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ASO Updates
15 July, 2000
Takashi Arano
Vice Chair, Address Council
Address Council members
Observers from emerging RIRs
Two designated AC observers from emerging RIRs were accepted and welcomed to take part in all AC activities as specified by the ASO MoU
Anthony Brookes from AfriNIC
German Valdez from LACNIC
AC appointments to the board
New BoD Election
A new Director replacing Pindar Wong has to be elected soon.
Schedule
15 Feb., 2000 Call for Nominations
19 Apr., 2000 Call for Nominations Closed. 7 Candidates (3 from Asia-Pacific).
June, 2000 Call for Expression of Supports
31 July, 2000 Call for Expression of Supports Closed
02 Aug., 2000 Election by AC in tele-conf
First ASO General Assembly
19 May, 2000 at Budapest, Hungary
in conjunction with RIPE-36 meeting
approximately 55 attendees
First GA agenda
Meeting Opening and Welcome
Address Council Status Report
Emerging Registries Reports
AfriNIC Status Report
LACNIC Status Report
Global Address Policy Proposals
ISP Assignment Guidelines
Emerging RIR Criteria
ICANN Allocation Policy
Open Forum
Meeting Close
Emerging RIR Criteria
AfriNIC and LACNIC are almost ready
Intended to help the ICANN board recognize emerging RIRs
RIR have made the document and AC + public have given comments.
Documentation Status
Draft process so far
ver. 0.1 1999-12-22
ver. 0.2 2000-3-4
ver. 0.3  2000-7-5
Now it’s the final stage.
Publish a FINAL draft soon
Last Call for Comments
Vote on the document by AC in tele-conf.
Criteria
Region of Coverage
Fragmentation or Competition is not desirable in one region
Community Support
Needs consensus for the whole regional support
Bottom-up Self Governance
Neutrality and Impartiality
Technical Expertise
Adherence to Global Policies
Activity Plan
Funding Model
Record Keeping
Confidentiality
Address block delegation from IANA
Who is eligible for address allocations?
Currently drafted and being discussed
Basically Only RIRs.
Experimental purposes?
Needs more discussion
How does IANA delegate address blocks to RIRs?
Guideline needed
will be drafted soon.
ASO Internal Issues
internal procedure drafted
Decision making was sometimes ad-hoc and sometimes delayed because procedure was not clear
Procedural document will be soon available
Monthly tele-conference
E-voting
Slide 13
…goals for the AC
Move faster, plan well in advance.
Strengthen the AC-RIR-ICANN relationships.
Focusing on existing bottom up processes.
Actively seek to include constituencies outside the traditional RIR environment in the existing open processes.
Next AC Meeting
Tele-Conference each month
Face-to-face meeting in conjunction with next APNIC meeting in October
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