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</span></span><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>Dear Colleagues and
<span><span>Friends</span></span>
,</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>In
February, 2017 ICANN announced the selection of a 16-member team to
conduct the second review on the security, stability and resiliency of
the DNS (<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-02-14-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2017-02-14-en</a>). I was selected to represent Internet End Users through At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) - <a href="https://atlarge.icann.org/alac" target="_blank">https://atlarge.icann.org/alac</a> and Africa Region to the Team.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>In
March, 2017 we had our First Face-to-Face meeting in Copenhagen,
Denmark and in that meeting, three nominees volunteered themselves for a
leadership position and review team agreed by consensus to leadership
by three co-chairs (<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-30-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-03-30-en</a>)</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>We
had held a number of F2F meeting as well as remote meeting to take
forward this work. We met in Madrid, Spain; Johannesburg, South Africa;
Abu Dhabi during ICANN60.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>Just few days before the ICANN60 Meeting, ICANN Board release a letter to pause the operation of ICANN SSR2 RT (<a href="http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ssr2-review/attachments/20171028/75f32820/SSR2Letter-0001.pdf" target="_blank">http://mm.icann.org/pipermail/ssr2-review/attachments/20171028/75f32820/SSR2Letter-0001.pdf</a>).
The Board has received and carefully considered advice from the SSAC
and feedback from a number of SO/AC chairs expressing concern about the
composition, process and structure of the Security, Stability and
Resiliency Review (SSR2).</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>Since,
October, 2017 SSR2 RT was in pause mode, and June, 2018 Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) organization
announces the formal restart of the Second Review of the Security,
Stability, and Resiliency of the Domain Name System (SSR2) with addition
of more new members to the RT (<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-06-07-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2018-06-07-en</a>).
ICANN also appointed Phil Khoury as an external professional to
facilitate the transition process and help the review team in restarting
and moving forward with its work. </span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>Since the un-pause note, the team has held about five online remote meeting to address various issues related with SSR2 work.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>Finally, we are meeting in Washington DC from 22 - 24 August, 2018 in our first Face-to-Face meeting to take forward our work.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-"><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span>Looking forward working with you all and as always your usual support and advice will be highly appreciated.</span></span></div><div class="gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mf gmail-m_-4976272129210224867gmail-_1mj"><span><span><br></span></span></div></div>
Regards,
</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">MATOGORO Jabhera<br>Assistant Lecturer<br>College of Informatics and Virtual Education<br>The University of Dodoma</div><div>P.O Box 490,</div><div>Dodoma.</div><div dir="ltr">Website: <a href="http://www.udom.ac.tz/" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">www.udom.ac.tz</a><br><b>IEEE Membership ID:<font color="#000000"><font face="Verdana, serif"> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2">93934185</font></span></font></font></b><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>