ICANN has announced its next round of meetings, to be held in Yokohama, Japan on 14-18 July 2000. The previous round of ICANN meetings was held in Cairo, Egypt on 7-10 March, 2000. Full details are still available from the Cairo meeting web site .
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First ASO General Assembly
In accordance with the ASO MoU, the ASO Address Council held its first General Assembly meeting on 19 May 2000. This meeting was held in Budapest, Hungary, in conjunction with the RIPE-36 meeting, hosted by RIPE NCC.
Independent Review Panel Nominations Committee
On 23 March 2000, ICANN called on the Address Council to select 2 individuals to fill ASO seats on the Independent Review Panel (IRP) Nominating Committee. In their letter to the AC, ICANN described the function of the committee, and provided general guidelines as to the type of individuals who would be suitable for nomination.
ASO Directors of ICANN – Call for Nominations
On 15 February 2000, the Address Council made a call for nominations to ASO seats on the ICANN Board. The deadline for nominations was 19 April 2000 (30 days prior to the recent ASO General Assembly meeting).
AC Revises Director terms
At its 2 November 1999 meeting in Los Angeles, the Address Council approved a revision of these terms on request of the 3 ASO ICANN directors, and asked ICANN to implement this revision as follows:
ICANN Announces new Directors
On 28 October 1999, ICANN announced that nine new Directors had been named to the Board by its three supporting organizations.