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ASO AC / NRO NC Elects New Chair

Kevin Blumberg, ARIN region representative, has been elected by the ASO Address Council (AC) as the new ASO AC/NRO NC Chair for 2021. Kevin Blumberg’s appointment was confirmed during the ASO AC teleconference held on 13 January 2021. Kevin will be assisted in his role by Mike Silber (AFRINIC region) and Hervé Clément (RIPE NCC region) as vice chairs. The…


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Invitation to the Internet Numbers Community to Participate as Observers in the 2021 ASO AC and IANA RC Teleconferences

The ASO is one of ICANN’s three Supporting Organizations. They review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol (IP) address policy and advise the ICANN Board on policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of IP addresses. The ASO Address Council (ASO AC) hold monthly teleconferences, usually on the first Wednesday of each month, with exceptions to avoid clashes…


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2021 ICANN Board Seat 9 Elections: Comment Phase Open

In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)and the ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has issued a call for nominations for Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors. The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly…


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ASO AC Call For Nominations for Seat 9 on the ICANN Board of Directors

In line with the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)[1] and the ICANN Bylaws[2], the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has issued a call for nominations for Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors. The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN Annual General Assembly at the ICANN 72…


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ASO AC Re-appoints Pankaj Chaturvedi to the 2021 ICANN Nominating Committee

The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to announce that Pankaj Chaturvedi has been re-appointed as its delegate to the 2021 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). Mr Chaturvedi is an active participant in the APNIC community. His new one year term will begin during the ICANN 69 Annual General Meeting taking place from 17-22 October, 2020. About the…


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Nomination Call for ASO Representative to 2021 ICANN Nominating Committee

ICANN’s Nominating Committee (NomCom) is responsible for the selection of eight ICANN Board Members, two directors of the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) and for other selections as are set forth in the Bylaws (see Article 8, Section 8.1). The NomCom is also charged with appointing some members of the ALAC, ccNSO Council and the GNSO Council. The NomCom complements the…


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Notice to the ASO Community on Rejection Action to ICANN Board Resolutions

Dear RIR Community, On 7 May 2020, the ICANN Board of Directors adopted resolutions regarding the following: FY21-25 Five Year ICANN Operating and Financial Plan FY21 ICANN Operating Plan FY21 ICANN Budget see https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-05-07-en#2.a The approved FY21-25 Five Year ICANN Operating and Financial Plan is available at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/adopted-op-financial-plan-fy21-25-opplan-fy21-07may20-en.pdf, The FY21 ICANN Operating Plan is available beginning on page 177. The…


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ICANN Publishes Response to ASO’s Inspection Request

On 27 December 2019, the Number Resource Organization (NRO), acting as the Address Supporting Organization (ASO), submitted an inspection request to ICANN regarding the Internet Society’s proposed transfer of ownership of PIR, the .org registry, to Ethos Capital. On 4 February 2020, ICANN issued a response, which can be found on the ICANN website or here (pdf). More information regarding this will be posted on this website when…


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Call for Public Comments on the 2019 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report

Dear colleagues, As you may be aware, as a result of the successful IANA Stewardship transition in 2016, the IANA Numbering Services are today being managed through an SLA between ICANN and the five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). As part of the result of the IANA Stewardship transition, the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) was established in 2016. The IANA RC is composed of…


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