Dear Councillors,

Please find below the proposed Triage recommendation 11-2016.  Kindly provide me with your input by the end of Monday 18 April 2016, 23:59 UTC, in case you do not agree with the proposed recommendation. Thank you.

Topic:   11-2016: ICANN and Verisign Announce Start of 90-day Root Zone Management System "Parallel Testing" Period

Originator: ICANN

Summary of request: On 6 April 2016, ICANN and Verisign began a 90-day “parallel testing” period to verify the continued integrity of the data contained in the root zone file produced via the Root Zone Management System (RZMS) following the successful completion of the IANA Stewardship Transition.  The parallel testing period, which lasts 90 days, is part of the proposal that ICANN and Verisign submitted to NTIA in August 2015, at NTIA’s request, on how best to transition NTIA’s administrative role associated with root zone management to the global multistakeholder community in a manner that maintains the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS).

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-04-08-en

Date received: 11 April 2016

Last day for Comments/input/response, if any: none

Recommended action, if any: Send out e-mail to the ccTLDWorld@icann.org e-mail list, which was set up to address matters related to IANA stewardship transition and ICANN accountability.  Rationale: this shows that the implementation preparation is taking off.

Expertise needed, if any: technical

Date of submission to Triage Committee: 11 April 2016

Deadline Triage Committee input: 13 April 2016, 23:59 UTC

Date of submission to Council:  14 April 2016, 07:05 UTC

Deadline Council decision: 18 April 23:59 UTC

Impact on ccNSO/ccTLDs: middle to high