Dear All, As you will recall Katrina, is the interim member of the Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC), which has been established a part of the IANA Stewardship Transition. Following adoption of the ccNSO Guideline, the CCNSO Council launched a call for Expression of Interest (EoI) to seek one (1) ccNSO appointed member on the RZERC from the ccTLD community. This person will replace Katrina. At closure of the call for volunteers (Friday 23 September, 23:59 UTC), 3 community members put their name forward, in alphabetical order: · Jaap Akkerhuis · Luis Diego Espinoza · Peter Koch Please note that both Jaap and Luis Diego are not directly involved with a ccTLD, but have received support from a ccTLD (see their applications). In a separate email I will forward the applications to you individually. In the balance of this email you will find the procedure for selecting the candidate and the call for volunteers, which includes the selection criteria (marked). Kind regards, Joke Braeken + + + + + SELECTION PROCEDURE + + + + + A. Selection phase by Councillors On Monday 26 September 2016 all Councillors eligible to select will receive all applications received by Friday 23 September 23:59 UTC. These will be sent to you individually. Next steps? You are invited to compile a list of the candidates, based on the Selection Criteria and in order of preference. The most preferred candidate will receive 3 points, the second 2 points and your least preferred candidate 1 point. If, in your view, a candidate does not meet the criteria, you do not have to include the name, in which case the most preferred will still receive 3 points, etc. To select your candidates, you are supposed to take into account and be guided by the selection criteria in the call for volunteers (included for reference here: https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-rzerc-guideline-01sep16-en.pdf ) Please send your list to ccnsosecretariat@icann.org<mailto:ccnsosecretariat@icann.org>, with subject line “RZERC Selection”, NO LATER THAN MONDAY 3 OCTOBER 2016, 17:00 UTC B. Administrative Procedure After having received your list to the ccNSO Secretariat, we will acknowledge receipt of your email. The acknowledgement will include a ballot number and date of receipt. On 3 October 2016 (after 17.00 UTC) an overview list will be circulated in the following format: - Ballot numbers, - Date ballots were received, - level of preference per candidate. As agreed by Council the candidate receiving most support is considered to be selected. + + + + + CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST + + + + + At its meeting on 1 September, the ccNSO Council approved the ccNSO Guideline: ccNSO Actions Respecting the Root Zone Evaluation Review Committee. (https://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/ccnso-rzerc-guideline-01sep16-en.pdf). At the same meeting, the Council launched the call for Expression of Interest (EoI) to seek one (1) ccNSO appointed member on the Root Zone Evaluation Review Committee ("RZERC") from the ccTLD community (independent of membership of the ccNSO). This person, when appointed will replace the interim ccNSO appointed member. The term of appointment will be three (3) years. A member may be re-appointed for two additional terms (in total 3 terms). Candidates should be aware that NO travel funding will be provided. Candidates were requested to submit their application to the ccNSO Secretariat (ccNSOsecretariat@icann.org<mailto:ccNSOsecretariat@icann.org>). The application process closed on Friday 23 September, 23:59 UTC. After having received the applications, the Secretariat will send the information received to non-conflicted Councillors individually. It is the intention that by Tuesday 4 October 2016 the ccTLD representative on the RZERC will be appointed. + + + + + BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON RZERC, and ccTLD PARTICIPATION IN THE RZERC + + + + + ICANN has established a Root Zone Evaluation Review Committee to review and provide input regarding proposed architectural and operational changes to the root zone and as determined necessary by the RZERC, propose architectural and operational changes to the root zone for consideration by the ICANN Board. The RZERC will consider issues raised to the RZERC to identify any potential security, stability or resiliency risks to the architecture and operation of the root zone. The RZERC will coordinate with the committee's respective organizations and communities, and if appropriate, external experts, to ensure that relevant bodies were involved in decision-making and ensure that relevant expertise was available. The RZERC will coordinate a public consultation process for operational and architectural changes that impose potential risk to the security, stability, or resiliency of the root system (as identified by one or more committee members and agreed by a simple majority of members). This public consultation process regarding the proposed changes, including the identified risks, will be organized via the ICANN public comment forum. The RZERC will act as a consultation body for ICANN during the issuance and consideration of an RFP for the Root Zone Maintainer, if needed. The RZERC will coordinate with the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) as needed. In accordance with the adopted charter of the RZERC (https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/revised-rzerc-charter-08aug16-en...) , the ccNSO shall select 1 member to the committee. The committee membership is the following: - The Chair of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee, or Chair’s delegate - The Chair of the Root Server System Advisory Committee, or Chair’s delegate - The Chair of the Address Supporting Organization, or Chair’s delegate - The Chair of the Internet Engineering Task Force, or Chair’s delegate - One representative selected by the Registries Stakeholder Group of the Generic Names Supporting Organization - One representative selected by the Country Code Names Supporting Organization - One representative of the organization identified to serve as the Root Zone Maintainer - One ICANN Board member - One senior IANA Function Operator administrator or their delegate More background information on RZERC can be found at: https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship-implementation/formation-of-a-root-zone... On behalf of the ccNSO Secretariat, Kind regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken@icann.org<mailto:joke.braeken@icann.org> Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org