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. 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.
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)
Latest Advice to the ICANN Board
As of 1 September 2022
| Advisory Committee | Date | Advice Document |
|---|---|---|
| At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) | 2 May 2022 | ALAC Advice to the Board on the ICANN74 Travel Acknowledgement |
| Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) | 3 February 2022 | RSSAC047v2 RSSAC Advisory on Metrics for the DNS Root Servers and the Root Server System |
| Root Zone Evolution Review Committee (RZERC) | 12 February 2021 | RZERC003: Adding Zone Data Protections to the Root Zone |
| Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) | 9 June 2022 |
Summary of Advice Items by Advisory Committee
| Phase | ALAC | RSSAC | RZERC | SSAC | Total Items by Phase |
| Phase 1 | Receive & Acknowledge | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Phase 2 | Understand | 40 | 5 | - | 10 | 55 |
| Phase 3 | Evaluate & Consider | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| Phase 4 | Implement | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| Phase 5 | Close | - | 3 | - | 17 | 20 |
| Total Open Items by Advisory Committee | 52 | 21 | 5 | 48 | 126 |
