Address Council Operations

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Address Council Operations

• Santiago, Chile April 2003

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Since Shanghai!

• AC traditionally reports on its progress
• Does this at RIR meetings
• Not usually at ICANN meetings
• MoU requires that we convene ASO GA
• This is that report!

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Major Changes to AC

• Brand new RIR!
• As a result, new representatives on AC
• ICANN Reform
• This is an ongoing activity
• Soon to be done
• Nominations Committee
• Formalization of AC Processes
• New faces on the Address Council

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ASO Address Council

• Address Council
• 3 representatives per RIR region
• Representatives do not represent RIRs directly
• AC nominees
• Not necessarily an RIR member
• All can participate in elections
• . . . Not limited to RIR members
• The role of the AC will be changing
• To meet new challenges
• To adapt to the new ICANN structure

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Old ASO Address Council

• RIPE Region
• Hans-Petter Holen
• Sabine Jaume
• Wilfried Woeber

• APNIC Region
• Takashi Arano
• Dr. Kenny S. Huang
• Seung-Min Lee

• ARIN Region
• Eric Decker
• Mark McFadden (Chair)
• Kim Hubbard

• Secretariat for 2002 was supported by ARIN
• Secretariat for 2003 is supported by APNIC
• . . . means . . . re-elected for 2003-2006
• Kim Hubbard replaces Barbara Roseman, now with
  ICANN

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ASO Address Council

• LACNIC RIR status officially recognized at
  Shanghai ICANN Meeting, October 2002
• LACNIC has been a full participant in the Address
  Council with Observer status since the formation
  of the ASO AC
• LACNIC region have elected 3 representatives to
  the AC, and they have had full voting
  privileges since November

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The New ASO Address Council

• Three new members of the AC!
• Elected and Seated November of 2002
• Raimundo Beca (Chile)
• Hartmut Glaser (Brazil)
• Julian Dunayevich (Argentina)
• 12 total voting members

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ASO Address Council

• Continued to observe progress in the
  establishment of AFRINIC new RIR.
• AFRINIC representatives have participated in
  current ASO activities and in the ICANN reform
  process

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ASO Address Council

• Other Activities
• Establishing standard BoD selection process (to
  be published shortly for public comment)
• Establishing a standard process for
  nominating representative to NomCom
• Discussion ongoing to review RFC 2050 and its
  current relation to active policy.
• Global Mailing list for discussion
• rfc2050-wg_at_arin.net

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ASO Address Council

• Working on a new strategy to promote
  international participation
• Electronic voting
• Workshops and information gathering
  sessions
• Chair is circulating a Roadmap
  Document to the AC for 2003
• Held a workshop in Amsterdam in January

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ASO Address Council

• AC is working with the RIRs on ICANN
  reform process discussions
• Stand ready to facilitate/work with the RIRs
  and ERC in negotiation for a new MoU in the
  reform environment
• RIRs have asked for formal input
• AC has met informally with ICANN ERC
• Working on a principles document

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Nomination Committee

• ICANN has a Nominations Committee
• Nominates people to the ICANN BoD
• AC is responsible for one delegate
• Election took place in February 2003
• Please to have German Valdez
• Started work on NomCom immediately
• Call for nominations has been issued

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Roadmap for 2003

• January - March 2003
• Hold Address Council workshop
• Elect Address Council chair for 2003
• Elect ICANN NomCom representative
• Participate in negotiations/discussions
  between RIRs and ICANN ERC
• Draft formal election procedures for ASO AC
  elected representatives (Board, NomCom,
  ASO AC Chair)

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Roadmap for 2003

• April - June 2003
• ASO Annual General Assembly
• Discuss and propose procedures for electronic
  voting
• Assist and facilitate discussion of ASO AC
  roles/structure in new ICANN/RIR environment
• Facilitate discussion of first round of RFC 2050
  replacement documents
• Complete definition of process for elections
  (Board, NomCom, Chair) and submit for
  community review

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Roadmap for 2003

• July - September 2003
• Consider and possibly plan a second ASO AC
  workshop to be held in quarter four of 2003
• Complete all work on election process

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Roadmap for 2003

• October - December 2003
• Nominate and facilitate discussion of new
  representative to ICANN Nominations Committee
• Nominate Address Council chair for 2004
• Plan for ASO AC workshop in early 2004
• Facilitate discussion of second round of RFC
  2050 replacement documents
• Provide input into the ICANN 2004 budget
  process

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Questions?

• aso-policy_at_aso.icann.org
• aso.ac_at_mcfaddencentral.com