February 2015 - rssac-caucus

[rssac-caucus] Invitation to RSSAC Caucus meeting at IETF in Dallas.
by Lars-Johan Liman March 22, 2015

March 22, 2015

Dear colleagues, We are planning a "kick-off" meeting for the RSSAC Caucus at the upcoming IETF in Dallas. The almost certain date is March 22, 2015, 15:30 - 17:00 local time. Please mark your calendar. We invite all Caucus members to participate (in person or via remote participation) to dialogue on work procedures, brainstorm about current and future work items (see the preliminary agenda below). We will send updated agenda details, meeting logistics as well as remote participation information as we have them, but you should expect the meeting to take place in the immediate vicinity of the IETF venue. Best, Lars-Johan Liman (RSSAC co-chair) Tripti Sinha (RSSAC co-chair) PRELIMINARY AGENDA FOR RSSAC CAUCUS MEETING 2015-03-22 15:30 - 17:00 in Dallas, TX, USA 1. Opening and welcome. (Liman) 2. A round of deeper introductions of all participants (names, affiliations, background, etc.). (All) 3. Information about the RSSAC restructuring and internal work, including the RSSAC-000 Operational Procedures document. (Liman) 4. Information and discussion of interaction between the formal committee and the caucus. (Tripti) 5. Status and overview of RSSAC-001 "Root server expectations" and its companioning document draft-iab-2870bis-*.txt. (TBD) 6. Status and overview of RSSAC-002 "Root server measurements". (TBD) 7. Status of and discussion about the on-going work on TTL in the root zone (TBD). 8. Brain storming session about future work items. (TBD) 9. Next meeting. (Liman) 10. AOB. (Liman) 11. Adjourn. (Liman)

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[rssac-caucus] RSSAC003 Work Party formed
by Steve Sheng Feb. 11, 2015

Feb. 11, 2015

Dear RSSAC Caucus, Thank you for volunteering to work on the Root Zone TTLs issue. The volunteers are: Warren Kumari, Jaap Akkerhuis, Shumon Huque, Brian Dickson, John Bond, Joe Abley, and Alejandro Acosta. At its meeting at ICANN52, the RSSAC appointed Duane Wessels to lead this work party. Attached please find the draft statement of work. A dedicated mailing list will be created for this work party. If you still would like to contribute, please send an email to Duane Wessels <dwessels(a)verisign.com>, and Steve Sheng (staff support) <steve.sheng(a)icann.org>. Kind regards, Steve

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[rssac-caucus] FW: CWG Stewardship Discussion Document - Input on Questions
by Tripti Sinha Feb. 8, 2015

Feb. 8, 2015

Dear Colleagues: The Community Working Group (CWG) is soliciting your input on its work thus far. A link is provided, in the email below, which will take you to a document that speaks to the CWG's deliberations. Please provide your input to either Liman or me OR please attend the CWG Q&A session on Thursday to provide your input directly to the CWG. Thank you. Regards, - Liman and Tripti From: Jonathan Robinson [mailto:jonathan.robinson@ipracon.com] Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2015 5:19 PM To: byron.holland(a)cira.ca; thomas.schneider(a)bakom.admin.ch; louie(a)louie.net; alan.greenberg(a)mcgill.ca; patrik(a)frobbit.se; Tripti Sinha; liman(a)netnod.se; Elisa.Cooper(a)markmonitor.com; tonyarholmes(a)btinternet.com; rafik.dammak(a)gmail.com; william.drake(a)uzh.ch; Michele(a)blacknight.com; kdrazek(a)Verisign.com; adiel(a)afrinic.net; rudi.vansnick(a)isoc.be; met(a)msk.com Cc: Lise Fuhr Subject: CWG Stewardship Discussion Document - Input on Questions Importance: High All, You may by now be aware but in case not, please do be aware of the CWG Stewardship Discussion Document linked to below. The CWG is very interested to have community input on key issues and these are framed (non-exhaustively) at the end of the linked document. https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-02-06-en Please discuss in your communities and provide input as soon as possible through your CWG members or at the Q & A session on Thursday. Please note: We are not looking for formal statements but rather input to assist the CWG in further refining or formulating its work. Many thanks, Jonathan Robinson & Lise Fuhr Co Chairs, CWG Stewardship

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[rssac-caucus] Let's welcome to Tripti, and say thanks to Jun!
by Jaap Akkerhuis Feb. 3, 2015

Feb. 3, 2015

ICANN announced: <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-02-02-en> Full text: RSSAC Elects Tripti Sinha as Co-Chair The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) has elected Tripti Sinha, Assistant Vice President and Deputy CIO for the Division of Information Technology at the University of Maryland, as co-chair effective 1 January 2015. Sinha will serve in this leadership capacity for two years. The ICANN Board of Directors appointed Sinha, who brings 25 years of technology experience, to the RSSAC in 2014 as the D-Root Server Operator representative on behalf of the University of Maryland. Sinha joins Lars-Johan Liman, Senior Systems Specialist at Netnod, the I-Root Server Operator, as co-chair for 2015. Together, Liman and Sinha will lead the RSSAC in its important mission of advising the ICANN Board of Directors and stakeholder community on matters relating to the operation, administration, security, and integrity of the Internet's Root Server System. The RSSAC is one of four advisory committees and three supporting organizations that comprise ICANN's global, bottom-up, multistakeholder policy development community. With Sinha's election, Dr. Jun Murai, Founder of The WIDE Project, ends his fifteen-year tenure leading the RSSAC. Professor Murai was the first RSSAC Chair and one of the original nine ICANN Directors. He subsequently led RSSAC through the growth and development of the root server system as well as internal reviews. Dr. Murai was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013 for his many career achievements and significant contributions--spanning technical and academic work--in Japan, the Asia Pacific region, and the broader global Internet community. He will remain on the RSSAC as the appointed representative for The WIDE Project, the M-Root Server Operator. To learn more about the RSSAC, please visit rssac.icann.org.

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