Dear RIR Community, This announcement is a follow-up to the notice published on 29 May 2026 regarding the Approval Action Community Forum on the ICANN Board’s approval of Fundamental Bylaws Amendments to Articles 17 and 18 of the ICANN Bylaws: https://www.nro.net/notice-to-the-aso-community-on-approval-action-community-forum-on-board-approval-of-fundamental-bylaws-amendments-to-articles-17-and-18-of-the-icann-bylaws/ As a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community, the Address Supporting Organization previously received a notification from the…
Follow-up Notice to the RIR Community: ICANN Empowered Community Rejection Action Petition
On 12 May 2026, the ASO Secretariat published a notice to the RIR community regarding the ICANN Board’s approval of several items subject to the ICANN Empowered Community rejection process, including the Standard Bylaws Amendment to Article 27 of the ICANN Bylaws. That notice informed the RIR community that the ICANN Board had approved, on 3 May 2026, a proposed…
Notice to the RIR Community: Request for ASO Consideration of ICANN Empowered Community Rejection Action
The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) has received a request concerning the ICANN Board-approved Standard Bylaws Amendment to add a new Section 27.6, “Timing for Specific Reviews,” to the ICANN Bylaws. The proposed amendment, approved by the ICANN Board on 3 May 2026, would establish a transition article temporarily affecting the timing of certain ICANN Bylaws-mandated Specific Reviews. These reviews include…