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Independent review of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Deadline for applications: 31 December 2016 Deadline announcement of the selected bid: 31 January 2017 Instructions to Bidders 1. Introduction 1. The Number Resource Organization (NRO) is the organization comprised of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) which act collectively on matters relating to the interests of the RIRs and the Internet…

We are pleased to announce that Filiz Yilmaz was re-elected to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) at a Plenary session of the RIPE 73 Meeting in Madrid on 28 October 2016. On the completion of her current term on 31 December 2016, Filiz will go on to serve another three-year term from 1 January 2017 to 31…

The AFRINIC Board of Directors has appointed Fiona Asonga to the ASO AC / NRO NC. Mrs. Asonga’ term will start on January 1 2017.

ARIN is pleased to announce that Jason Schiller has been re-elected to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region. He will begin serving another three-year term on 1 January 2017. Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at: https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council The ARIN Board of Trustees wishes to thank Robert Kenny for his participation as…

During APNIC 42 Meeting in Colombo Sri Lanka, APNIC community  has elected Brajesh Jain to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). He will begin serving a two year term from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2018. Mr Jain will replace Dr Ajay Kumar.

On 23 August, the ARIN Board of Trustees appointed Kevin Blumberg to serve on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) from the ARIN region, filling the vacancy created by John Sweeting¹s resignation. Kevin¹s term will run through 31 December 2016. Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at: https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council In accepting his appointment, Kevin has resigned from…

Helsinki, Finland – 29 June 2016. The RIRs and ICANN signed the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for the IANA Numbering Services today at ICANN 56 in Helsinki, Finland. This agreement documents the arrangements for provision by ICANN of IANA numbering services, after the IANA stewardship transition which is expected to occur on 30 September 2016. The SLA will only come…

The ASO AC is pleased to announce that Maemura Akinori has been elected to serve for a three-year term on Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors. Maemura Akinori’s term will start right after the conclusion of the ICANN 57 Meeting that will be held in Hyderabad in November 2016. A brief biography of Mr Maemura is available on…

11 March 2016, Marrakech, Morocco – An historic proposal for the global community to assume stewardship of the IANA functions, produced after nearly two years of work by the global Internet community, has been delivered to the U.S. Government for its consideration. The proposal would remove U.S. Government oversight over a set of fundamental Internet administrative functions, including management of…

Communication to IANA-XFER mailing confirming the ASO Approval to CCWG Final Report ======= Dear Colleagues, In response to a recommendation from the ASO liaisons to the CCWG, the NRO EC, acting on behalf of the ASO, has approved the CCWG WS1 report published at https://community.icann.org/x/8w2AAw As the Chair of the NRO EC I sent the following message to one of…