Documents and correspondence:
[SSAC 104] SSAC Comment on Initial Report of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data Expedited Policy Development Process (EPDP) (21 December 2018) https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-104-en.pdf Long read with significant overall notes and particular comments on bold topics.
[SSAC2019-01] SSAC Comment on the ICANN FY20 Budget (8 February 2019). https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ssac2019-01-08feb19-en.pdf SSAC request to increase number of travelers for ICANN meetings from 15 to 18 for the fiscal year 2020 due to increased number of SSAC members.
[SSAC2018-29] Notice of Appointment of SSAC Liaison to the Nominating Committee of ICANN (19 December 2018) https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ssac2018-29-19dec18-en.pdf Letter appointing Robert Guerra as its non-voting liaison to the 2019 Nominating Committee.
[SSAC2018-28] SSAC Appointments to the ICANN Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (11 December 2018) https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ssac2018-28-11dec18-en.pdf
Letter of appointment of Russ Mundy to the RZERC till 31 December 2019
[SSAC2018-27] Nomination of SSAC Representatives to ICANN's third Accountability and Transparency Review (27 November 2018) https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ssac2018-27-27nov18-en.pdf Letter of nomination of Jaap Akkerhuis, Kimberly Claffy and Geoff Huston as representatives to 3d Accountability and Transparency Review
Developments:
Proposed new SSAC Wiki
Discussion over 2FA authentication in order to protect registrants/registrars from attacks
Focus on EPDP (see SSAC 104)
Kobe meeting scheduling
Important to take a look at:
ICANN issued an announcement (https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2019-02-15-en) regarding reports of malicious activity targeting the DNS
Interesting tiered access request data statistics https://opensrs.com/blog/2019/02/opensrs-tiered-access-directory-a-look-at-the-numbers/
