Background

The Address Supporting Organization (ASO), is one of three Supporting Organizations called for in the ICANN bylaws.  The ASO will advise the ICANN Board with respect to policy regarding the system of IP addresses, such as 128.9.128.127, that uniquely identify the Internet's networked computers.

The ICANN Bylaws call for Supporting Organizations to be "formed through community consensus, as reflected in applications or similar proposals to create an initial Supporting Organization."

Proposals for ASO Recognition

To date, ICANN has received the following ASO proposals:

• Cover letter and ASO Proposal submitted by the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), the Reseaux IP Europeens Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC), and the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC). (Submitted on July 23, 1999).
• Letter and ASO Proposal submitted on behalf of Commercial Internet eXchange Association (CIX), EuroISPA, and Federacion de LatinoAmerica y el Caribe Para Internet y el Comercio Electronico (eCOM-LAC). (Submitted February 5, 1999).

Public comments

Comments on the ASO formation process -- and, particularly, on specific ASO proposals -- are welcome. 

How do I make a comment? Please send comments via email to comment-aso@icann.org.

How do I read the comments that have been submitted? All comments will be automatically posted on the ICANN website at http://www.icann.org/comments-mail/comment-aso/maillist.html for public review and response.  (If your comment is not posted within 12 hours of its submission, please contact webmaster@icann.org.)

A few recent comments are highlighted below:

• Letter from the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) re ASO (August 6, 1999)
  • Response of Erik Huizer (August 6, 1999)
  • Response of ARIN, RIPE NCC, and APNIC (August 12, 1999)
  • Response of Hans Kraaijenbrink (August 13, 1999)
  • Response of the Internet Architecture Board (August 13, 1999)
  • Response of John C. Lewis (August 17, 1999)
• Comment of Commercial Internet eXchange Association, EuroISPA, CAIP, EcomLAC (August 21, 1999)

In addition, a number of comments have been sent to the aso-discuss@ripe.net list, the archives of which are posted on the RIPE NCC site at http://www.ripe.net/mail-archives/aso-discuss/index.html.

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