ARIN has called for nominations of individuals willing to serve as the next ARIN region representative on the ASO Address Council. The seat currently held by Eric Decker will become vacant on 31 December 2004.
The RIPE NCC has called for nominations of individuals from the RIPE NCC service region to serve on the ASO Address Council.
The next election for an Asia-Pacific seat on the ASO Address Council is due to be held during the APNIC 18 meeting in Fiji in September 2004. However, pending the final outcome of the MoU negotiations, the APNIC Executive Council has decided to defer the AC election.
More information about the MoU negotiations is available from the NRO web site: http://www.nro.net.
Please refer to the full APNIC Announcement for more details.
At the recent meeting on Thursday, 6 May 2004, in Amsterdam, the Address Council of the ASO selected Raimundo Beca to fill the ASO position on the ICANN Board to be vacated by Lyman Chapin.
Raimundo Beca will immediately start to serve on the ICANN board for a term of three years.
The draft minutes of the meeting are available on the ASO website at:
http://www.aso.icann.org/meetings/
The Address Council of the Address Supporting Organization has announced the fifth ASO General Assembly meeting, to be held on Wednesday, 5 May 2004 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
On the 1st of April 2004, the Number Resource Organisation (NRO) signed a Letter of Intent with ICANN, documenting their intention to enter into an MoU to form a new ASO within the ICANN structure. Read more »
The ICANN reply to the NRO on the Proposed ASO MoU (pdf)
The Address Council of the Address Supporting Organisation is pleased to announce the 5th ASO General Assembly Meeting, to be held on Wednesday, 5 May 2004 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The results of recent RIR elections to fill vacant positions on the Address Council are as follows:
On 24 October 2003, the RIRs jointly signed an open letter to ICANN advising of the formation of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). This letter included a copy of the NRO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), and a proposed MoU for the formation of a new ICANN ASO, as required under the reformed ICANN structure. More details are available on the RIR web sites: