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[rssac-caucus] 48 HOUR LAST CALL: DRAFT Final Report on Root zone TTLs
by Steve Sheng Sept. 16, 2015

Sept. 16, 2015

Dear RSSAC caucus, Thank you again for your feedback on the TTL document. The Caucus work working group (along with a few caucus members) met at IETF 93 today and finalized the document. In the attached final document, a few changes are made: 1) recommendations are updated based on the additional feedback and work party discussions. The rationale is documented at the end of section 6.4.4. 2) added text to indicate that this is not an urgent problem to be fixed, and that the issue to be addressed within a reasonable amount of time following an update of the necessary procedures documents and software testing. 3) additional text to indicate that a new RRSIG record covering the DNSKEY RRset appears in the root zone every ten days, except at the end of calendar quarters where the interval may be extended to 12 days. 4) light-editing through the document (e.g. make recommendations in the executive summary consistent with the recommendations section, etc.) 5) updated acknowledgement section. With this, this document is put to the 48 hour last call for comments period. Please provide your comments by close of business Thursday, 23 July 2015. Following the last call, the documents will be copy-edited and sent to RSSAC for formal action. Best, Steve

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[rssac-caucus] RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee
by Tripti Sinha Aug. 30, 2015

Aug. 30, 2015

Dear Colleagues: The RSSAC has been asked to send a delegate to serve on the ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee. Details on this assignment are included below. If you are interested in being considered for this position please send an email to the RSSAC co-chairs - Tripti Sinha tsinha(a)umd.edu<mailto:tsinha@umd.edu> and Lars-Johan Liman liman(a)netnod.se<mailto:liman@netnod.se> - by Friday, August 14, 2015. Thank you. On behalf of the RSSAC Regards, - Tripti Sinha, RSSAC Co-Chair ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The composition of the NomCom is outlined in Article VII, Section 2. Composition of ICANN's Bylaws: (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VII) "Section 2. COMPOSITION The Nominating Committee shall be composed of the following persons: 1. A non-voting Chair, appointed by the ICANN Board; 2. A non-voting Chair-Elect, appointed by the ICANN Board as a non-voting advisor; 3. A non-voting liaison appointed by the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee established by Article XI of these Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.3>; 4. A non-voting liaison appointed by the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee established by Article XI of these Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.2>; 5. A non-voting liaison appointed by the Governmental Advisory Committee<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.1>; 6. Subject to the provisions of the Transition Article of these Bylaws, five voting delegates selected by the At-Large Advisory Committee established by Article XI of these Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#XI-2.4>; 7. Voting delegates to the Nominating Committee shall be selected from the Generic Names Supporting Organization, established by Article X of these Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#X-5.3>, as follows: a. One delegate from the Registries Stakeholder Group; b. One delegate from the Registrars Stakeholder Group; c. Two delegates from the Business Constituency, one representing small business users and one representing large business users; d. One delegate from the Internet Service Providers Constituency; e. One delegate from the Intellectual Property Constituency; and f. One delegate from consumer and civil society groups, selected by the Non-Commercial Users Constituency. 8. One voting delegate each selected by the following entities: a. The Council of the Country Code Names Supporting Organization established by Article IX of these Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#IX>; b. The Council of the Address Supporting Organization established by Article VIII of these Bylaws<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#VIII>; and c. The Internet Engineering Task Force. 9. A non-voting Associate Chair, who may be appointed by the Chair, at his or her sole discretion, to serve during all or part of the term of the Chair. The Associate Chair may not be a person who is otherwise a member of the same Nominating Committee. The Associate Chair shall assist the Chair in carrying out the duties of the Chair, but shall not serve, temporarily or otherwise, in the place of the Chair." The 2016 NomCom will select 3 Directors of the ICANN Board, 2 members of the ALAC, 1 member of the GNSO Council, and 1 member of the ccNSO Council. All 2016 NomCom members should be able to attend the first formal meeting of the 2016 NomCom in Dublin, Ireland which is anticipated to be held at the conclusion of the ICANN 54 meeting, 18 - 22 October 2015. Travel and hotel accommodation will be provided. Please note the following: * Specific criteria for selecting a delegate to the NomCom is provided in Article VII, Section 4 of ICANN's Bylaws (http://www.icann.org/en/about/governance/bylaws#VII) "Section 4. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE DELEGATES Delegates to the ICANN Nominating Committee shall be: 1. Accomplished persons of integrity, objectivity, and intelligence, with reputations for sound judgment and open minds, and with experience and competence with collegial large group decision-making; 2. Persons with wide contacts, broad experience in the Internet community, and a commitment to the success of ICANN; 3. Persons whom the selecting body is confident will consult widely and accept input in carrying out their responsibilities; 4. Persons who are neutral and objective, without any fixed personal commitments to particular individuals, organizations, or commercial objectives in carrying out their Nominating Committee responsibilities; 5. Persons with an understanding of ICANN's mission and the potential impact of ICANN's activities on the broader Internet community who are willing to serve as volunteers, without compensation other than the reimbursement of certain expenses; and 6. Persons who are able to work and communicate in written and spoken English." * NomCom delegates should have a high level network of contacts essential to candidate recruitment (and we hope the RSSAC - as sending entity will support your delegate and help them with outreach). * Eligibility Exception - No person who is an employee of or paid consultant to ICANN (including the Ombudsman) shall simultaneously serve in any of the Nominating Committee positions as described in Article VII, Section 2 of ICANN's Bylaws (https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/bylaws-2012-02-25-en#VII-2) * The person should be able to join monthly teleconferences (typically 13:00 or 14:00 UTC). Note that the committee's workload will increase significantly during Apr/May/June 2016 when the candidate assessment process will be at its busiest. Conference calls are held more frequently (typically weekly) during this time as well. * The person must be able to attend the NomCom selection meeting in late June 2016. * The person should be willing to work in a large, consensus-oriented committee. The NomCom have guideline<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2015-guidelines-2014-11-14-en> and procedure<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/2015-procedures-2014-11-14-en> documents for reference that provide additional information about the work of the NomCom.

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[rssac-caucus] Errata for RSSAC-002 (example YAML indentation)
by Wessels, Duane Aug. 25, 2015

Aug. 25, 2015

The RSSAC-002 document describes using the YAML format for the data files. An example YAML file is given for each metric. Unfortunately, two of the examples given are not valid YAML. The traffic-volume and unique-sources have incorrect example YAML files. The lines after the "metric" line are indented, but they should not be indented. INCORRECT: --- service: j.root-servers.net start-period: '2013-08-26T00:00:00Z' end-period: '2013-08-26T23:59:59Z' metric: traffic-volume dns-udp-queries-received-ipv4: 31272 dns-udp-queries-received-ipv6: 11211 dns-tcp-queries-received-ipv4: 12 dns-tcp-queries-received-ipv6: 2 dns-udp-responses-sent-ipv4: 131079 dns-udp-responses-sent-ipv6: 16833 dns-tcp-responses-sent-ipv4: 94 dns-tcp-responses-sent-ipv6: 7 CORRECT: --- service: j.root-servers.net start-period: '2013-08-26T00:00:00Z' end-period: '2013-08-26T23:59:59Z' metric: traffic-volume dns-udp-queries-received-ipv4: 31272 dns-udp-queries-received-ipv6: 11211 dns-tcp-queries-received-ipv4: 12 dns-tcp-queries-received-ipv6: 2 dns-udp-responses-sent-ipv4: 131079 dns-udp-responses-sent-ipv6: 16833 dns-tcp-responses-sent-ipv4: 94 dns-tcp-responses-sent-ipv6: 7 INCORRECT: --- service: j.root-servers.net start-period: '2013-08-26T00:00:00Z' end-period: '2013-08-26T23:59:59Z' metric: unique-sources num-sources-ipv4: 2086125 num-sources-ipv6: 42941 num-sources-ipv6-aggregate: 3873 CORRECT: --- service: j.root-servers.net start-period: '2013-08-26T00:00:00Z' end-period: '2013-08-26T23:59:59Z' metric: unique-sources num-sources-ipv4: 2086125 num-sources-ipv6: 42941 num-sources-ipv6-aggregate: 3873 DW

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[rssac-caucus] End of the ISI era...
by manning Aug. 13, 2015

Aug. 13, 2015

I received a note from my old co-worker. Looks like “B” has transitioned from ISI to USC. Both He and I are grateful that the baton has been passed with success. All the best to John Heidemann and his crew. In the words of Young & Stills: We've been through some things together With trunks of memories still to come We found things to do in stormy weather Long may you run. manning bmanning(a)karoshi.com PO Box 6151 Playa del Rey, CA 90296 310.322.8102

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[rssac-caucus] Welcome Four New Members
by Carlos Reyes Aug. 11, 2015

Aug. 11, 2015

Dear RSSAC Caucus, At its meeting on 6 August, the RSSAC approved the Membership Committee's recommendation of four new Caucus members: * Ray Bellis * João Damas * Paul Hoffman * Zhiwei Yan They have been added to this mailing list and are now listed as Caucus members <https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/rssac-caucus-2014-05-06-en> . For you reference, their statements of interest <https://community.icann.org/x/orzhAg> have also been published. Please join me in welcoming them to the Caucus! Best, Carlos Carlos Reyes | Policy Specialist carlos.reyes(a)icann.org | +1 (202) 802-8019 ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers 801 17th Street NW, Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20006

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