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<https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/root_zone_administrator_pro...> 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<mailto: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 Best 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