RSSAC Caucus
The Caucus of DNS and root server system experts will be responsible for the essential work of the RSSAC. More information about the Caucus – including its purpose, principles, and procedures – can be reviewed here [PDF, 72 KB]. The public archive of the RSSAC Caucus mailing list can be explored here.
On 10 July 2014, the RSSAC appointed the initial members of the Caucus. The public Statement of Interest for every Caucus member may be viewed here.
- Afifa Abbas
- Joe Abley
- Mohamed Abuabed
- Alejandro Acosta
- Ashish Agarwal
- Anupam Agrawal
- Yoshitaka Aharen
- Yazid M. Akanho
- Jaap Akkerhuis
- Malick Alassane
- Nicolas Antoniello
- Tim April
- John Augenstein
- Mohammad Abdul Awal
- Mohit Batra
- Ray Bellis
- Ramanou Biaou
- Jack Biesiadecki
- Rao Naveed Bin Rais
- Marc Blanchet
- John Bond
- Anand Buddhdev
- Robert Carolina
- Brett Carr
- Michael Casadevall
- Harish Chowdhary
- Bruce Crabill
- John Crain
- Stephen Crocker
- João Damas
- Kim Davies
- Peter DeVries
- Paul de Weerd
- Brian Dickson
- Paul Ebersman
- Mohamed Elnour Abdelhafez Fadul
- Hafiz Farooq
- Michael Frauenhoffer
- Kazunori Fujiwara
- Abdalmonem Galila
- Shailesh Gupta
- Wes Hardaker
- Joseph Hayes
- John Heidemann
- Paul Hoffman
- Hans Petter Holen
- Hiro Hotta
- Shumon Huque
- Ali Hussain
- Geoff Huston
- Chris Ishisoko
- Gaurav Kansal
- Daniel Karrenberg
- Howard Kash
- Akira Kato
- Shane Kerr
- Muhammad Farhan Khan
- Hank Kilmer
- Mallory Knodel
- Mark Kosters
- Dimitrii Kovalenko
- Suresh Krishnaswamy
- Warren Kumari
- Pan Lanlan
- Matt Larson
- Dave Lawrence
- Lars-Johan Liman
- Baojun Liu
- Di Ma
- Daniel Mahoney
- Terry Manderson
- Jim Martin
- George Michaelson
- Daniel Migault
- Russ Mundy
- Jun Murai
- Wataru Ohgai
- Ignatius Nkrumah
- Abdulkarim Oloyede
- Razvan Oprea
- Jeff Osborn
- Benno Overeinder
- Colin Petrie
- Jill Place
- Zaher Qassrawi
- Amir Qayyum
- Anand Raje
- Kaveh Ranjbar
- Kenneth Renard
- Karl Reuss
- Joey Salazar
- Hugo Salgado
- Shinta Sato
- Barbara Schleckser
- Yuji Sekiya
- Arturo Servin
- Sofia Silva Berenguer
- Tripti Sinha
- Gerry Sneeringer
- Linjian Song
- William Sotomayor
- Ryan Stephenson
- Robert Story
- Ondrej Sury
- Mahdi Taghizadeh
- Peter Thomassen
- Willem Toorop
- Sachchidanand Upadhyay
- Brad Verd
- Mauricio Vergara Ereche
- Paul Vixie
- Wei Wang
- Matt Weinberg
- Erum Welling
- Duane Wessels
- Suzanne Woolf
- Zhiwei Yan
- Dessalegn Yehuala
Meetings
The RSSAC Caucus meets periodically in person at IETF meetings and ICANN meetings. Minutes from these meetings can be reviewed here.
Work Parties
This page provides an overview of work parties in the RSSAC Caucus, including a description of the effort and its current status.
Project Workspace
The RSSAC Caucus maintains a project workspace for software and data projects relevant to the work of the RSSAC Caucus.
Membership Committee
In November 2013, the RSSAC formed the Membership Committee to oversee the process of admitting new Caucus members. The Membership Committee currently consists of:
- Shailesh Gupta, Member
- Dave Lawrence, Member
- Jeff Osborn, Chair
- Ken Renard, Ex Officio Member
How to Join
To apply for membership in the RSSAC Caucus, interested applicants should either
- fill out this application form, or
- download this MS Word document, complete it, and submit the Statement of Interest to the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee at rssac-membership@icann.org.
The Statement of Interest should include:
- Name
- Affiliation and current position
- Relevant qualifications
- Motivation for membership in the RSSAC Caucus
- Indication of availability
- Formal roles (if any) and interests in the work of RSSAC
- Links where appropriate
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Points of Consideration
The RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee considers the following points when reviewing applicants. Please include details in your statement of interest about how your qualifications and experiences best align with at least some of these desired points. It is not required that an applicant have experience in ALL of these areas.
DNS Community Experience
- Participation in various community workshops and meetings, including but not limited to: ICANN meetings, relevant IETF working groups, DNS-OARC workshops
- Participation in relevant mailing lists
Internet Governance Experience
- DNS-related
- Infrastructure
- Legal
- Security and privacy
- Standards and protocols
DNS Knowledge
- Operational experience running DNS infrastructure
- Help with a DNS-related internet draft
- Participation in the development of DNS server software or hardware
- Specific understanding of the root server ecosystem
- DNS protocol knowledge
Commitment to Participate
- Availability to attend or dial in to at least one RSSAC Caucus meeting per year
- Willingness to join and participate in an RSSAC Caucus working group
Criteria for Continued Membership:
- Participation in an RSSAC Caucus meeting in the past two years
- Continued desire to be on the RSSAC Caucus
Application Review Timeline:
- Applications received by the 7th of a certain month can be reviewed by the membership committee for presentation to the RSSAC at its meeting on the first Tuesday of the following month as per the following timeline:
| Statement of Interest (SOI) Submission Deadline | RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee Meeting | RSSAC Meeting |
|---|---|---|
| By the 7th of a given month | 2nd Thursday of the month | First Tuesday of the following month |
Note: This table is for informational purposes only. Timing of the RSSAC Meetings and the RSSAC Caucus Membership Committee Meetings may change due to ICANN Public Meetings or other events.