From louie at equinix.com  Sat Jul 12 01:31:43 2008
From: louie at equinix.com (Louis Lee)
Date: Mon Aug 17 10:36:46 2009
Subject: [aso-council] ASO AC's Advice on Proposed Global Policy for
	Autonomous System Numbers
In-Reply-To: <C48138DE.8B5%John.Jeffrey@icann.org>
References: <C48138DE.8B5%John.Jeffrey@icann.org>
Message-ID: <20080711233143.GA1448@nemo.corp.equinix.com>

Dear ICANN Board Secretary John Jeffrey,

In response to your request for advice which was communicated
to us on Friday, June 20, 2008 which was specifically related
to the Global Policy Proposal for Autonomous System Numbers,
I respectfully submit the following advice on behalf of the
ASO Address Council for consideration by the ICANN Board of
Directors:

On May 1, 2007, the Global Policy Proposal for Autonomous
System Numbers was introduced at the first of five Regional
Internet Registry meetings in Talinn, Estonia.  This IANA to
RIR policy formalizes the current IANA procedure and creates a
policy basis for the transition from 2-byte (16 bits) to 4-byte
(32 bits) Autonomous System Numbers "ASNs".  This expansion
allows for the increase in the size of the free pool of ASNs
available for global allocation.  The policy was also submitted
for consideration at open RIR meetings in Venezuela, the United
States, India, and South Africa.  After following each region's
transparent policy development process "PDP" and in accordance
with the ICANN Memorandum of Understanding, its Attachments, and
procedures of the ASO AC, the policy was subsequently ratified
in each region and deemed to have followed each RIR's required
PDP by the ASO AC on June 12, 2008.  It is now on your agenda for
ratification.

The ASO Address Council advises the ICANN Board of Directors
that the policy has been globally vetted and reached consensus
in open RIR meetings held in all regions, followed each RIR's
independent and transparent PDP, that the ASO AC has followed all
required procedures related to the proposal, and that there are
no roadblocks to its adoption.  We further advise the ICANN Board
of Directors to ratify this policy prior to the close of the 60
day review period as prescribed by the MoU and its Attachments,
which ends on August 11, 2008.

Best regards,
Louis Lee
Chair, ICANN ASO Address Council
http://aso.icann.org/

Reference: 

  - ASO MoU: http://aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou2004.html
  
  - Board's Review Procedures for Global Internet Number Resource
    Policies Forwarded for Ratification by the ASO Address
    Council in Accordance with the ASO MoU:
    http://www.icann.org/general/review-procedures-pgp.html


On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:37:18AM -0700, John Jeffrey wrote:
> 
> Dear Louie,
> 
> On behalf of the ICANN Board, I thank you and the ASO AC for submitting the
> Global Policy Proposal regarding Autonomous System Numbers, and I do
> acknowledge receipt thereof. In line with the Board's Review Procedures, I
> also ask you to provide advice from the ASO AC on this Global Policy
> Proposal before 13 July 2008.
> 
> Very best regards,
> 
> John Jeffrey
> General Counsel & Secretary
> ICANN