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[rssac-caucus] RSSAC000v3 Posted
by Carlos Reyes Oct. 24, 2017

Oct. 24, 2017

Hello, RSSAC Caucus. On 3 October, the RSSAC approved the third version of RSSAC000: Operational Procedures. https://www.icann.org/groups/rssac/documents In particular, v3 clarifies the procedures for the three types of work products (Section 3.1). Best, Carlos Carlos Reyes | Policy Support and Community Services Senior Manager 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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[rssac-caucus] Update
by Carlos Reyes Oct. 18, 2017

Oct. 18, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus, This is the monthly update. As always, we welcome your feedback on the content and format of these updates. Thank you, Carlos Upcoming RSSAC Caucus Meetings The next RSSAC Caucus meeting will be held 15:15-16:45 GST / 11:15-12:45 UTC on 31 October 2017 in Capital Suite 5 during ICANN60. In the coming days, the draft agenda as proposed by the RSSAC Co-Chairs will be shared. The next RSSAC Caucus meeting at an IETF meeting will be held during IETF100 (12-17 November 2017) in Singapore. The exact date, time, and location will be confirmed as the meeting approaches. It will be the same agenda as the RSSAC Caucus meeting at ICANN60. Work Parties There are two active work parties and one work party in the review phase. As a reminder, the RSSAC Caucus work party webpage provides an overview of work parties in the RSSAC Caucus, including a description of the effort and current status. New Member On 3 October, the RSSAC approved the recommendation of the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee to induct Harish Chowdhary to the RSSAC Caucus. He has been added to this mailing list and his statement of interest is available here. Welcome Harish! Minutes from RSSAC Teleconference The minutes from the monthly RSSAC teleconferences are posted here. Carlos Reyes | Policy Support and Community Services Senior Manager 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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[rssac-caucus] Announcement: Pre-ICANN60 Policy Open House
by Kathy Schnitt Oct. 4, 2017

Oct. 4, 2017

Dear All, The following announcement may be of interest to you. Best regards, Kathy Kathy Schnitt, SSAC and RSSAC Support Lead Administrator Register Now: Pre-ICANN60 Policy Open House – 19 October 2017 The Policy Development Support Team is pleased to announce two sessions for an upcoming webinar: Pre-ICANN60 Policy Open House Thursday, 19 October 2017 10:00 and 19:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) The webinar will run in English and will be conducted in Adobe Connect along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio. Recordings of the sessions will be made available here<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/presentations-2012-08-27-en>. Please register via this form<https://goo.gl/vZw8kM> by 17 October 2017! In this interactive open house, the focus of each 60-minute session is an active question and answer session with the Policy Development Support Team. To ensure that your questions about policy activities are addressed during the session, the Policy Team invites you to submit your questions through the registration form<https://goo.gl/forms/dVbmhQOT8sakSsmg2> or email them to policyinfo(a)icann.org<mailto:policyinfo@icann.org>. To assist with your preparation for this webinar and for ICANN60, the "Pre-ICANN60 Policy Report" and "Generic Names Supporting Organization Policy Briefing: ICANN60 Edition" will be published by 12 October 2017. We encourage you to download and review these materials beforehand, as they will provide you with helpful background on policy activities and topics that the Policy Development Support Team will discuss during the open house, such as: * Some cross-community discussions that will take place at ICANN60: * New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Subsequent Procedures, and the new cross-community Work Track 5 on geographical names * General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ICANN * Jurisdiction * New gTLD Auction Proceeds * Policy development processes underway in the Country Code Names Supporting Organization(ccNSO) and the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO): * Retirement of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) * Review of All Rights Protection Mechanisms in All gTLDs (GNSO) * Next-Generation Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS (GNSO) * International Governmental Organizations (IGO) and International Non-Governmental Organizations (INGO) Access to Curative Rights Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (GNSO) * IGO and Red Cross protections in the Domain Name System (GNSO) * Reviews, workshops, and special events at ICANN60: * Top-Level Domain Operations (TLD-OPS) workshop * ccNSO meeting strategy review * Review of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) * Review of the At-Large community * Charter review for the Customer Standing Committee (CSC) for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) naming function * Asian, Australasian, and Pacific Islands Regional At-Large Organization (APRALO) General Assembly * Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) leadership transition * Workshops on Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) * Other topics of note: * GAC discussion on the .amazon Independent Review Process * RSSAC028: Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used for Individual Root Servers * Current Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) work parties and root server system evolution The Policy Development Support Team looks forward to helping the ICANN community prepare for ICANN60! Please register via this form<https://goo.gl/vZw8kM> by 17 October 2017! About ICANN ICANN's mission is to help ensure a stable, secure and unified global Internet. To reach another person on the Internet, you need to type an address – a name or a number – into your computer or other device. That address must be unique so computers know where to find each other. ICANN helps coordinate and support these unique identifiers across the world. ICANN was formed in 1998 as a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation with a community of participants from all over the world. Ozan Sahin Community Services Sr. Coordinator Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct Line: +90.212.999.6218 Mobile: +90.533.641.0007 Email: ozan.sahin(a)icann.org<mailto:ozan.sahin@icann.org> Skype: ozan.sahin.icann www.icann.org<applewebdata://021EB1F1-F6B6-443A-908F-419605BF3A61/www.icann.org>

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[rssac-caucus] IETF 100: Random selection result
by Kathy Schnitt Oct. 4, 2017

Oct. 4, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus, Below is the random selection process for the IETF Travel Funding Slots. The four members chosen are below: Brian Dickson, Shailesh Gupta, Robert Story Ondrej Sury Any questions please feel free to reach me. Thank you Best regards, Kathy Kathy Schnitt, SSAC and RSSAC Support Lead Administrator Dear RSSAC Caucus members, The next IETF 100 meeting is in Singapore from 11-17 November 2017. We have funding for 4 RSSAC Caucus members. By Monday, 18 September we have received 8 requests, 4 more than the allotted slots available. Thus, we will go through a random selection process. Here is a list of the RSSAC Caucus members requesting funding: 1. Daniel Migault 2. Brain Dickson 3. Shailesh Gupta 4. Anand Raje 5. Paul Muchene 6. Robert Story 7. Ondrej Sury 8. Russ Mundy The process works as follows, unless any of the requestors withdraw his or her interest in participating, or if there are any requests we have missed: Number of slots: 4 We use 3 Lists of Randomness: #1 UK Lotto Wednesday, 30 September 2017 (https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/results/lotto/draw-history) #2 USA Powerball Wednesday, 30 September 2017 (http://www.lotteryusa.com/powerball/) #3 NASDAQ closing index (rounded to the nearest integer) on Tuesday, 3 October 2017 (http://www.nasdaq.com/en) A Publicly Verifiable Random Selection Process is conducted by Staff on Tuesday, 03 October 2017 at 16:35 EDT, using the RFC 3797 method. The results, which you can check for yourself, is the following: Key is: 8.12.15.25.41.64./13.18.20.21.30.50.54./6532./ index hex value of MD5 div selected 1 977CE40E6CA15BD3F465759F25CEE9EE 8 -> 7 <- 2 61EB3D05F43BAF612B9404061790166E 7 -> 6 <- 3 A93AE30928702F473FF2A2D7BE90E36C 6 -> 3 <- 4 610D6E2ED369E685E0CD2C8BF20B9B6F 5 -> 2 <- Best regards, Steve

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[rssac-caucus] REMINDER: RSSAC Travel Support for IETF 100
by Kathy Schnitt Sept. 14, 2017

Sept. 14, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus, REMINDER: IETF 100 will be, 11-17 November 2017 in Singapore. Please let me know if you would like to receive travel support (airfare, accommodations, registration and stipend). We have funding for 4 RSSAC Caucus members. Please respond to Kathy Schnitt (kathy.schnitt(a)icann.org)<mailto:kathy.schnitt@icann.org)> by 18 September to indicate whether you would like to receive support. Depending on how many requests we receive, we may need to do a random selection process. Best regards, Kathy Kathy Schnitt, SSAC and RSSAC Support Lead Administrator

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[rssac-caucus] RSSAC Travel Support for IETF 100
by Kathy Schnitt Sept. 11, 2017

Sept. 11, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus, IETF 100 will be, 11-17 November 2017 in Singapore. Please let me know if you would like to receive travel support (airfare, accommodations, registration and stipend). We have funding for 4 RSSAC Caucus members. Please respond to Kathy Schnitt (kathy.schnitt(a)icann.org)<mailto:kathy.schnitt@icann.org)> by 18 September to indicate whether you would like to receive support. Depending on how many requests we receive, we may need to do a random selection process. Best regards, Kathy Kathy Schnitt, SSAC and RSSAC Support Lead Administrator

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[rssac-caucus] RSSAC Caucus Membership Survey
by Weinberg, Matt Sept. 7, 2017

Sept. 7, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus colleagues, Earlier this year, the RSSAC asked the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee to develop an annual membership survey for the RSSAC Caucus. The goal is to evaluate the level of engagement in the RSSAC Caucus every year. You will receive a link to the survey from Carlos Reyes, support staff for the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee. The survey will take between 7 to 10 minutes to complete depending on any comments you may provide. Please complete the survey by Friday, 29 September. We plan to present the findings from the survey and discuss next steps with you at the RSSAC Caucus meetings during ICANN60 and IETF100. Do not hesitate to contact Carlos or us with any questions. We look forward to your feedback. Best regards, Matt Weinberg, Jim Martin, Paul Vixie, and Brad Verd RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee

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[rssac-caucus] RSSAC028: Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used For Individual Root Servers
by Andrew Mcconachie Aug. 7, 2017

Aug. 7, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus Members, RSSAC028: Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used For Individual Root Servers, is now available on the RSSAC publications page. https://www.icann.org/groups/rssac/documents Thanks, Andrew

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Re: [rssac-caucus] Update
by Carlos Reyes Aug. 1, 2017

Aug. 1, 2017

Hello, all. As a reminder, please let me know if you would like to participate in the new work party (see below). Best, Carlos Carlos Reyes | Policy and Community Engagement Manager 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 From: <rssac-caucus-bounces(a)icann.org> on behalf of Carlos Reyes <carlos.reyes(a)icann.org> Date: Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 10:56 AM To: "rssac-caucus(a)icann.org" <rssac-caucus(a)icann.org> Subject: [rssac-caucus] Update NEW WORK PARTY: Packet Sizes During its 11 July teleconference, the RSSAC approved the statement of work drafted by George Michaelson for a new work party and appointed Duane Wessels as the RSSAC shepherd for this effort. Please review the statement of work and respond to this message if you would like to serve on this work party.

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[rssac-caucus] Update
by Carlos Reyes July 20, 2017

July 20, 2017

Dear RSSAC Caucus, This is the monthly update. As always, we welcome your feedback on the content and format of these updates. Thank you, Carlos WORK UPDATES There is a new work party webpage accessible from the RSSAC Caucus webpage on http://rssac.icann.org. The page provides an overview of work parties in the RSSAC Caucus, including a description of the effort and its current status. Two things to note: NEW WORK PARTY: Packet Sizes During its 11 July teleconference, the RSSAC approved the statement of work drafted by George Michaelson for a new work party and appointed Duane Wessels as the RSSAC shepherd for this effort. Please review the attachment and respond to this message if you would like to serve on this work party. Best Practices for the Distribution of Anycast Instances of the Root Name Service Work Party Kaveh Ranjbar continues to lead the work party and is coordinating the draft document based on input from the subgroups. Harmonization of Anonymization Procedures for Data Collecting Work Party Andrew McConachie is arranging the first teleconference of this work party. Lars-Johan Liman is the RSSAC shepherd. Technical Analysis of the Naming Scheme Used for Individual Root Servers Work Party The RSSAC reviewed this document at ICANN59. Steve Sheng is coordinating the next round of work with the work party. ADMINISTRATION Nomination Period: RSSAC Liaison to the Nominating Committee As a reminder, the nomination period for the RSSAC Liaison to the Nominating Committee closes today at 23:59 UTC. Alejandro Acosta self-nominated and received a second from Robert Martin-Legene in late June. Minutes from RSSAC Meetings The minutes from the 1 June RSSAC teleconference a have been published here. The RSSAC now meets on the first Tuesday of the month. The next RSSAC teleconference is 1 August. Upcoming Caucus Meetings The next Caucus meeting will be held during ICANN60 | Annual General Meeting (28 October-3 November 2017) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The exact date, time, and location will be confirmed as the meeting approaches. Per the cadence of Caucus meetings at IETF meetings, the Caucus is not convening at IETF99 in Prague, Czech Republic (this week). The next Caucus meeting at an IETF meeting will be held during IETF100 (12-17 November 2017) in Singapore. The exact date, time, and location will be confirmed as the meeting approaches.

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