. Additional information regarding the CSC and the request for appointment are available here. Those interested in participating on the CSC are encouraged to express their interest through one of the appointing organisations. specified above.  https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2016-06-02-en

Date received: 3 June 2016

Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: On 2 June 2016 the ccNSO Council received the request to appoint members to the Customer Standing Committee by 22 July 2016. Since April 2016 the ccNSO is working on a new guideline with respect to the selection and appointment of the ccTLD members on the CSC and related aspects. It is expected that the ccNSO Council will adopt the guideline at its meeting on 16 June. During the ccNSO meeting in Helsinki more detailed information on the entire process will be presented to the community and the formal call for expressions of interest will be issued on or around 30 June. This will, unfortunately, provide a very limited application window (two weeks) to meet the deadline of 22 July 2016.

Recommended action, if any: no action needed at the moment. Katrina Sataki, chair to the ccNSO, circulated in the meanwhile on the ccNSO Council list a draft of the message to be circulated soon to the community, which will adequately inform the ccTLD community, and cover everything from a ccNSO perspective.  The message is expected to be sent out on Monday June 6. (done)

Expertise needed, if any: technical, DNS, IANA, operational, managerial

Date of submission to Triage Committee: 3 June 2016

Deadline Triage Committee input: Tuesday 7 June 2016, 23:59 UTC 

Recommendation received by Triage Committee: 06 Juni 2016

Date submission to Council: 10 June 2016

Deadline Council decision: Tuesday 14 June 2016, 23:59 UTC 

Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: high