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Interisle subjected this data to a structured qualitative analysis<ref>[https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2092/3904 For a primer on structured qualitative analysis, see Herz, Peters, & Truschkat: "How to Do Qualitative Structural Analysis: The Qualitative Interpretation of Network Maps and Narrative Interviews;" Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 2015]</ref> and presented its findings in an initial Assessment Report to ICANN.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-02-27-en RSSAC2 Review: Assessment Report Published - ICANN announcement, February 27, 2018]</ref> The draft assessment report was the topic of meetings between members of RSSAC's Review Work Party and Interisle's consultants.<ref>[https://participate.icann.org/p2zrcgd41jl/ Recording of RSSAC Review2 Work Party, February 15, 2018]</ref><ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/ACCRSSAC/RSSAC+Work+Party+Meetings The RSSAC Work Party Meetings Archive] lists a meeting on February 20, intended to cover feedback provided by the RWP. However, a recording is presently not available.</ref>

Interisle subjected this data to a structured qualitative analysis<ref>[https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2092/3904 For a primer on structured qualitative analysis, see Herz, Peters, & Truschkat: "How to Do Qualitative Structural Analysis: The Qualitative Interpretation of Network Maps and Narrative Interviews;" Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 2015]</ref> and presented its findings in an initial Assessment Report to ICANN.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-02-27-en RSSAC2 Review: Assessment Report Published - ICANN announcement, February 27, 2018]</ref> The draft assessment report was the topic of meetings between members of RSSAC's Review Work Party and Interisle's consultants.<ref>[https://participate.icann.org/p2zrcgd41jl/ Recording of RSSAC Review2 Work Party, February 15, 2018]</ref><ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/ACCRSSAC/RSSAC+Work+Party+Meetings The RSSAC Work Party Meetings Archive] lists a meeting on February 20, intended to cover feedback provided by the RWP. However, a recording is presently not available.</ref>

 

The Assessment Report listed a total of forty-two findings in response to the issues and questions posed by ICANN.<ref name="assessment">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-assessment-report-22feb18-en.pdf RSSAC Review - Assessment Report for Public Consultation]</ref> Of these, Interisle identified eight principal findings, which they highlighted in the report and its executive summary<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-assessment-report-exec-summary-22feb18-en.pdf]</ref> of the assessment:

The Assessment Report listed a total of forty-two findings in response to the issues and questions posed by ICANN.<ref name="assessment">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-assessment-report-22feb18-en.pdf RSSAC Review - Assessment Report for Public Consultation]</ref> Of these, Interisle identified eight principal findings, which they highlighted in the report and its executive summary<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-assessment-report-exec-summary-22feb18-en.pdf]</ref> of the assessment:

# The ongoing RSSAC reformation that began in 2013—revised RSSAC charter, new operating procedures, and creation of the RSSAC Caucus—has substantially improved the structure and operation of the RSSAC.

# The ongoing RSSAC reformation that began in 2013—revised RSSAC charter, new operating procedures, and creation of the RSSAC Caucus—has substantially improved the structure and operation of the RSSAC.

# The RSSAC’s continuing purpose in the ICANN structure may include serving as the focal point for issues of mutual concern to ICANN and the RSOs, such as future operational and funding scenarios for serving the root.

# The RSSAC’s continuing purpose in the ICANN structure may include serving as the focal point for issues of mutual concern to ICANN and the RSOs, such as future operational and funding scenarios for serving the root.

# Because RSSAC members do not agree on who its stakeholders should be, it is not clear for what and to whom it should be accountable.

# Because RSSAC members do not agree on who its stakeholders should be, it is not clear for what and to whom it should be accountable.

# The relative roles and responsibilities of the RSSAC, the RSSAC Caucus, the RZERC, and the SSAC are unclear to both outsiders and insiders.<ref name="assessment" />  

# The relative roles and responsibilities of the RSSAC, the RSSAC Caucus, the RZERC, and the SSAC are unclear to both outsiders and insiders.<ref name="assessment" />

===Response to Assessment Report===

===Response to Assessment Report===