From info at arin.net Fri Feb 2 08:59:11 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 08:59:11 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] ASO Review Consultation 2018 Message-ID: <23c51285-d205-9fc0-ab6f-b8083424ccd4@arin.net> As a part of the Number Resource Organization (NRO), ARIN is seeking community input on the NRO community consultation on the ASO review. "The most recent ASO Review concluded with 18 recommendations, which the NRO has resolved to accept. The first 17 recommendations are well defined and practical, and can be implemented by actions of the NRO Secretariat, or of the ASO Address Council, with respect to administrative procedures, documentation, or in some cases adjustments to agreements which are expected to be non-controversial. The 18th recommendation of the Report is that "The NRO should initiate a public consultation, involving the five RIR communities, to determine the future structure of the ASO". The NRO EC has concluded to accept that recommendation and is hereby launching a consultation on the issues identified in the ASO Review Report." The full Consultation is available for review at: https://www.nro.net/aso-review-consultation-2018/ Issues to Address: The scope of this consultation includes the structural implications of issues identified by the ASO Review, including but not limited to: * Any updates and adjustments identified as required for ASO-related documents * Any procedural clarifications and adjustments identified * Reported confusion of roles between ASO and NRO, and their components * Perceived complexity of relationships among NRO, ASO and ICANN * Relevance and cost to the RIRs of various ICANN engagement activities Out of the Scope of this consultation are the following aspects: * Global Policy Development Process (GPDP) * ASO AC role with GPDP Specific Questions: The NRO EC is looking to specific answer to the following questions: * What adjustments, if any, should be made in order to address the issues described above? * Should adjustments be limited to NRO MoU, ASO MoU, and/or ICANN Bylaws * Over what timeframes should these adjustments be developed and implemented * What strategic aspects should we pay attention to when considering these adjustments? Please provide comments to arin-consult at arin.net. All ARIN community feedback will be forwarded on to the NRO. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. This consultation will remain open through 5:00 PM EST on Wednesday, 28 February 2018. Regards, John Curran President and CEO American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Fri Feb 2 11:12:46 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 11:12:46 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Volunteers Sought for ARIN's 2018 Nomination Committee Message-ID: <5A748DFE.5050705@arin.net> The American Registry for Internet Number's (ARIN) seeks five volunteers from General Members in Good Standing to serve a one-year term on the 2018 Nomination Committee (NomCom). The NomCom is responsible for annually identifying, recruiting, and certifying a slate of Board of Trustees and Advisory Council (AC) candidates to the ARIN Membership for election, in accordance with ARIN Bylaws and procedures. Individuals interested in learning more about the committee's scope of responsibilities can review the 2017 NomCom Charter by clicking on the link below, noting that the 2018 Charter will be published later in the month: https://www.arin.net/about_us/committeecharters.html#nomcom The NomCom is composed of seven representatives that include two members from the ARIN Board of Trustees, one serving as Chair, who then appoint five individual representatives from a General Membership pool of volunteers. The representatives may include up to two serving AC members. Volunteers must represent an ARIN Member organization that is in good standing. Candidates for this year's Board of Trustees and AC elections are ineligible to sit on the NomCom. To volunteer for the 2018 NomCom, please email your first and last name, email address, phone number, and ARIN Member organization name and Org ID to members at arin.net no later than 12:00 PM EST on Friday, 9 February. Selected representatives will be contacted directly by ARIN and will be asked to sign and return a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) within three business days of being notified of their selection. To review the NDA, please visit: https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/nomcom_nda.pdf For additional information on the NomCom and ARIN Elections, please see the links below: NomCom FAQ: https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/nomcom_faqs.html Nomination and Election Procedures: https://www.arin.net/participate/elections/elec_procedures.html Regards, Wendy Leedy Member Engagement Coordinator American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Feb 8 09:53:06 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 09:53:06 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Seeking Testers for New Website Navigation Message-ID: <14d23a6b-72e5-3426-0dff-5a20bff285c6@arin.net> Over the last several years, we have put a lot of time and effort into improving the customer experience inside our account management tools, as well as streamlining and simplifying documentation on the ARIN website. Now we are digging into a major effort to modernize and improve the overall website so that it is more intuitive, responsive, and more attractive. This is a multi-phase, cross-departmental project, and we are looking for community feedback to help us define the navigation for the new www.arin.net. For this phase we are collecting feedback using Tree Testing. Volunteers will be presented with a series of fifteen tasks, and they will select where they would go to find the information they need to complete that action. If you don't end up where we intended, that's fine! You will be giving us important information on how to fix things before we move to the new website. If you can get around easily we know we are on the right track. Want to join the fun and say you helped redesign ARIN's website? Just send me an email with the subject "Volunteer" to treetest at arin.net, and we will reply with the link to the test. Thank you in advance for your support of this important project. Regards, Hollis Kara Communications Manager American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Fri Feb 9 07:56:06 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 07:56:06 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] IANA Numbering Service Review Committee- Call for Feedback Message-ID: <847f340f-04df-b691-f455-19c132955d9f@arin.net> -Please find below a message on behalf of the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee- Dear colleagues, As you may be aware, as a result of the successful IANA Stewardship transition [1] in 2016, the IANA Numbering Services are today being managed through an SLA between ICANN and the five RIRs. IANA Numbering Services Review Committee ---------------------------------------- The Internet Number Community, produced a proposal [2] on the IANA Stewardship transition, outlining the concept of such an SLA [3]. The proposal also called for the establishment of an IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) [4] to advice and assist the RIRs in the review of the IANA Numbering Services. The IANA RC was established in 2016 and is composed of representatives from each RIR region. IANA Numbering Services Performance ----------------------------------- The IANA services are today provided by Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) [5] which as of March 2017, publishes monthly performance reports on the IANA Numbering Services: https://www.iana.org/performance/numbers Based on these monthly performance reports, the five RIRs have produced an 2017 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report (for the period of March - December 2017): https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/IANA-RC-Annual-Summary-Matrix.pdf The IANA RC report ------------------ The IANA RC will publish an annual report as advice to the NRO EC with its evaluation of the IANA Numbering services. The report will be based on the IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report, as well as any input gathered on the performance from the global number community. 30-day public comment period ---------------------------- As part of the open, transparent, and bottom-up spirit of the number community, the IANA RC is launching a public comment period of 30 days, seeking any comments or input from the community on the IANA numbering services performance. The IANA RC encourages all members of the Internet number community to review the public IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report. Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to: > The public comment period ends on Sunday 11 March at 23:59 UTC. Next steps ----------- All public comments will be published on the IANA RC website, and will be considered as input to the final report by the IANA. At the end of the 30-day public comment period, the IANA RC will meet and evaluate all input to the final report. The IANA RC report will be published on the IANA RC website: https://www.nro.net/iana-numbering-services-review-committee/ Best regards, Nurani Nimpuno, IANA RC chair Jason Schiller, IANA RC vice-chair -- References: ----------- [1] IANA Stewardship Transition Archive https://www.nro.net/iana-oversight/archive/ [2] Number Community Proposal https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/ICG-RFP-Number-Resource-Proposal.pdf [3] The SLA for the IANA Numbering Services https://www.nro.net/updated-5-2-and-signature-version-of-the-sla-for-the-iana-numbering-services/ [4] IANA Numbering Services Review Committee https://www.nro.net/iana-numbering-services-review-committee/ [5] Public Technical Identifiers (PTI) https://pti.icann.org Further reading: ---------------- Consolidated RIR IANA Stewardship Proposal Team (CRISP Team) https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/consolidated-rir-iana-stewardship-proposal-team-crisp-team/ IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) https://www.ianacg.org Proposal to Transition the Stewardship of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Functions https://www.ianacg.org/icg-files/documents/IANA-transition-proposal-final.pdf _______________________________________________ From info at arin.net Fri Feb 9 11:10:13 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 11:10:13 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] NRO EC and ASO AC Joint Response to the 2017 Independent ASO Review Recommendations Message-ID: <46e5bdfe-e461-3e29-944f-0ffd38e2ecfa@arin.net> This message is shared on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO): In 2017, the Number Resource Organization (NRO) engaged ITEMS International to conduct the second independent review of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO). The objective of this review was to determine whether the ASO has a continuing purpose in the ICANN structure, whether any change in structure or operations of the ASO would be desirable to improve its effectiveness in the ICANN structure, and additionally whether the ASO is sufficiently accountable to the Internet number community when carrying out its responsibilities. The result of the ASO Review was published in August 2017, and has been considered by the NRO Executive Council (NRO EC) and by the ASO Address Council (ASO AC). While the final outcome of the Review will be determined through community-wide consultations, the NRO EC and ASO AC have prepared this response to 18 recommendations of the Review Report, including our recommended next steps for addressing each. Recommendation # 1: ICANN should consider updating its Bylaws to reflect the fact that the NRO will, like the GAC, and according to the ASO MoU, provide its own review mechanism for the review of ASO. We recommend proceeding on Recommendation 1. Recommendation # 2: The NRO should consider updating the ASO MoU to reflect the fact that the appropriate section of the New ICANN Bylaws regarding Organizational Reviews is Section 4.4 (previously Article IV, Section 4). We recommend proceeding on Recommendation 2. Recommendation # 3: The NRO should adopt a procedure for conducting periodic reviews of the ASO in line with processes used by the ICANN Organizational Effectiveness Committee. We recommend proceeding on Recommendation 3. Recommendation # 4: The signatories of the ASO MoU should consider updates to the MoU including i) the addition of AFRINIC as a signatory, ii) the removal of Appendix B. iii) updates in connection with the responsibilities of the ASO as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community. We recommend proceeding on i) the addition of AFRINIC as a signatory and ii) the removal of Appendix B. We do not recommend proceeding on iii) updates in connection with the responsibilities of the ASO as a Decisional Participant in the ICANN Empowered Community, as such updates would be duplicative of information already contained in ICANN Bylaws. Recommendation # 5: Upon completion of every independent review of the ASO, the NRO and ICANN should initiate discussions, as per Article 9 of the MoU, to examine results and consequences of their cooperation. The parties should determine if the ASO has a continuing purpose within the ICANN structure, and re-evaluate the MoU accordingly. We recommend proceeding on Recommendation 5. Recommendation # 6: The ASO AC should ensure that procedures are developed for Steps 12, 15 and 16 of the GPDP as described in Attachment A of the ASO MoU. We recommend that the ASO AC should work on the ?agreed procedures? referred to in steps 12 and 15 of the GPDP. We recommend that the NRO EC should work on the agreement referred to in step 16 of the GPDP. Recommendation # 7: The ASO should consider the adoption of a single, authoritative description of the GPDP for global numbering policies. The same description of the GPDP should appear in Attachment A of the ASO MoU and the relevant section of the Operating Procedures of the ASO AC (Currently Section 6). We consider that there is the two documents serve different purposes and do not conflict. Attachment A of the ASO MoU is the authoritative definition of the Global Policy Development Process. Section 6 of the ASO AC operation procedures gives more detail about how the ASO AC will implement the GPDP. We suggest asking the ASO AC to edit their operating procedures to clarify the relationship between the GPDP and the operating procedures. Recommendation # 8: With a view to increasing awareness regarding the mission, main operations, and separation of roles between the ASO AC and the NRO EC within the ASO, the NRO should consider the use of more infographics on its website. We agree to consider the use of more infographics on its website. Recommendation # 9: The ASO AC should implement term limits for the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair. We refer recommendation 9 to the ASO AC for their consideration. Recommendation # 10: The ASO AC should ensure that the duties of the Address Council Chair and the Address Council Vice-Chairs need to be added to the ASO AC Operating Procedures. We refer recommendation 10 to the ASO AC for their consideration. Recommendation # 11: The ASO AC should ensure that its internal procedure for the removal of an ICANN Board Director is consistent with Section 7.11 of the New ICANN Bylaws. We agree that there is a need to update procedures for removal of an ICANN Board Director, and note that this may need procedural changes by both the ASO AC and the NRO NC, in view of the NRO?s role in the ICANN Empowered Community. We also note that there are concerns about whether ASO AC members acting in good faith would be indemnified by ICANN, the NRO, or the RIRs. Recommendation # 12: The ASO should establish the NRO Executive Secretary as the ASO Point of Contact (PoC). The ASO AC should establish procedures for forwarding communications to appropriate parties within the ASO. As included in recommendation 12, we agree to review the contact points and procedures for reaching relevant parties in the ASO and NRO. We do not recommend proceeding with establishing the NRO Secretariat as the ASO contact point, but instead recommends reviewing and establishing clear contact points and procedures as appropriate. Recommendation # 13: The ASO MoU should be updated to reflect the new reality of the Empowered Community and specify that the roles and responsibilities within the ASO must be clearly defined. We believe that the Empowered Community is out of the scope of the ASO review, and that updating the MoU is not appropriate as the updates would be duplicative of information already contained in ICANN Bylaws. Recommendation # 14: The ASO AC should either confirm that the designated representative of the ASO on the Empowered Community Administration will be the Chair of the NRO EC, or develop a procedure for appointing another representative. We confirm that the Chair of the NRO EC (or an alternative representative as selected by the NRO EC when necessary) is the Designated Representative of the ASO. The NRO EC is the appropriate body to define the appointment process (rather than the ASO AC) because the Empowered Community is not an ICANN body but a separate organization. Recommendation # 15: ASO AC meetings should be open to the public, except for discussions regarding the selection of individuals for ICANN roles. We refer recommendation 15 to the ASO AC for their consideration. Recommendation # 16: For its internal communications, and for most matters related to the operations of the ASO, the ASO should favour the use of a publicly archived mailing list. In exceptional circumstances, for issues (e.g. Board appointments) that cannot be discussed in public, a non-publicly archived list should be used. We believe that recommendation intends ASO AC when it notes ??the ASO should favour the use of a publicly archived mailing list?. We therefore refer recommendation 16 to the ASO AC for their consideration. Recommendation # 17: In the interests of transparency, the ASO website should be updated with recent presentations, contact details and an archive of the activities of both the ASO AC and NRO EC. We recommend proceeding on Recommendation 17. Recommendation # 18: The NRO should initiate a public consultation, involving the five RIR communities, to determine the future structure of the ASO. We agree that ?The NRO should initiate a public consultation, involving the five RIR communities, to determine the future structure of the ASO?. From info at arin.net Mon Feb 12 10:37:26 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:37:26 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Update to ICANN's KSK Rollover Message-ID: <829eab46-f9c9-b8ae-2444-e070f9b98171@arin.net> ICANN has announced new plans to roll the root zone KSK on 11 October 2018. This decision was made based on community feedback after ICANN announced plans last year to postpone the root KSK rollover that was originally scheduled for 11 October 2017. The decision to postpone was based on newly discovered information that there were not enough DNS resolvers ready for the rollover. To learn more about the next steps and opportunities to provide feedback to ICANN, please visit: https://teamarin.net/2018/02/06/update-icanns-ksk-rollover/ Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Mon Feb 12 12:31:50 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 12:31:50 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] The RIPE NCC Global IPv6 Deployment Survey Message-ID: <395042f0-aa45-1bab-0c27-0777450ff37c@arin.net> This invitation is forwarded on behalf of the RIPE NCC. The RIPE NCC would like to invite you to participate in its Global IPv6 Survey 2018. The goal of the survey is to get an overview of IPv6 deployment across the world, and to assess how this is seen from the perspective of ISPs and Enterprise users. The 2018 survey is a follow-up to similar surveys run between 2008 and 2013, and will serve as a comparison with the data acquired back then. You can find the survey at the following address: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GlobalIPv6survey2018 Responses can be submitted until 31 March 2018. We will then collect the data with the aim of presenting the preliminary results during the upcoming RIPE 76 meeting in Marseille. If you have any question about the survey, please feel free to email us at: ipv6survey2018 at ripe.net. Thank you very much in advance for your participation! From info at arin.net Fri Feb 16 14:45:23 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:45:23 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN Online Maintenance Scheduled for 24 February 2018 Message-ID: <980caa75-caa0-9f23-5897-13c408c891d7@arin.net> ARIN Online will undergo maintenance from 7:00 AM until approximately 5:00 PM ET on Saturday, 24 February. During this time, ARIN Online accounts will be inaccessible, transactions submitted via ARIN?s RESTful Provisioning service will be rejected, and any mail sent to ARIN Registration Services will be queued and not immediately acknowledged. All other ARIN publicly available services (Whois, RDAP, IRR, RPKI repository, etc) will be available. Once maintenance has been completed, ARIN Online accounts will be accessible and queued mail will be processed. Any RESTful calls sent during the outage are not queued, and must be resubmitted after the maintenance period. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technology Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Thu Feb 22 11:19:26 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2018 11:19:26 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] ARIN in the Caribbean - Registration Open for St. Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis Message-ID: <5A8EED8E.6050408@arin.net> Registration is now open for ARIN in the Caribbean events in the following locations: -Finance Administrative Centre (FAC) Point Seraphine, Castries, St. Lucia on Tuesday, 6 March 2018 -Wigley Ave, Fortlands, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on Thursday, 8 March 2018 The one-day program features information on ARIN and its services, as well as how we can help you and your organizations design, secure, and maintain robust networks and contribute to Internet numbering policy development for the region. ARIN in the Caribbean events are free to attend and offer a great environment to learn and share. The program includes presentations on timely topics such as obtaining IPv6 addresses from ARIN and transfers of number resources. In addition, there will be presentations on current policy discussions, ARIN technical services, and best practices for building resilient Caribbean networks. The agenda for our upcoming meetings will cover the following topics: ARIN's Mission and Core Functions ARIN Technical Services Policy Development at ARIN ARIN and Caribbean Network Autonomy and Resilience IPv4 Services - Waiting List, Transfers, and more IPv6 and ASN Services - Obtaining Resources, Creating Networking Plans ARIN Q&A - Open microphone to answer your questions! Each day will conclude with an open microphone question and answer session, followed by a drawing for a $100 USD Amazon gift card for those who complete a short survey about the event. Space is limited at each event, so please register on or before 2 March 2018. ARIN in the Caribbean: St. Kitts and Nevis https://www.arin.net/stkittsnevis ARIN in the Caribbean: St. Lucia https://www.arin.net/stlucia If you are not available to join us in St. Kitts and Nevis or St. Lucia, please feel free to visit teamarin.net/caribbean for a list of other planned ARIN in the Caribbean events or follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeamARIN Regards, Bevil Wooding Caribbean Outreach Liaison American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Sat Feb 24 13:54:29 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 13:54:29 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] New Features Added to ARIN Online Message-ID: <738eb056-18e0-2edf-bb6d-f3bc8bc3dff5@arin.net> ARIN is pleased to present the latest version of ARIN Online, including improvements, new features, and enhancements. Full release notes are included below this message. All ARIN systems have been restored and are now operating normally. We thank you for your patience. Please send any questions, comments, or issues to hostmaster at arin.net. Regards, Mark Kosters Chief Technology Officer American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) * We completed a number of performance improvements and implemented multiple bug fixes on Whois. * Transfer performance was improved, resulting in shorter processing time for large transfers. * Pages and processes in ARIN Online were improved and streamlined, including Transfer Requests, Ticket - Request Details, Ask ARIN, and Password Change. * ARIN?s MD5-PW generator has been updated and is available for use with ARIN?s Internet Routing Registry (IRR). It is available at: https://www.arin.net/public/hashTool.xhtml * Updated the Whois Inaccuracy Form to provide additional guidance to users. * For Two-Factor Authentication, removed QR code and key viewing after initial setup (customer request). From info at arin.net Mon Feb 26 11:06:27 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 11:06:27 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] 2018 ARIN Leadership Message-ID: <68c96ae5-d54a-1614-69e7-b0675f0f77e6@arin.net> At its 18 January meeting, the ARIN Board of Trustees elected the following officers for 2018: * Paul Andersen, Chair * Bill Sandiford, Vice Chair * Nancy Carter, Treasurer * Patrick Gilmore, Secretary For more information about the ARIN Board of Trustees and for a complete list of ARIN Trustees, please visit: https://www.arin.net/about_us/bot.html For a complete list of standing committee appointments and information on special committees and charters, please visit: https://www.arin.net/about_us/committees.html The Advisory Council unanimously selected Tina Morris to serve as Chair for 2018. Leif Sawyer will serve as Vice Chair. To learn more about the ARIN Advisory Council and for a complete list of Council members, please visit: https://www.arin.net/about_us/ac.html ARIN wishes to congratulate everyone on their appointments, along with our appreciation for your ongoing involvement in and support of ARIN and its community. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) From info at arin.net Tue Feb 27 12:06:32 2018 From: info at arin.net (ARIN) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:06:32 -0500 Subject: [arin-announce] Extension of ACSP Consultation: ASO Review Consultation 2018 Message-ID: On 1 February 2018, ARIN opened an ACSP Consultation on the results of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Review. https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/community_consult/02-01-2018_aso.html We are extending the review period in order to allow for a presentation and discussion at ARIN 41 in Miami, FL, 15-18 April. Please provide comments to arin-consult at arin.net. All ARIN community feedback will be forwarded on to the NRO. You can subscribe to this mailing list at: http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-consult. This consultation will remain open through 5:00 PM EDT on Monday, 30 April 2018. Regards, Communications and Member Services American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)