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Request for Proposal For REVIEW OF THE ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee - June 5, 2017 (PDF)]</ref> On April 18, 2017, on behalf of RSSAC, Carlos Reyes submitted comments to ICANN requesting more specificity in some of the proposed questions.<ref>[https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/rssac-review2/2017-April/000002.html Email: Carlos Reyes to Lars Hoffman, April 18 2017]</ref> However, in correspondence back to the RSSAC, ICANN submitted a draft "Self Assessment" tool for the committee utilizing the RFP's proposed questions as part of the assessment template, with changes to some questions that appear to align with the RSSAC requests.<ref>[https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/rssac-review2/2017-May/000003.html Email: Angie Graves to RSSAC-Review2 listserv, May 4, 2017]</ref>

Request for Proposal For REVIEW OF THE ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee - June 5, 2017 (PDF)]</ref> On April 18, 2017, on behalf of RSSAC, Carlos Reyes submitted comments to ICANN requesting more specificity in some of the proposed questions.<ref>[https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/rssac-review2/2017-April/000002.html Email: Carlos Reyes to Lars Hoffman, April 18 2017]</ref> However, in correspondence back to the RSSAC, ICANN submitted a draft "Self Assessment" tool for the committee utilizing the RFP's proposed questions as part of the assessment template, with changes to some questions that appear to align with the RSSAC requests.<ref>[https://mm.icann.org/pipermail/rssac-review2/2017-May/000003.html Email: Angie Graves to RSSAC-Review2 listserv, May 4, 2017]</ref>

After accepting and reviewing proposals through the RFP process, [[ICANN]] contracted with [[Interisle Consulting Group, LLC]] to conduct the second independent review of RSSAC.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-09-28-en ICANN Announcement of Selection of Independent Examiner, Interisle - September 28, 2017]</ref> Interisle assembled a team of three consultants for the review, [[Lyman Chapin]], [[Jim Reid]], and [[Colin Strutt]]<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/ACCRSSAC/Independent+Examiner ICANN's RSAAC2 Dashboard - Independent Examiner]</ref>

After accepting and reviewing proposals through the RFP process, [[ICANN]] contracted with [[Interisle Consulting Group, LLC]] to conduct the second independent review of RSSAC.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-09-28-en ICANN Announcement of Selection of Independent Examiner, Interisle - September 28, 2017]</ref> Interisle assembled a team of three consultants for the review, [[Lyman Chapin]], [[Jim Reid]], and [[Colin Strutt]]<ref>[https://community.icann.org/display/ACCRSSAC/Independent+Examiner ICANN's RSAAC2 Dashboard - Independent Examiner]</ref>

===Review Methodology & Data Sources===

===Review Methodology & Data Sources===

Interisle's review included attendance at RSSAC meetings, [[ICANN Meeting]] sessions, and conference calls during the autumn of 2017 and winter of 2018.<ref name="finalreport2">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-final-02jul18-en.pdf Independent Review of the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee: Final Report; July 2, 2018 (PDF)]</ref> In addition, they conducted 48 interviews with individuals connected to or working within the RSSAC.<ref name="finalreport2" /> At the end of 2017, Interisle conducted an online survey "to collect input from those who have interacted with RSSAC and/or have ideas for ways to improve it."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-11-27-en ICANN Announcement of RSSAC Survey - November 27, 2017]</ref> In addition to publishing notice of the survey, ICANN specifically solicited responses from the [[RSSAC Caucus]].<ref name="finalreport2" /> The survey, which did not require participants to identify themselves, garnered 74 visits and 39 responses.<ref name="finalreport2" />

Interisle's review included attendance at RSSAC meetings, [[ICANN Meeting]] sessions, and conference calls during the autumn of 2017 and winter of 2018.<ref name="finalreport2">[https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-review-final-02jul18-en.pdf Independent Review of the ICANN Root Server System Advisory Committee: Final Report; July 2, 2018 (PDF)]</ref> In addition, they conducted 48 interviews with individuals connected to or working within the RSSAC.<ref name="finalreport2" /> At the end of 2017, Interisle conducted an online survey "to collect input from those who have interacted with RSSAC and/or have ideas for ways to improve it."<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2017-11-27-en ICANN Announcement of RSSAC Survey - November 27, 2017]</ref> In addition to publishing notice of the survey, ICANN specifically solicited responses from the [[RSSAC Caucus]].<ref name="finalreport2" /> The survey, which did not require participants to identify themselves, garnered 74 visits and 39 responses.<ref name="finalreport2" />

Interisle subjected this data to a structured qualitative analysis<ref>[https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2092/3904 For a primer on structured qualitative analysis, see Herz, Peters, & Truschkat: "How to Do Qualitative Structural Analysis: The Qualitative Interpretation of Network Maps and Narrative Interviews;" Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 2015]</ref> and presented its findings in an initial Assessment Report to ICANN.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-02-27-en RSSAC2 Review: Assessment Report Published - ICANN announcement, February 27, 2018]</ref>

Interisle subjected this data to a structured qualitative analysis<ref>[https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2092/3904 For a primer on structured qualitative analysis, see Herz, Peters, & Truschkat: "How to Do Qualitative Structural Analysis: The Qualitative Interpretation of Network Maps and Narrative Interviews;" Forum: Qualitative Social Research, Vol. 16 No. 1, January 2015]</ref> and presented its findings in an initial Assessment Report to ICANN.<ref>[https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-02-27-en RSSAC2 Review: Assessment Report Published - ICANN announcement, February 27, 2018]</ref>

===Response to Assessment Report===

===Response to Assessment Report===

Public comment was solicited on the Assessment Report.  

Public comment was solicited on the Assessment Report.