Dear Milton, Thank you for proposing this draft, with which I also agree. I have started a call for consensus on the PC and will let you know. Best wishes, Marilia On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Mueller, Milton L <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Marilia and member of NCSG and the policy committee: > > > > Here are my proposed comments. I think it would be much more effective if > these comments were filed timely by NCSG rather than by me as an > individual. Therefore I will refrain from filing them. If NCSG runs into a > snag and is unable to do so, please warn me and I will file them > individually. > > > > ==== > > Comments of the NCSG on the Draft RZERC Charter > > > > The RZERC is a consultative committee with powers to > > - Propose architectural and operational changes to the DNS root zone (RZ). > > - Engage expertise and conduct community consultations on RZ Evolution > issues > > - Consult with ICANN in the development of an RFP for RZ maintainer, and > help evaluate proposals if needed > > - Initiate a public consultation process on operational and architectural > changes that might impose potential risk to the security, stability, or > resiliency of the root system > > > > With the exception of 2 minor changes, we approve of the purpose, scope > and composition of the committee. The two changes are: > > > > 1) For the sake of clarity, and to avoid mission creep in the future, all > references to the "root zone" should be modified to say "DNS root zone." > > > > 2) The composition of the RZERC excludes end users. We recommend the > addition of one representative from the NCPH of the GNSO. >