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Line 184: − + − + + + − After accepting and reviewing proposals through the RFP process, [[ICANN]] contracted with [[Interisle Consulting Group, LLC]] to conduct the second independent review of RSSAC.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-09-28-en ICANN Announcement of Selection of Independent Examiner, Interisle - September 28, 2017]</ref> + + + + − At the end of 2017, Interisle conducted an online survey "to collect input from those who have interacted with RSSAC and/or have ideas for ways to improve it."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-11-27-en ICANN Announcement of RSSAC Survey - November 27, 2017]</ref> + + + + +
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* The extent to which RSSAC as a whole is accountable to the wider ICANN community."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-05-en Request for Proposal for the RSSAC Organizational Review]</ref>
* The extent to which RSSAC as a whole is accountable to the wider ICANN community."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-06-05-en Request for Proposal for the RSSAC Organizational Review]</ref>
The RFP itself echoed the need to investigate those issues, and also provided a non-comprehensive list of proposed questions to be addressed regarding the RSSAC's composition, mission, procedures, transparency, and communication.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-rssac-review-05jun17-en.pdf Project Overview to the
The RFP echoed the need to investigate those issues, and also provided a non-comprehensive list of proposed questions to be addressed regarding the RSSAC's composition, mission, procedures, transparency, and communication.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rfp-rssac-review-05jun17-en.pdf Project Overview to the
Request for Proposal For REVIEW OF THE ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee - June 5, 2017 (PDF)]</ref>
Request for Proposal For REVIEW OF THE ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee - June 5, 2017 (PDF)]</ref> After accepting and reviewing proposals through the RFP process, [[ICANN]] contracted with [[Interisle Consulting Group, LLC]] to conduct the second independent review of RSSAC.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-09-28-en ICANN Announcement of Selection of Independent Examiner, Interisle - September 28, 2017]</ref>
===Review Methodology & Data Sources===
Interisle's review included attendance at RSSAC meetings, [[ICANN Meeting]] sessions, and conference calls during the autumn of 2017 and winter of 2018.<ref name="finalreport2">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-final-02jul18-en.pdf Independent Review of the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee: Final Report; July 2, 2018 (PDF)]</ref> In addition, they conducted 48 interviews with individuals connected to or working within the RSSAC.<ref name="finalreport2" /> At the end of 2017, Interisle conducted an online survey "to collect input from those who have interacted with RSSAC and/or have ideas for ways to improve it."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-11-27-en ICANN Announcement of RSSAC Survey - November 27, 2017]</ref> In addition to publishing notice of the survey, ICANN specifically solicited responses from the [[RSSAC Caucus]].<ref name="finalreport2" /> The survey, which did not require participants to identify themselves, garnered 74 visits and 39 responses.<ref name="finalreport2" />
Other data utilized by Interisle came from:
* RSSAC's Self-Assessment, completed in September 2017 using the questions outlined in the RFP as a framework;
* publicly available documents from a wide variety of sources that discuss the RSSAC and related activities; and
* Interisle's "own extensive knowledge of ICANN, the RSSAC, and the DNS root server system."<ref name="finalreport2" />
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 and recommendations 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>
===Response to Assessment Report===
Public comment was solicited on the Assessment Report.
On May 1, 2018, ICANN and Interisle issued a Draft Final Report for public comment.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/public-comments/rssac2-review-final-2018-05-01-en Draft Final Report for Public Comment]</ref>
==RSSAC Working Group==
==RSSAC Working Group==