RDS Review Team

Results of SSC Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-L2VBBBLB/

Selection of the Review Team: Under the new Bylaws, each SO/AC will have an opportunity to nominate up to seven applicants to serve on the Review Team. An applicant's name will only be presented to the SO/AC identified by the applicant for consideration. After SO/AC nomination process concludes, all nominations will be provided to the SO/AC Leaders to conduct the selection process for the Review Team according to the specified expertise and diversity (gender and geographic) requirements from the nominations received, the Review Team may contain up to 21 members, plus an ICANN Board member (designated by the ICANN Board).

From RDS RT Call for volunteers: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-02-22-en

Responsibilities

• Participate in creation of charter documents for the Review Team;
• Select appropriate performance indicators and benchmarks;
• Consider public, community and Board input and incorporate it as appropriate in Review Team recommendations;
• Determine whether additional data or analysis is needed and participate in an ensuing provider selection, if necessary;
• Provide timely updates to the community on the status of the Review Team's work;
• Analyze findings;
• Draw conclusions based on findings, develop useful and feasible recommendations;
• Provide guidance on prioritization of recommendations and definition of desired outcomes;
• Post the draft report of the Review Team for public review and comment;
• Deliver a final Review Team report; and
• Designate Review Team members to participate in the implementation planning work that follows the delivery of the final Review Team report.

Skills and Experience

To compose a well-balanced Review Team, ICANN seeks members who, in the aggregate, possess the following skills and experience:

• Prior member of the 1st WHOIS Review Team or was an active contributor to its work
• Prior member of the Expert Working Group on Registration Directory Service
• Familiarity with operation of the Domain Name System (DNS)
• Familiarity with WHOIS registrant data collection, compliance, directory service (RDDS) management
• Familiarity with Translation and Transliteration of WHOIS Contact Information
• Familiarity with ICANN Procedure for Handling WHOIS Conflicts with Privacy Law
• Familiarity with malware and abuse vectors and mitigations, including cybercrime
• Familiarity with WHOIS Data Retention Waiver Process

Composition of the Review Team, depending on expertise and skills required, will aim to achieve:

• Diversity in general, with particular attention on:
  • Geographic diversity; and
  • Gender diversity.

Desired Attributes

Applicants should possess the following professional and personal attributes:

• Multistakeholder community understanding
• Team spirit, adaptability, consensus-seeking attitude
• Willingness to learn
• Readiness to contribute
• Capacity to reason objectively, putting aside personal opinions or preconceptions
• Analytical skills

Applications received requesting GNSO Endorsement (see https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/hIy4BQ)

Staff assessment of applicants expertise: RDS-WHOIS2 Applicants Expertise 24March2017(1).xlsx