LACNIC is pleased to announce the election of Francisco Obispo as the new representative for Latin America and the Caribbean to the ASO Address Council (NRO Number Council). The election was held on June 30, 2005, during the LACNIC VIII meeting in the city of Lima, Peru.

Francisco Obispo will take the place that will be left vacant on the ASO Address Council by Julián Dunayevich, who is ending his term in December 2005. Francisco will hold this position from January 1, 2006, until December 31, 2008.

The ASO Address Council submitted to ICANN their comments to the revised version of ICANN’s “Review Procedure to Handle Policy Proposals submitted by the ASO AC. The original document is available at:

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The ASO AC presented this document to to the WGIG during its 4th open consultation meeting.

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The ASO AC elaborated the following document containing their comments regarding the Proposed Review Procedure to Handle ASO Policy Proposals.

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ARIN opened nominations to fill one seat on the NRO Number Council / ASO Address Council that becomes vacant with the expiration of Lee Howard’s term on December 31, 2005.

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At their recent meeting held in Maputo, the AfriNIC members voted in their new NRO NC representatives . Jean Robert Hountomey will be serving a 3-year term on the NRO NC and Sylvia Geha Kezengwa will be serving a 2-year term.

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As one of the ICANN supporting organizations, the ASO AC has elaborated the following document containing their comments regarding the ICANN Strategic Plan Document.

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On 8 April 2005, during the ICANN Board meeting in Mar del Plata, Argentina, AfriNIC was finally recognized as the fifth Regional Internet Registry (RIR).

The ICANN Board resolution is available from the ICANN website at:
http://www.icann.org/minutes/resolutions-08apr05.htm

The seat currently held by Julián Dunayevich will become vacant on 31 December 2005.

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The APNIC Executive Council has appointed Kenny Huang to be the representative of the APNIC region on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council.

Under the terms of the MoU signed between the ICANN and the RIRs in October 2004, the NRO Number Council now performs the role of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC).

The term of Dr Huang’s appointment is from 1 Janary 2005 to 31 December 2005.

Dr Huang has previously served a term on the AC under the previous ASO structure, from January 2002 to December 2004.

More information on the roles and function of the NRO is available at:

http://www.nro.net