RSS Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L
2	Publication		D = decision-maker (subject to appropriate checks and balances, conflicts of interest policy, etc.) E = engaged in deliberation C = consulted in deliberation I = informed throughout deliberation S = support	Secretariat	Participant Stakeholder Communities			Liaisons			Other Stakeholders
3					Participant Stakeholder Communities			Liaisons			Other Stakeholders
4					RSOs	ccTLD registries	gTLD registries	IANA	IAB/IETF	RZM	* = scoping in parking lot

5		Council	Council	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
6			Developing a strategic vision for the RSS.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I	SAC
7			Making decisions about the appropriate number of RSOs.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
8			Designating RSOs.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C*, I
9			Removing RSOs.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C*, I
10			Strategizing about how to incorporate emerging technologies and sunsetting those technologies that are becoming obsolete.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
13			Oversight of all processes.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	I
15			Defining measurements to ensure that RSOs are meeting a minimum level of performance.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
16			Defining system-wide, externally verifiable metrics to demonstrate that the RSS as a whole is online, serving correct and timely responses to end users.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
17			Providing guidance and developing best practices for root server operations based on industry-accepted best practices for the design, capacity, availability of root servers. This guidance and best practices support the availability, performance, scalability, and security of the RSS.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
18			Defining and articulating policies concerning the RSS. Examples of such policies include; RSS expectations, impacts of significant changes to functionality that the RSS is expected to support, impacts of a significant expansion of the root zone data, emerging technologies that may impact the functioning of the RSS, and security incident reporting.	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
19			Defines principles and frameworks for how the RSS is to be financed.
20			Defines the budget for the RSS GS	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C*, I
21			Decides and approves the budget for distributions to RSOs in support of RSS operations	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C*, I
22			Decides and approves mandatory and/or voluntary contributions from stakeholder communities	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C*, I
23			Authority to appoint all committees (Audit, Designation and Removal, Finance, Strategy and Architecture, etc.)	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	I
24			Decides and approves conflicts of interest policy	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	C, I
30			Tasks for the Designation and Removal Committee established by the Council include:	S	D	D	D	E	E	E	I
31		Designation and Removal Function	Receiving applications from organizations willing to be designated as RSOs.
32			Requesting evaluations of new candidate RSOs on technical and nontechnical merits.
33			Reviewing evaluations of candidate RSOs.
34			Recommending the designation of an RSO from a pool of candidates based on the evaluation.
35			Managing RSO offboarding.
36			Participating in accountability efforts by evaluating existing operators for compliance with policies and metrics.
37			Performance Monitoring and Measurement Function	S	E	C	C	C	C	C	I
38		Performance Monitoring and Measurement Function	Monitoring and measuring RSOs and the RSS against technical and nontechnical standards and expectations.
39			Evaluating candidate RSOs against technical and nontechnical service expectations.
40			Reporting if the RSOs are appropriately using the funds they receive.
41			Finance Function	S	D
42		Finance Function	Provide funding for the overall RSS
43			Creating a fund from numerous entities for operations, research and development, and emergency situations of the RSS.
44			Works with the individual RSOs to establish contracts that enable independent funding of the RSOs.
45			Ensuring that the RSOs receiving funding are passing financial audits.
46		Secretariat Function	Secretariat Function
47			Performing secretariat and administrative functions to coordinate, facilitate, and support RSO operations.
48			Registering and owning common RSO assets.
49			Facilitating and communicating practices related to the RSS.
50			Engaging in outreach functions as defined by ICANN and the Internet community.
51			Providing a conduit for the Internet community to interact with RSOs.
52			Coordinating and providing transparency to the operationalization of appropriate standards.
53			Assuming new coordination roles that could be defined in the future.
54			Success Criteria
55	RSSAC058	A.1.1	The RSS GS must provide for accountability of the RSOs in respect of their provision of the RSS
56		A.1.1.1	The RSS GS must include provision for cyber incident oversight and disclosure obligations, and codify security threat and vulnerability information sharing amongst RSOs and the RSS GS
57		A.1.2	The RSS GS must provide a method to make the RSS GS accountable to the RSS Stakeholders.
58		A.1.3	The RSS GS should, to the extent practicable, make use of existing accountability and transparency governance mechanisms that have been tested and proven over time with real world experience.
59		A.2.1	The RSS GS must be structured in a manner designed to preserve and promote RSO independence and diversity. [...]
60		A.2.1.2	The RSS GS must be structured in a manner designed to preserve and promote an appropriate degree of RSO Organizational Diversity and limit the risk of the loss of an appropriate degree of RSO Organizational Diversity. [...]
61		A.2.2	The RSS GS must assure that sources of funding for RSO operations are not able to exert undue influence over operational decision-making [...].
62		A.2.3	The RSS GS must be structured in a manner designed to preserve and promote an appropriate degree of RSO Technical Diversity. [...]
63		A.2.3.1	The RSS GS must “encourage network diversity and prevent homogeneous network topologies" [...]
64		A.3	The RSS GS must create some degree of authority to both raise and spend funds. [...]
65		A.3.1	The RSS GS must include a secure and auditable mechanism to hold and disburse funds in accordance with the rules of the governance structure. [...]
66		A.3.2	The RSS GS must include a method to establish and undertake regular review of payments to RSOs in respect of RSS operational expenses and capital investment. [...]
67		A.3.3	The RSS GS must include a method to establish and undertake regular review of budget to support governance structure expenses. [...]
68		A.3.4	The RSS GS must include a method to assure the ability to raise funds from a clearly identified source (or sources) in the Internet Community. The authority also extends to decisions to decline sources of funding for the RSS GS as a whole, but does not interfere with individual RSO decisions to accept sources of funding. [...]
69		A.4	... The RSS GS must incorporate and defend the RSS Governance Principles.
70		A.5	... The RSS GS must clearly encourage and enable timely communication among and between all identified RSS Stakeholders.
71		A.5.1	The RSS GS must ensure that all affected RSS Stakeholders are represented in the RSS policy process.
72		A.5.2	The RSS GS must encourage regular contact and communication between RSOs and the other RSS Stakeholders.
73		A.5.3	The rights and responsibilities of RSS Stakehholders arising under the RSS GS must be appropriately balanced.
74		A.5.3.1	The RSS GS must ensure all RSOs have a significant say in policies that govern them (in their capacity as RSOs).
75		A.5.3.2	The RSS GS must ensure that all non-RSO RSS Stakeholders have appropriate mechanisms available to make timely inputs relevant to the security, stability, resilience, and continued development of the RSS.
76		A.5.4	The RSS GS must be flexible enough to account for new or different RSS Stakeholders.
77		A.6	The RSS GS must embody each of the features described in detail in RSSAC037 [...]
78		A.6.1	The RSS GS must describe the process to select the Secretariat, promote stability of the Secretariat, while also ensuring appropriate oversight.
79		A.6.2	The RSS GS must describe how to empanel the SAPF in a manner that preserves the values described in other Criteria. This must include a process to debate and settle the terms of performance measures used to assess the operation of the RSS as a whole, and RSOs individually.
80		A.6.3	The RSS GS must describe how to fulfill the DRF
81		A.6.4	The RSS GS must include a clear method to empanel and empower the group/body responsible for monitoring performance or RSS as a whole and RSOs individually in accordance with standards adopted by SAPF.
82		A.8.1	The RSS GS must be structured in a manner that encourages and facilitates thorough and deliberate work on RSS policy.
83		A.8.2	The RSS GS must be structured in a manner that enables development of RSS policy on an emergency basis with clearly defined procedures and processes.
84		A.8.3	The RSS GS must be robust yet nimble enough to address new challenges in a timely manner.
85		A.9	The RSS GS must provide rights and assure responsibilities in a manner that comports with the values of fairness and equality.
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