ICANN has formally announced news that the ICANN Board has ratified the Global Policy Proposal for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA.

The policy GPP-IPv4-2011 was sent to the ICANN Board by the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Address Council on 13 March 2012.

ICANN then posted the proposal for public comment from 14 March 2012 through 4 April 2012, during which time no comments were submitted.

The Global Policy provides a mechanism for Regional Internet Registries to return IPv4 address space to an IANA-managed pool. Once active, address space in this pool can be allocated, in equal shares, to the five RIRs.

The announcement notes that ICANN staff will be taking all necessary steps to implement the new global addressing policy.

LACNIC is pleased to announce the election of Ricardo Patara as the representative of the LACNIC region to the ASO Address Council/NRO Number Council. The election was held on May 11th, 2012, during the LACNIC XVII meeting in the city of Quito, Ecuador.

Ricardo was elected to occupy a seat in the Address Council from January 1, 2013 until December 31, 2015.

For more information on the ASO Address Council, see:

https://aso.icann.org/internet-community/what-is-the-aso/

Candidate’s biography information is available at:

http://lacnic.net/en/anuncios/elecciones/2012/address-council/ricardopatara.html

In accordance with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Bylaws, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) undertakes independent periodic reviews of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO).

ITEMS International, a consultancy engaged by the NRO to conduct this current review, delivered its report in early 2012. A public comment period closed on 6 April 2012.

On 30 April 2012 the NRO, submitted its considered response (PDF), formulated with the assistance of the ASO Address Council (ASO AC), to the 26 recommendations of the report and the one recommendation received during the ICANN public comment period.

The NRO extends its thanks to all of those who have participated in this process.

For more information please refer to the ICANN ASO Review page at

http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/aso-review-16mar12-en.htm

The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) advises that the public Comment Phase in the selection process to elect a representative to serve on Seat Number 9 of the ICANN Board, is extended to 23:59 (UTC) Thursday, 27 April 2012.

Interview Phase is also extended and will now include the period during the Address Council’s face-to-face meeting on 26-27 April, immediately following the ARIN XXIX Public Policy and Members Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.

For more information on the selection process please visit the following page on the ASO Website:

https://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2012-elections/

Regards,
ASO Secretariat

In accordance with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Bylaws, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) undertakes independent periodic reviews of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO).

ITEMS International, a consultancy engaged by the NRO to conduct this current review, has delivered its report. The report is open for public comment and is available for download as a PDF document.

The NRO encourages the ICANN, RIR, and wider Internet communities to provide comments on this report, to inform the NRO and ICANN on the further steps required by the review process.

Public comments can be made by email to aso-review@icann.org.

This comment period closes on Friday, 6 April 12012 at 23:59 (UTC).

To review the current comments, please see: http://forum.icann.org/lists/aso-review

The NRO will submit its conclusions and recommendations by Monday, 30 April 2012 at 23:59 (UTC).

For more information, please visit the ASO Review Comment Period announcement on the ICANN website.

Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding (ASO MoU), the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has completed a final review of the global policy proposal: “[GPP-IPv4-2011] Global Policy for Post Exhaustion IPv4 Allocation Mechanisms by the IANA”.

The proposed policy governs the redistribution of address blocks returned to IANA. The policy calls for IANA to accept return of address space into a reclamation pool and then to reallocate these addresses to RIRs based on equal distribution twice a year.

The proposal has been adopted by all RIRs, passed by the NRO EC to the ASO AC, and was submitted to the ICANN Board of Directors in line with the provisions of the ASO MoU (Attachment A, Article 7).

The request, dated 14 March 2012, seeks ratification of the GPP in fulfilment of Articles 8 and 9 of Attachment A in the ASO MoU. ICANN has acknowledged receipt of the GPP from the ASO AC and began a 21 day Comment Period in Accordance with the Board’s Review Procedures for Global Internet Number Resource Policies Forwarded for Ratification by the ASO Address Council in Accordance with the ASO MoU. The Public Comment Period will end on 4 April 2012.

Comments are invited to inform the ICANN Board prior to the Board’s decision regarding ratification of the Proposal. Details on the Comment Period are available on the following page: Global Policy Proposal Recovered IPv4 Address Space.

More information about GPP-IPv4-2011 is available on the ASO Global Policy Proposals page.

After its review of the ASO, ITEMS International has produced its report, which has now been accepted by the NRO. This report has been submitted to ICANN, which will shortly launch a public comment process.

At the completion of that process, the NRO will publish its considered response to the survey, to its recommendations, and to community feedback received.

The LACNIC region has issued an open call for nominations for a representative to fill one (1) seat on the NRO Number Council / ASO Address Council to cover the vacancy generated by the position of Sebastián Bellagamba whose term ends on December 31st 2012. The elected representative must be willing to serve a term of three years starting on January 1st 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 9 of the ICANN Board.

The ASO AC is pleased to announce the following four candidates for its upcoming appointment.

The Candidates are:

• Thomas Eric Brunner-Williams
• Martin J. Levy
• William Manning
• Raymond Alan Plzak

In accordance with the ASO AC election procedures, a comment period is now open. A short biography is available and supporting comment facilities for each candidate may be found at:

https://aso.icann.org/people/icann-board-elections/2012-elections/

The comment period will close at 23:59 UTC on 19 April 2012. 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 revised time frame for the selection process is as follows:

• Comment Phase              2 February 2012 – 19 April 2012
• Interview Phase              4 March 2012 – 19 April 2012
• Selection Phase               23 April 2012 -14 May 2012
• Due Diligence Review    15 May 2012 – 15 June 2012
• Winner Announced        18 June 2012 (or earlier based on completion date of due diligence review)

All phases will conclude at 23:59 UTC on the date specified.

For the final schedule please refer to the ASO AC 2012 Election page.

Regards,
ASO Secretariat
secretariat@aso.icann.org

The AfriNIC board is pleased to announce that Alan Barret’s term on the NRO NC has been extended.

He will serve a two-year term that runs from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2013.

More information about the NRO NC.