Montréal, 7 November 2019: The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), acting as the Address Supporting Organization (ASO), have today signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The revisions to the MoU include the recommended changes outlined in the 2017 Independent Review of the ASO.
NRO News
ASO AC Teleconferences Open for Observers
In line with the ASO Review 2017 “Recommendation #15: “ASO AC meetings should be open to the public, except for discussions regarding the selection of individuals for ICANN roles.”, starting on Wednesday October 2nd 2019, all ASO AC teleconferences will be open for observers. However, please note that observers won’t be able to participate during the meeting by speaking or… Read More
ASO AC Appoints Pankaj Chaturvedi to the 2020 ICANN Nominating Committee
The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to announce that Pankaj Chaturvedi has been appointed as its delegate to the 2020 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). Mr Chaturvedi is an active participant in the APNIC community. His one year term will begin during the ICANN 66 Meeting taking place in Montreal, Canada, from 2-7 November, 2019. The ASO… Read More
Deadline Extended: ASO AC Call for Nominations for the ASO Representative on ICANN NomCom
The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) has extended the deadline for nominations for the ASO Representative on the ICANN NomCom. New Deadlines and Important Dates —————————— The ASO AC will be responsible for the selection of the delegate based on the following timeline: Nomination period ends: 9 August 2019 Evaluation of nominations by the ASO AC: 9 –… Read More
Statement on Role and Responsibilities of the NRO NC / ASO AC
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) was established by the NRO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed in 2003 and 2004 by the RIRs, which also defines the NRO Number Council (NRO-NC). The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) was established by the ASO MoU, signed in 2004 by the NRO and ICANN, under which the NRO-NC serves as the ASO Address Council (ASO-AC). The ASO MoU also defines… Read More
ASO AC Call for Nominations for the ASO Representative on ICANN NomCom
ICANN’s Nominating Committee (NomCom) is responsible for the selection of eight ICANN Board Members, two directors of the Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) and for other selections as are set forth in the Bylaws (see Article 8, Section 8.1). The NomCom is also charged with appointing some members of the ALAC, ccNSO Council and the GNSO Council. The NomCom complements the… Read More
RIR Statistics: RPKI Adoption Reports Now Available
RPKI adoption reports are now available. The reports are updated daily and contain RPKI adoption statistics for each RIR region and for each individual economy. The RPKI RIR Adoption Report contains an overview of each RIR’s RPKI adoption for IPv4 and IPv6. The RPKI Economy Adoption Report contains an overview of each individual economy’s RPKI adoption for IPv4 and IPv6…. Read More
ASO AC Selects Akinori Maemura to Serve in Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors
The ASO AC is pleased to announce that it has selected Akinori Maemura to serve for a three-year term in Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors. Mr. Maemura is the ASO AC’s current appointee to Seat 10. His current term will end in November 2019 and his new term will begin at the conclusion of the ICANN 66… Read More
SOC Audit Report Received from PTI/IANA
The NRO EC has received the System and Organization Controls Report (SOC Audit Report) from the IANA/PTI. No exceptions were identified in the report for the audit review period from 1 October, 2017 – 30 September, 2018. The report was provided to the NRO EC as per 6.2.3 of the IANA Numbering Services Service Level Agreement (SLA): “Security and Systems… Read More
NRO Comments on Allocation of /22 of IPv6 space to RIPE NCC
Communication from Alan Barrett, NRO EC Chair to Kim Davies, VP, IANA Services, ICANN; President, PTI Date: 13 March 2019 at 11:41:54 +0900 — Dear Kim, (cc: IANA Numbering Services Review Committee) Thank you for consulting the NRO EC about allocation of IPv6 block 2001:3c00::/22 to the RIPE NCC. Although the current global policy for IPv6 allocation to RIRs specifies… Read More