The Address Supporting Organization

Address Council

ICANN: Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers

Address Council Elections

Address Council members are appointed through separate nominations and election processes in each of the RIR regions.

Address Council Meetings

Minutes of previous Address Council meetings and a list of their upcoming scheduled meetings are available on the meetings page.

Address Council Members

Members of the ASO Address Council are appointed within each of the Regional Internet Registry regions in accordance with the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding. Two members are selected by the regional policy forum of each of the RIRs and one member is appointed from the Executive Board of each RIR. The current members of the Address Council are:

AC Member	Region	Term
AC Member	Region	From	Until
Jean Robert Hountomey	AfriNIC	Apr 2005	31 Dec 2008
Vincent Ngundi	AfriNIC	Jan 2008	31 Dec 2010
Alan Barrett *	AfriNIC	Jan 2007	31 Dec 2009
Hyun-joon Kwon	APNIC	Jan 2007	31 Dec 2008
Dr. Kenny S. Huang	APNIC	Jan 2008	31 Dec 2009
Tomohiro FUJISAKI *	APNIC	April 2008	31 Dec 2008
Louis Lee - (CHAIR)	ARIN	Jan 2007	31 Dec 2009
Martin Hannigan*	ARIN	Jan 2006	31 Dec 2008
Jason Schiller	ARIN	Jan 2008	31 Dec 2010
Sebastian Bellagamba - (VICE CHAIR)	LACNIC	Jan 2007	31 Dec 2009
Hartmut Glaser *	LACNIC	Jan 2008	31 Dec 2010
Francisco Obispo	LACNIC	Jan 2006	31 Dec 2008
Dave Wilson	RIPE NCC	Jan 2007	31 Dec 2009
Hans Petter Holen - (VICE CHAIR)	RIPE NCC	Jan 2008	31 Dec 2010
Wilfried Woeber *	RIPE NCC	Jan 2006	31 Dec 2008

* RIR appointed member to the ASO AC

AC Appointments to ICANN Board

One of the duties of the address council is the appointment of two ICANN Board Directors.

Address Council Documents and Archives

Procedures for the election of AC Chair and Co-Chairs
ASO-AC ICANN Board Selection Procedures
ASO Roadmap for 2005
ASO Roadmap for 2004
ASO Roadmap for 2003

Historical Documents

AC Procedures: A flowchart illustrating Address Council policy procedures (jpg),(pdf)