Colleagues, KSK Ceremony VII to support DNSSEC signatures in the root zone in Q1/2012 was completed successfully today in Culpeper, VA, USA. The ceremony administrator was Joe Abley. Audit materials will be posted as soon as practical for public review at <http://data.iana.org/ksk-ceremony/7/>, following our usual procedures. ICANN extends thanks and appreciation to our colleagues at VeriSign, and also to Trusted Community Representatives Frederico Neves, Anne-Marie Eklund Lowinder and Rob Seastrom, for their continued support of this important process. Regards, Joe Abley Director DNS Operations ICANN