From louie at equinix.com  Thu Mar  5 14:50:04 2009
From: louie at equinix.com (Louis Lee)
Date: Mon Aug 17 10:36:46 2009
Subject: [aso-council] ASO AC Advice: Global Policy for the Allocation of
	the Remaining IPv4 Address Space
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On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 03:31:38AM -0800, Olof Nordling wrote:
> The 60-day window for Board response will expire on 5 April
> 2009. In line with the applicable procedures, I also kindly
> request that you submit any further advice from the ASO AC on
> this Proposal no later than 30 days before the above expiry
> date.

Dear ICANN Board Secretary John Jeffrey,

In response to your request for advice which was communicated to
us on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 which was specifically related
to the Global Policy Proposal for the Allocation of the Remaining
IP4 Address Space, I respectfully submit the following advice on
behalf of the ASO Address Council for consideration by the ICANN
Board of Directors:

On August 28, 2008, the Global Policy Proposal for Remaining
IP4 Address Space was introduced at the first of five Regional
Internet Registry meetings in Albuquerque, USA.  This IANA to
RIR policy creates a policy basis for the process of reserving
a minimum amount of available IPv4 address space and for the
process of allocating that space to the RIRs at an appropriate
time.  This allows each RIR community to define a policy on how
to distribute the last piece(s) of allocations which best matches
their situation.

The policy was also submitted for consideration at open RIR
meetings in South Africa, Brazil, Germany and New Zealand.

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 January
12, 2009.  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, without delay, prior to the
close of the 60 day review period as prescribed by the MoU and
its Attachments, which ends on April 5, 2009.

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