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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Dear RSSAC Caucus,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">The Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC) held its second workshop from May 11 to 12, 2016. The workshop was attended by eleven Root Server Operators (RSO) and
all RSSAC liaisons.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">The purpose of this workshop was to continue addressing issues identified during the previous workshop [1]. The approach taken by RSSAC was to “peel the onion,” getting
to the next layer of deliberations on an array of overarching themes, including accountability, continuity, operational and organizational evolution, all of which remained consistent themes throughout the two days of intense work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">The workshop report presents a high-level outline of the work conducted during the two days of effort. It is published at:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-workshop-22jun16-en.pdf">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-workshop-22jun16-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">[1] The first workshop report:
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-workshop-07jan16-en.pdf">
https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/rssac-workshop-07jan16-en.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Best<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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