Board Activities and Meetings
Minutes | Meeting of the Technical Committee of the Board (BTC) | 15 February 2024
Board Member and Liaison Attendees: Christian Kaufmann (Chair), Harald Alvestrand, Alan Barrett, Chris Buckridge, Edmon Chung, James Galvin, Wes Hardaker, and Patricio Poblete
Board Members with Apologies: Nicolas Caballero
ICANN Organization Attendees: Andre Abed (VP, Relationship & Delivery Management and Interim Head of Engineering and IT), Adiel Akplogan (VP, Technical Engagement), Franco Carrasco (Board Operations Manager), John Crain (SVP & Chief Technology Officer), Matt Larson (VP, Research), Danielle Rutherford (Policy and Technology Development Support Manager), and Sarah Zagha (Counsel)
Invited Guests: Matt Thomas and Suzanne Woolf (Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Working Party (WP) co-chairs) - only present for agenda item no. 1
The following is a summary of discussions, actions taken, and actions identified:
- Update Session with the Name Collision Analysis Project (NCAP) Discussion Group (DG) Admin Co-Chairs – The Committee received an update on the NCAP work from Matt Thomas, the NCAP DG Admin co-chair. It was noted that the draft NCAP Study 2 Report has been published and is currently out for public comment. It was also noted that an NCAP Study 2 Update session is scheduled for ICANN79 Prep Week, and that the NCAP DG has upcoming meetings scheduled for ICANN79. It is also expected that the ICANN Board and the SSAC will focus on NCAP as the topic of discussion during an upcoming meeting at ICANN79.
- Approval of Pending Meeting's Reports – The Committee was informed the Preliminary Report for the 11 January 2024 meeting had been circulated and approval of this Preliminary Report was pending. The Committee requested that the Preliminary Report for the 11 January 2024 meeting capture the Committee's discussions about the data protection-related briefing (drafted for internal use by ICANN org) on a technique proposed by the NCAP Study 2 (for name collision detection).
- Action Item: ICANN org Legal to capture the Committee's discussion regarding the data protection-related briefing on a technique proposed by the NCAP Study 2 (for name collision detection) within the 11 January 2024 Preliminary Report, and re-circulate the revised Preliminary Report to the Committee for approval.
Action Item Review – The Chair established the agenda for the meeting. Two action items were discussed and reviewed:
- Action Item #1: The Chair to further discuss the Committee's role within the Technical Coordination space with the Chair of the ICANN Board is an action item that is closed for now. The Chair has had preliminary discussions about this action item with the Chair of the ICANN Board. This action item will be placed on hold and reopened once a Board meeting that addresses this topic has been scheduled.
- Action Item #2: The Committee to further discuss the Phase 1 and Phase 2 recommendations from the IDN EPDP work (when available) during upcoming Committee meetings is an open action item (on hold until the IDN EPDP recommendations are finalized).
Updates from Technical Liaisons – The Committee received an update from the following Board Technical Liaisons:
- SSAC (James Galvin): The Committee was provided with an update on two SSAC work parties – the Registrar NS Management work party and DS Automation work party. It was noted that these work parties are close to completing their work. The Committee was also informed that an election will be held in 2024 for the SSAC Liaison to the ICANN Board role.
- RSSAC (Wes Hardaker): It was noted that the work of the Root Server System Governance Working Group and the RSS Security Incident Working Group is progressing. The Committee was encouraged to attend the joint session between the ICANN Board and the RSSAC during ICANN79.
- IETF (Harald Alvestrand): No significant updates to report.
The Chair called the meeting to a close.