[arin-announce] ICANN and NRO Sign ICANN Address Supporting Organization MoU

[Member Services]

On October 21, 2004 ICANN and the Number Resource Organization (NRO)
signed the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Memorandum of
Understanding.  This document was signed at the ARIN XIV Public Policy
Meeting in Reston, Virginia. The agreement stipulates how the NRO will
fulfil the role, responsibilities, and functions of the ASO as outlined in
the ICANN Bylaws.

For the Internet community, the new ASO MoU outlines a policy process that
promotes industry self-regulation of the unallocated number resource pool
(IPv4, IPv6, and AS numbers). The same policy process has been in practice
for years in each of the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that comprise
the NRO.

A press release highlighting the MoU is available on the NRO website at:
  http://www.nro.net/archive/press-releases/aso-mou.html

The Memorandum of Understanding is available on the NRO website at:
  http://www.nro.net/documents/aso-mou.html


Regards,

Member Services
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)