Dear RDRS SC,

Please see below the notes and action items from the last meeting.

The next meeting is scheduled for 12 May at 17:30 UTC.

Kind regards,

Feodora and Caitlin

2025-04-28 RDRS Standing Committee - Meeting #30

Action Item: ICANN Org to draft a proposed structure for Chapter 4. Include a comparative table analyzing each SSAD recommendation against RDRS implementation.

1. Welcome 

· SC Chair opened the meeting. The intent was to ensure the Standing Committee was aligned on its purpose and direction, particularly regarding Assignments 3 and 4.

2. Continue discussion on Chapter 4

· ICANN Org - Presentation

· ICANN Org provided a presentation and recap on Assignment Scope for Assignment 3 and 4 based on Charter.

· In addition, ICANN Org presented procedural scenarios based on the Assignment 4 scope. 

· The slides of the presentation can be found here. 

· Discussion Summary

· Some SC members noted preference for keeping RDRS voluntary; SSAD should not be built. 

· Against selective adoption without policy development, as choosing parts of SSAD implies policy work.

· SC members toted the group would find it relatively easy to recommend which RDRS features to continue.

· SC members also noted difficulties for the Standing Committee to settle what SSAD parts to change, given historical difficulty during EPDP Phase 2.

· Some SC members disagreed with the immediate dismissal of SSAD without evaluating all recommendations. Suggested the committee to walk through Assignment 4 carefully.

· SC members suggested it is premature to declare SSAD dead without conducting the policy evaluation work mandated in Assignment 4.

· Suggested a practical approach:

· Review all 18 recommendations.

· Determine consensus areas: which could be endorsed, which required further work, and which should be discarded.

· Allow the Council to determine next steps, including whether a new EPDP is required.

· Clarified that while this is not developing new policy, it is evaluative work to inform the Council and Board.

· Proposed that public comment could happen while the evaluation is ongoing.

· SC members suggested a more flexible, diplomatic wording of Scenario 4.

· Suggested restructuring options to make them more consensus-friendly.

• SC Chair observed agreement that the group should:

• Evaluate each recommendation against RDRS experience.

• Provide informed, but non-binding, guidance to Council without making policy recommendations themselves.

• Emphasized the deliverable should be scoping advice, not direct policy.

• The group should gather as much informational context as possible.

• Commented that the final output should help the Council understand the size and nature of any future policy work.

3. AOB

• Next Meeting: May 12, 2025 (due to May 5 conflict with CP Summit)