Hi all, May I suggest that as a follow-up to Peter's note, the Council convenes a drafting team for a ccNSO Council comment, with Peter and Luis advising the drafting team? The draft needs to be ready by the September Council meeting (18 September). The public comment period is open until 22 September, Kind regards, Bart On 14/08/2025, 09:51, "Jordan Carter via Ccnso-council" <ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> wrote: Hi all, hi Peter Thanks for the heads up! Do you think we should have a stand-alone meeting to dig into this? Any chance of a brief summary of the critical issue, to help guide councillors to the critical parts of the document? Cheers Jordan -----Original Message----- From: Peter Koch via Ccnso-council <ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2025 12:27 AM To: ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] - [ccnso-council] Heads up: RSS GWG Public Comment proceeding Dear fellow Councillors, the RSS GWG (Root Server System Governance Working Group) has submitted its document "The Root Server System Governance Structure" for public comment: <https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/functional-model-for-root...> <https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/functional-model-for-root-server-system-governance-11-08-2025>> As one of the two ccNSO appointees to the GWG, I would like to suggest that the council review, discuss and provide a comment to this draft output. I would like to draw everybody's attention, in particular, to o the overall governance structure o the proposed implementation phases (page 19) o the 'balance of power' in the proposed Council o the topic of financing (both for the governance structure and the RSS as a whole) This is an important piece of work in the overall Internet Governance discussion, given that it deals with the governance of a technical function that has, from time to time, a significant political exposure. The amount of detail might suggest an extra working session dedicated to the topic. Best regards Peter _______________________________________________ Ccnso-council mailing list -- ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org> To unsubscribe send an email to ccnso-council-leave@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council-leave@icann.org> _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy <https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy>) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos <https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos>). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on. _______________________________________________ Ccnso-council mailing list -- ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org> To unsubscribe send an email to ccnso-council-leave@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council-leave@icann.org> _______________________________________________ By submitting your personal data, you consent to the processing of your personal data for purposes of subscribing to this mailing list accordance with the ICANN Privacy Policy (https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy <https://www.icann.org/privacy/policy>) and the website Terms of Service (https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos <https://www.icann.org/privacy/tos>). You can visit the Mailman link above to change your membership status or configuration, including unsubscribing, setting digest-style delivery or disabling delivery altogether (e.g., for a vacation), and so on.

Dear Bart, all, apologies for responding to this late. On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 08:30:43AM +0000, Bart Boswinkel wrote:

May I suggest that as a follow-up to Peter's note, the Council convenes a drafting team for a ccNSO Council comment, with Peter and Luis advising the drafting team?

you may ;-)

On 14/08/2025, 09:51, "Jordan Carter via Ccnso-council" <ccnso-council@icann.org <mailto:ccnso-council@icann.org>> wrote:

Do you think we should have a stand-alone meeting to dig into this?

Lat's aim for meetings of the drafting team.

Any chance of a brief summary of the critical issue, to help guide councillors to the critical parts of the document?

First, let me please clarify that the RSS GWG is _not_ an RSSAC working group but a cross community WG convened by the Board. Syncing with the RySG would be helpful.

o the overall governance structure

All RSOs (not: RSSAC) participate, no "representation"

o the proposed implementation phases (page 19) o the 'balance of power' in the proposed Council

12:6:6 RSO:ccTLDs:gTLDs

o the topic of financing (both for the governance structure and the RSS as a whole)

One interesting aspect is the historic independence of the RSOs (almost no contracts with ICANN) that, as CCs, we should have a lot of sympathy for, while at the same time the function is much more technically focused and constratined. That said, the function of 'designation and removal' is politically overloaded to degrees (of varying perception). Looking forward to setting up the drafting team later today! Best Peter