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Nomination Period: RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee
by Ozan Sahin May 14, 2025

May 14, 2025

Dear RSSAC Caucus members, It is time to begin the selection process for the RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The role is a two-year term beginning at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held during ICANN84 in October 2025. Please refer to this page<https://www.icann.org/nomcom2025> for more information about the Nominating Committee. I have also copied below the relevant sections from “RSSAC000v9: Operational Procedures” for your reference. With this notice, a one-month nomination period via this distribution list is now open. Nominations or self-nominations will be accepted and require a second. Nominees must then accept or decline their nomination and may provide a statement with more context for their decision. The nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC on Monday, 28 April 2025. The RSSAC will then consider the slate of candidates during its May teleconference. According to the Section 27.5(e)<https://www.icann.org/en/governance/bylaws#article27> of ICANN Bylaws, “For the Nominating Committee with a term commencing at the conclusion of ICANN General Meeting in 2025, only those seats identified in this Section 27.5(a)(i)-(iii) shall be filled, each for a two-year term. No person who served either or both of the Nominating Committees with terms ending at the ICANN Annual General Meeting in 2024 and 2025 shall be eligible for appointment to this term.” Therefore, Rao Naveed Bin Rais, who served on the 2024 ICANN NomCom as the RSSAC liaison, and Erum Welling, who has been serving on the 2025 ICANN NomCom as the RSSAC delegate, are ineligible for this appointment. The RSSAC Leadership appreciates your consideration. Please do not hesitate to contact the RSSAC Chair and Vice Chair or support staff with any questions or concerns. Best, Ozan Sahin on behalf of Jeff Osborn, RSSAC Chair and Ken Renard, RSSAC Vice Chair 1.2.7.6 Outgoing RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee The outgoing RSSAC Delegate to the ICANN Nominating Committee is specified in the ICANN Bylaws. The term for the outgoing RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Nominating Committee shall be two years. No individual may serve as a delegate for more than two terms. In addition, no individual may serve in consecutive terms. An individual will only be eligible to serve a second term as a delegate on the Nominating Committee if a minimum of two years has elapsed between the end of their term and the beginning of the term for which they are being selected. The RSSAC must elect the outgoing RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Nominating Committee according to the outgoing RSSAC liaisons election procedure (Section 1.2.7.9) from the members of the RSSAC Caucus. The outgoing RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Nominating Committee acts as a conduit between the RSSAC and the ICANN Nominating Committee reporting on matters that need to be coordinated or communicated between the two bodies. The role requires discretion, management skills, and considerable time commitment. 1.2.7.9 Outgoing RSSAC Liaison Election Procedure One month prior to each election, nominations will be accepted for the outgoing liaison position and announced on the RSSAC distribution list. During the meeting that includes election of an outgoing liaison position on its announced agenda, additional nominations will be accepted, and all nominees will indicate their intentions: to accept or to decline their nomination. The RSSAC uses ranked choice voting, as outlined in Section 1.4.3 for electing outgoing liaison positions. In the event that only one candidate is standing for election, the RSSAC may elect the new outgoing liaison by acclamation. The RSSAC Chair will forward the name of the outgoing liaison-elect to the reciprocating body. If a vacancy exists in an outgoing liaison role, the RSSAC will elect a new outgoing liaison through this process.

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RSSAC FAQ Update
by Andrew McConachie April 15, 2025

April 15, 2025

Dear RSSAC Caucus Members, As part of its annual work plan the RSSAC Caucus reviews the RSSAC FAQ every year. https://www.icann.org/en/rssac/faq This year the FAQ HTML went through some conversion to the new RSSAC website, which broke the numbering. Instead of a single series of numbers the FAQ now restarts its numbering at the beginning of each section. This will be fixed in this update. The more substantive questions for the Caucus are: -Are there any questions we would like to add? -Are there any answers we would like to change? Please review the FAQ with these questions in mind and reply before December 17th. If any questions are identified as needing new text I will create a separate Google doc with those questions. Then depending on the amount of work we may schedule calls to discuss them. If no changes get identified on this list I will only update the numbering of the questions. Thanks, Andrew

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FOR REVIEW: Security Incident Reporting
by Andrew McConachie April 1, 2025

April 1, 2025

Dear RSSAC Caucus Members, Myself, Ozan, Robert S, and Ken met yesterday to discuss this document and next steps. We resolved a couple small nits in the document and decided it was time for its two week RSSAC Caucus review. We also decided to cancel all upcoming work party meetings. We'll reschedule work party meetings once this review completes depending on the input received. This mail starts the two week review period. Please add any suggestions into the Google doc below before March 5th. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NvSw7PoLGYhXPuMEjiBgqjCtp_khTGGEh0DaHkN… Thanks, Andrew

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RSSAC061 Published
by Andrew McConachie March 27, 2025

March 27, 2025

Dear RSSAC Caucus Members, The RSSAC has published RSSAC061: Guidelines for Changing IP Addresses. RSSAC061 can be found here. <https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/root-server-system-advisory-committee-rs…> Thanks, Andrew

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Observing RSSAC April Meeting
by Ozan Sahin March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

Dear RSSAC Caucus members, Next RSSAC monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday, 1 April 2025 at 14:00 UTC. Please contact rssac-staff(a)icann.org<mailto:rssac-staff@icann.org> by Friday, 28 March if you would like to observe this meeting. You can review the draft agenda of the meeting below: RSSAC Teleconference Tuesday, 1 April 2025 | 14:00-15:30 UTC Draft Agenda (* = Vote) 1. Call to Order (Jeff Osborn) 2. Roll Call (Jeff Osborn) 3. Agenda Review (Jeff Osborn) 4. Administration * Draft Minutes from 12 March 2025 Meeting* (Daniel Gluck) * RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee Update (Jeff Osborn) * Recommendation of Candidate* * Open RSSAC Appointment Processes (Daniel Gluck) * RSSAC Liaison to the ICANN Board * RSSAC Delegate to ICANN NomCom 1. ICANN83 Planning (Daniel Gluck) * Draft RSSAC Schedule 1. Work Items * RSSAC001v3 Statement of Work* (Jeff Osborn) * RSS Security Incident Reporting Work Party (Ken Renard) * RSSAC Response to Open Public Consultations * Second IANA Naming Function Review Team (IFR2) Initial Report (Lars-Johan Liman) * DNSSEC Signing of root-servers.net consultation (Lars-Johan Liman) * How We Meet (Jeff Osborn) * Accountability and Transparency Review 4 (ATRT 4) (Ken Renard) 1. Reports * Chair/Vice Chair (Jeff Osborn and Ken Renard) * Liaison to the ICANN Board (Wes Hardaker) * Liaison to the CSC (Hiro Hotta) * Liaison to the IFR2 (Lars-Johan Liman) * Liaison to the RZERC (Lars-Johan Liman) * Delegate to the ICANN NomCom (Erum Welling) * Liaison from the IAB (Daniel Migault) * Liaison from the SSAC (Russ Mundy) * Liaison from the IANA Functions Operator (James Mitchell) * Liaison from the Root Zone Maintainer (Duane Wessels) * RSS GWG report (All) 1. Any Other Business (Jeff Osborn) * Next meeting: Tuesday, 6 May 2025 at 14:00 UTC 1. Adjournment (Jeff Osborn)

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RSSAC Meeting Minutes | 4 February 2025
by Ozan Sahin March 25, 2025

March 25, 2025

Dear RSSAC Caucus Members, The meeting minutes from 4 February 2025 RSSAC teleconference were approved during the RSSAC Meeting on Wednesday, 12 March 2025. The meeting minutes have been published on the RSSAC Meetings page https://www.icann.org/en/rssac/meetings. You may also find the meeting minutes attached to this note. Best, Ozan Sahin Policy Development Support Senior Specialist Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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REMINDER: RSSAC Caucus Meeting | Sunday, 16 March 2025 | 09:00-10:00 UTC (16:00-17:00 local time)
by ICANN Policy Calendar March 16, 2025

March 16, 2025

***REMINDER*** Topic: RSSAC Caucus Meeting Time: 16 March 2025 09:00 Universal Time UTC (16:00 ICT/local time) Location: Meeting Room 1, 7th Floor | Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Bangkok, Thailand IETF 122 page: https://www.ietf.org/meeting/122/ Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLC9BWdmJxCjs2WNHsxtZUXlSUSDpVric4TFssx… Remote Participation: Please note that you must have an account on the IETF Datatracker to access the session; however, you do not need to be registered for the IETF122 meeting. IETF Datatracker accounts can be created here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/accounts/create/ Meetecho Link: https://meetecho-sin.ietf.org/client/?group=rssac

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REMINDER: RSSAC Caucus Meeting | Sunday, 16 March 2025 | 09:00-10:00 UTC (16:00-17:00 local time)
by ICANN Policy Calendar March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025

***REMINDER*** Topic: RSSAC Caucus Meeting Time: 16 March 2025 09:00 Universal Time UTC (16:00 ICT/local time) Location: Meeting Room 1, 7th Floor | Bangkok Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park, Bangkok, Thailand IETF 122 page: https://www.ietf.org/meeting/122/ Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cLC9BWdmJxCjs2WNHsxtZUXlSUSDpVric4TFssx… Remote Participation: Please note that you must have an account on the IETF Datatracker to access the session; however, you do not need to be registered for the IETF122 meeting. IETF Datatracker accounts can be created here: https://datatracker.ietf.org/accounts/create/ Meetecho Link: https://meetecho-or.ietf.org/client/?group=rssac

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