No. The policies by which Internet number resources are managed and distributed is proposed, discussed and accepted (or rejected) by each Regional Internet Registry (RIR) community, using its respective open and transparent policy development process (PDP). Global policies govern how Public Technical Identifiers (PTI), the organization charged with performing the IANA functions, issues Internet number resources to the RIRs. These policies must…
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Independent Reviews
Article 4.4(a) of the ICANN Bylaws calls for periodic reviews of the performance and operation of each ICANN Supporting Organization (SO) by an entity independent of the organization under review. The process used for the review of the ASO can be found here. Upcoming Review The next ASO Review is due in 2022. The call for tender will be issued in 2021.…
Empowered Community
As an ICANN Supporting Organization (SO), the ASO also plays a role in ICANN’s Empowered Community. The ICANN Empowered Community is the mechanism through which ICANN’s SOs and Advisory Committees (ACs) can organize, under California law, to legally enforce their community powers and hold ICANN accountable for its actions. Community Powers The ICANN Empowered Community can exercise the following nine…
ASO AC Teleconference 5 February 2020
The minutes from the ASO AC Teleconference held on 5 February 2020 can be found here (pdf).
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Consolidated Policy Overview
The Number Resource Oganization (NRO) publishes a Comparative Policy Overview, which offers a comprehensive overview of policies across the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) system.
Contact Form
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Historical ASO Mailing lists
Archives of historical ASO related mailing lists are available. Please note that these mailing lists are no longer operational. List Name and Address Dates Archives aso-comment aso-comment [at] aso [dot] icann [dot] org Active from December 1999 to April 2001. Archives comment-aso comment-aso [at] icann [dot] org Active through 1999 Archives aso-council aso-council [at] aso [dot] icann [dot] org Active…
Previous Participation Records
Each ASO AC member’s attendance is recorded at each monthly ASO AC Teleconference. The attendance record is published online shortly after each the conclusion of each teleconference. The current year’s participation record can be found here. Year ASO AC Meeting Participation Record 2023 ASO AC Meeting Participation Record 2022 ASO AC Meeting Participation Record 2021 ASO AC Meeting Participation Record…
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…