ASO Information
ASO Formation and Function
Formation
The Address Supporting Organisation (ASO)
is one of three supporting organisations called for in the ICANN
Bylaws to be "formed through community consensus". The purpose
of the ASO is to review and develop recommendations on IP address policy
and to advise the ICANN Board on these matters.
In July 1999, the three existing Regional Internet Registries (APNIC,
ARIN, and RIPE
NCC) submitted a proposal to form the ASO on the basis of a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU). ICANN accepted this proposal on 26 August 1999.
The ASO was subsequently formed on 19 October 1999 when the MoU was signed
by representatives of the RIRs and of ICANN during the ARIN Open Policy
Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Upon recognition as the fourth RIR, LACNIC
signed the MoU on 30 October 2002. The fifth RIR Afrinic joined the ASO in April 2005.
A new MoU
between ICANN and the Number Resource Organization, on behalf of the Regional
Internet Registries, was signed on 21 October 2004 at ARIN XIV in Reston,
Virginia.
Function
The current Regional Internet Registries have taken an active role in the discussion about the formalisation of Internet administration. The documents and references below are intended to provide a reference to these discussions as they apply to the formation of the ASO mentioned in the bylaws of the "Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" (ICANN).
Additionally, a mailing list was set up for discussing the formation of the ASO. Archives of the messages posted on this global mailing list are available at:
http://www.ripe.net/maillists/ncc-archives/aso-discuss/index.html
The older documents in the archive section are intended to document the history behind the discussions. Further references to these issues can be found in minutes of various meetings such as the RIPE Meetings.
More information about the ASO is available at:
http://www.aso.icann.org/
The ASO Address Council (AC)
Each of the Regional Internet Registries appoints three members of the
ASO Address Council (AC). Two members are selected by the regional policy
forum of each of the RIRs and one member is appointed from the Executive
Board of each RIR.
The purpose of the AC is to oversee recommendations on IP address policy.
This will include the management of policy development activities. The other major aspect of the role of the AC is the appointment of directors
to the ICANN Board of Directors.
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 Organisation Address Council (ASO AC).
More information is available at:
http://www.nro.net/about/number-council.html
Other information
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