APNIC is pleased to announce that Andy Linton has been reappointed by the APNIC Executive Council as a member of the ASO Address Council for 2013. He will be representing the APNIC region for a one-year term starting 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013.
Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is responsible for the appointment of a representative to serve on Seat Number 10 of the ICANN Board.
The ASO AC is pleased to announce the following five candidates for its upcoming appointment:
- Hago Dafalla
- Charles Daniel Otine
- Edwin Martin Salazar Vega
- Kuo Wei Wu
- Hassan Zaheer
In accordance with the ASO AC election procedures, a comment period is now open. A short biography will soon be available. Supporting comment facilities for each candidate can be found at:
https://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2013-elections/
The comment period will close at 23:59 UTC on 1 February 2013. Comments will be moderated.
The ASO AC election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO Operating Procedures and are available on the ASO website at:
https://aso.icann.org/documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac/
The proposed time frame for the selection process is as follows:
Comment Phase: 5 November 2012 – 1 February 2013
Interview Phase: 5 December 2012 – 1 February 2013
Selection Phase: 2 February 2013 – 15 February 2013
Due Diligence Review: 15 February 2013
Winner Announced: At conclusion of Due Diligence
All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified.
Regards,
ASO Secretariat
ARIN is pleased to announce that Louis Lee 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 2013. Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at:
http://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council
The ARIN Board of Trustees wishes to thank Andrew Dul for his participation as a candidate in the NRO NC election and looks forward to his continued involvement in ARIN regional activities.
ICANN has announced a Public Comment Period relating to the implementation of GPP-IPv4-2011: Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA.
The ICANN Board announced ratification of GPP-IPv4-2011 on 17 May 2012. The proposal had reached consensus in all Regional Internet Registry (RIR) regions and was reviewed by the NRO EC and the ASO AC prior to transmission to the ICANN Board on 13 March 2012.
The policy provides a mechanism for the redistribution of IPv4 address space returned to an IANA-managed pool. Once active, address space in this Recovered IPv4 Pool can be allocated, in equal shares, to the five RIRs.
The IANA reports that the RIRs have so far returned approximately 1¼ of /8s of address space in almost 150 prefixes.
The Comment Period will remain open until 23:59 (UTC) 25 October 2012. The purpose of this consultation is to gather input on the most appropriate way to make these changes for the different users of the IANA IPv4 address registries.
The ICANN announcement regarding this comment period can be found at the following URL:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-04oct12-en.htm
Comments may be lodged via the following page:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/implementing-ipv4-post-04oct12-en.htm
At a Plenary session of the RIPE 65 Meeting on 28 September 2012, Dmitry Kohmanyuk was elected to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). The NRO NC performs the function of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC).
Dmitry will serve a three-year term from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015. The election was to fill the seat being vacated by Dave Wilson.
For more details on the election process, see the RIPE NCC website.
For more information on the ASO Address Council, see:
On 17 August 2012, the ASO AC called for nominations for the ASO appointment to Seat 10 on the ICANN Board of Directors.
The nomination period will end on 19 October 2012.
If you are considering nominating someone or yourself, please do not wait until the end of the nomination phase. Nominees will need time to sign and return a letter certifying they are of good character, before the end of the nomination period. Failure to meet the deadline will make nominees ineligible for consideration by the ASO AC Qualification Review Committee.
The ASO AC has now published the full timeline for other phases in the selection process. The timeline, along with details on how to submit a nomination, are available at the following URL:
https://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2013-elections/
Kind Regards,
ASO Secretariat
APNIC is pleased to announce that Naresh Ajwani has been re-elected as a representative to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) for the APNIC region. He will begin another two year term on 1 January 2013.
Election details can be found at:
http://conference.apnic.net/34/elections
For more information on the NRO NC, please visit:
Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws Article VI Section 8.1.e and 8.4, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) calls for nominations for Seat Number 10 on the ICANN Board.
The ASO AC will announce the full timeline for the selection process after its September meeting.
For ongoing information and notices about the selection process please visit:
https://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2013-elections
According to ASO AC Operating Procedures, the nomination period will be open for at least 60 calendar days. Based on this, the nomination period will close at 23:59 UTC on 19 October 2012, pending ASO AC ratification of the selection process timeline.
All candidates must sign a Letter of Certification detailing previous conduct and character. The ASO Secretariat will send this letter to each applicant along with instructions on what to do next. The ASO AC is unable to consider candidates who fail to follow these instructions.
Additionally, the elected candidate will be subject to an independent due diligence review conducted by an ICANN provided contractor (election procedures section 7.4.9). This review is similar to those performed with all ICANN Board selected candidates.
Announcement of the winner will follow the successful review report. The ASO AC election procedures are found in Section 7 of the ASO AC Operating Procedures and are available on the ASO website at:
https://aso.icann.org/documents/operating-procedures-aso-ac
Article VI of the ICANN Bylaws states that: “At any given time, no two Directors selected by a Supporting Organization shall be citizens from the same country or of countries located in the same Geographic Region.” The ASO AC selection for Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors resides in the ARIN region, so nominees for Seat 10 cannot come from that region.
Submit nominations by email to nominations2012@aso.icann.org including the following information:
– Full name of the person being nominated
– Contact email address for the person being nominated
– Contact telephone number (if available) of the person being nominated
– Full name of the person making the nomination
– Contact email address for the person making the nomination
– Contact telephone number of the person making the nomination
Regards,
ASO Secretariat
You are invited to nominate candidates from the ARIN region to fill one (1) seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council that will become vacant when Louis Lee’s term expires on 31 December 2012. Candidates must be willing to serve a three (3) year term beginning 1 January 2013. Incumbents may be nominated for consecutive terms.
Any individual residing within the ARIN service region may be nominated, with the exception of Regional Internet Registry staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Please note that the NRO Number Council representatives now fulfill the role of ICANN’s ASO Address Council. Responsibilities of NRO NC representatives are outlined in the ASO Memorandum of Understanding.
All NRO NC nominees from the ARIN region are subject to the Nomination and Appointment Conflict of Interest List published at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/conflicts.html
The NRO NC requirements and responsibilities can be viewed at:
https://www.arin.net/about_us/nronc_requirements.html
Any individual, regardless of ARIN membership status, may self-nominate or nominate one or more candidates for any open NRO Number Council position. If you are interested in nominating yourself or someone else as a member of the Number Council, visit ARIN Election Headquarters to fill out the nomination form. Please review the nomination instructions at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/instructions.html#nominate
Nominations will be accepted until 17:00 ET on Tuesday, 4 September 2012. ARIN will contact all nominees via email and/or telephone to verify that they are willing and able to fulfill a three-year term. If ARIN cannot reach the nominee, the nomination will not be accepted. Each nominee must submit the nominee questionnaire by 6 September in order to run for a position. The questionnaire is available at:
https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/nronumbercouncil.html#nccv
Direct any questions concerning this process to Communications and Member Services at info@arin.net.
Information on the NRO NC can be found at
The ASO Address Council (AC) has selected Raymond Alan Plzak to fill Seat 9 on the ICANN Board for a three-year term.
As a result, Mr. Plzak will continue as a member of the Board after the end of ICANN 44, Prague, Czech Republic from 24-29 June 2012.
The ASO would like to congratulate Mr. Plzak on his re-appointment and thank him for his hard work and commitment during his first term.
The ASO AC would also like to thank the other candidates, who demonstrated great knowledge and expertise during the selection process.