<div dir="ltr"><span id="inbox-inbox-docs-internal-guid-44d91449-e3ad-f03b-2cd8-1d45db28420b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It has taken me over two years to wrap my head around the responsibilities, structure and difference between the ASO, ASO AC, NRO, and NRO EC. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I have to agree with Woody here on redundancy.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regarding clarity and complexity, it still remains unclear that the ASO is an ICANN Supporting Organization, whose functions are carried out by the NRO, and that the NRO NC and the ASO AC are the same people. And that the NRO EC is part of the ASO, but is separate from the ASO AC, etc. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The ASO also plays an advisory role, and not a policy development role like the other two Supporting Organizations within ICANN. If it’s an advisory role, shouldn’t it be an Advisory Committee? Or why can’t that advice come from outside the ICANN structure from the NRO itself? To that end, the vast majority of RIR policy development is all done outside the constraints of the ICANN system on a regional basis.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The new IANA SLA replaces the ASO MoU in terms of defining the relationship between ICANN and the RIRs, which has moved away from policy development and coordination toward an operator/clients relationship. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The primary role of the ASO - forwarding global policy proposals for ratification to the ICANN Board - is an extremely rare occurrence. Does there need to be a supporting organization for that work? The NRO performs this policy coordination function already.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"><br class="inbox-inbox-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All of that being said, despite the increased volunteer time required in the wake of the Empowered Community, I must say the ASO is probably one of the more efficient creatures of ICANN considering the sheer number of network operators it represents. </span></p></span><br class="inbox-inbox-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 9:46 AM Bill Woodcock <<a href="mailto:woody@pch.net">woody@pch.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="m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> On Feb 2, 2018, at 5:59 AM, ARIN <<a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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> As a part of the Number Resource Organization (NRO), ARIN is seeking<br>
> community input on the NRO community consultation on the ASO review.<br>
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Now that there’s a contractual relationship with the IANA Functions Operator, with its own heavyweight oversight process in place, the ASO/AC is completely redundant, since it interfaces with ICANN, and unlike the Names community, we and Protocols don’t do our policymaking within ICANN, we do it ourselves.  So, no reason to continue to have an ASO/AC.  It would just be looking for a purpose and confusing people.<br>
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                                -Bill<br>
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