Address Supporting Organization

Type:	Supporting Organization
Founded:	1999
Website:	ASO.ICANN.org

ASO is the acronym for Address Supporting Organization, which is one of the supporting organizations that was formed, according to ICANN's bylaws, through community consensus. The main objective of the ASO is to review and develop Internet Protocol recommendations, address policy, and advise the ICANN Board.

Overview

It was created in 1999 and the members of ASO represent the Address Council. Each RIR appoints 2 members through their regional policy forums, and another member comes from each RIR's executive board.

ASO History

In July, 1999, when the three Regional Internet Registries which existed then, APNIC, ARIN, and RIPE NCC submitted their proposal for the creation of the ASO on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding; which allows for the creation of a body such as the ASO as an extension of the NRO.

ICANN approved the proposal at its meeting in Chile, and the ASO was subsequently created in October, 1999, when the representatives of APNIC, ARIN, RIPE NCC and ICANN signed the MoU. LACNIC was later recognized as the 4th RIR and it signed the agreement on October 30th, 2002. The Memorandum of Understanding was modified in October, 2004, and signed by ICANN and the NRO, which signed on behalf of all the RIRs. When ICANN decided to recognize AfriNIC as the fifth global RIR the representatives of AfriNIC signed the MoU, and it was incorporated as the 5th NRO member.

ASO Address Council

The main responsibilities of ASO Address Council are:

1. Fulfilling its role in the global policy development process based on the requirements included in this process;
2. Maintaining communication with ICANN and providing recommendations related to various policies and RIR recognition;
3. Ensuring full support, guidance and advice for ICANN's Board related to the allocation policy for number resource;
4. The development of procedures for business management and support their responsibilities especially in the case of Address Council Chair.

Address Council Members

The council consists of 15 members, with three members from each of the five RIRs, with two being selected by each RIR's regional policy forum and one selected be each RIR's Executive Board.

• Louis Lee, Chair, ARIN, Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
• Ricardo Patara, Vice-Chair, LACNIC, Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
• Filiz Yilmaz, Vice-Chair, RIPE NCC, Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
• Fiona Asonga, AFRINIC, Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016
• Mark Elkins*, AFRINIC, Apr 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
• Douglas Onyango, AFRINIC, Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
• Ajay Kumar, APNIC, Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2016
• Tomohiro Fujisaki, APNIC, Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015
• Aftab Siddiqui*, APNIC, Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
• Jason Schiller, ARIN, Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
• John Sweeting*, ARIN, Jan 2014 - 31 December 2016
• Jorge Villa, LACNIC, Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
• Hartmut Glaser*, RIPE NCC, Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015
• Dmitry Kohmanyuk, RIPE NCC, Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015
• Wilfried Woeber* RIPE NCC, Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2015

• RIR appointed member to the ASO AC

ICANN Board members

Consistent with the ASO Memorandum of Understanding and ICANN Bylaws, the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is responsible for appointing Seats, 9 and 10 to the ICANN Board of Directors. For more information about the selection processes for current and previous appointments please follow the link.

Address Supporting Organization. Advises the Board with respect to policy issues relating to the operation, assignment, and management of Internet addresses (ICANN Bylaws).

Number Resource Organization