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The RSSAC supports Recommendation 9, which states that, “[a]ll NomCom members should be fully participating and voting members, except for NomCom leadership.” Therefore, RSSAC supports all Bylaws amendments proposed in Article 8.2.

Furthermore, the RSSAC identified, with the adoption of the proposed Bylaws amendments in Article 8.2, a circular relationship between RSSAC appointing a voting delegate to ICANN Nominating Committee; Nominating Committee selecting ICANN Board Directors; and ICANN Board confirming the Root Server Operator appointments to the RSSAC. To address this circular relationship, RSSAC requested amendments in Article 12.c.ii of the ICANN Bylaws.

The RSSAC welcomes the fact that these requested amendments are now being proposed via this public comment proceeding and supports the Bylaws amendments proposed in Article 12.c.iireviews its operational procedures annually. This eigth version of the RSSAC Operational Procedures adds an Observer membership to the RSSAC Caucus and clarifies the new rules around ranked choice voting when selecting multiple winners. To align with the recent operational changes to the ICANN Nominating Committee, RSSAC000v8 also changes the term of the RSSAC's delegate to the NomCom's to two years, and no longer requires the RSSAC Chair to be appointed by the Board.