Re: [aso-policy] RIR proposal

[Kim Hubbard <kimh@arin.net>]

At 11:53 AM 2/14/00 -0800, Mike Roberts wrote:
>At 20:16 +0100 2/14/00, Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACOnet wrote:

>
>Since the Joint Project Agreement between the Department of Commerce 
>and ICANN is based on the White Paper, and since the ICANN Bylaws are 
>based on the White Paper, the net result is that, with respect to IP 
>Address Policy, the ICANN Board will act to adopt or revise address 
>policies within the framework of its Supporting Organizations and in 
>particular, the ASO MOU, which lodges first order responsibility for 
>study, analysis, public review, and recommendation on address policy 
>with the ASO Council. While the JPA is in effect, the USG retains a 
>right of review of ICANN actions in order to ensure that the 
>objectives of the White Paper are achieved.

And yet there's no mention of the ASO anywhere in this contract.  

Kim


>
>>   Still, I don't fully understand what IANA's future role is going to
>>   be when ICANN is "the contractor". But that's probably just me...
>>
>
>IANA has been, and still is, among its other duties, responsible for 
>day to day administration of IP address policy, working as part of a 
>"food chain" that also includes the staffs of the RIR's and, farther 
>downstream, the staffs of ISPs and other organizations receiving 
>address allocations.  Its staff is part of ICANN and the address 
>policies it carries out are those adopted by the ICANN Board after a 
>public process has occurred, including recommendations from the ASO 
>Council and other SO Councils as appropriate. The ICANN staff members 
>with responsibility for IANA-related actions include Louis Touton, 
>Joyce Reynolds, Suzanne Woolf, and Michelle Schipper.
>
>- Mike
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