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The Board receives recommendations from a variety of sources from the ICANN community, including advice from the Advisory Committees as set forth in Article 12 of ICANN's Bylaws.
This page provides information on the status of Advice to the Board from the following Committees identified below:
- At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
- Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
- Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC)
- Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
The tables below list open Board Advice from the ALAC, RSSAC, RZERC, and SSAC, and the corresponding parsed items. For detailed information about a specific item, click on the appropriate wiki page link to be directed to that Board Advice's landing page. The tables below do not include Board Advice submitted by the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC); status of GAC Advice can be viewed here.
As part of the Process Documentation Initiative in 2017, a workflow document and handbook were created to provide more transparency into the Board Advice Process.
Please send inquiries to the Action Request Register (ARR) Team at advice@icann.org.
Summary of Open ALAC Advice
To access detailed information for all open and closed ALAC Advice items, click here.
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Summary of Open RSSAC Advice
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Summary of Open RZERC Advice
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Summary of Open SSAC Advice
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Document Issued | Reference ID / Wiki Page Link | Document | Open Items (40) | Closed Items (39) | Deferred Items (1) |
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| SAC046 | Report of the Security and Stability Advisory Committee on Root Scaling | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| SAC047 | SSAC Comment on the ICANN gTLD Registry Transition Processes Model | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| SAC051 | SSAC Report on WHOIS Terminology and Structure | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SAC058 | SSAC Report on Domain Name Registration Data Validation | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SAC059 | Interdisciplinary Studies of Security and Stability Implications from Expanding the Root Zone | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SAC060 | SSAC Comment on Examining the User Experience Implications of Active Variant TLDs Report | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| SAC061 | SSAC Comment on ICANN’s Initial Report from the Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| SAC064 | SSAC Advisory on DNS Search List Processing | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SAC074 | SSAC Advisory on Registrant Protection: Best Practices for Preserving Security and Stability in the Credential Management Lifecycle | 1 | 3 | 0 |
SAC090 | SSAC Advisory on the Stability of the Domain Namespace | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| SAC095 | SSAC Advisory on the Use of Emoji in Domain Names | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SAC097 | SSAC Advisory Regarding the Centralized Zone Data Service (CZDS) and Registry Operator Monthly Activity Reports | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SAC098 | The Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Review (SSR2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SAC101v2 | SSAC Advisory Regarding Access to Domain Name Registration Data | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| SAC106 | SSAC Comments on Evolving the Governance of the Root Server System | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SAC113 | SSAC Advisory on Private-Use TLDs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SAC114 | SSAC Comments on the GNSO New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Draft Final Report | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| SAC118 | SSAC Comments on Initial Report of the Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) on the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Team – PHASE 2A | 1 | 7 | 0 |