About the Internet Governance Forum The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is an open, multi-stakeholder forum which facilitates discussions on public policy issues related to Internet governance, such as the Internet’s sustainability, robustness, security, stability and development. The ninth annual IGF will take place in Istanbul from 2-5 September. The theme this year is “Connecting Continents for Enhanced Multi-stakeholder Internet Governance”…. Read More
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NRO Publishes RIR Governance Matrix
The five Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) operate within robust governance frameworks that ensure effectiveness of their corporate structures, transparency of processes, and accountability to members and communities. These frameworks vary across the five RIRs, according to legal requirements and regional policies, but all are transparently accessible and publicly documented. The NRO has published a matrix providing an overview of the… Read More
Meeting of the NRO Executive Council – 140714
MINUTES July 14th, 2014 Teleconference 11:00 AM UTC Executive Council Attendees: Chairman: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Secretary: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC Treasurer: Ernesto Majo (EM) LACNIC Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN Member: Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Observers: Neriah Sossou (NS) AFRINIC Madhvi Gokool (MG) AFRINIC Paul Andersen (PA) ARIN Nate Davis (ND) ARIN Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Maemura Akinori… Read More
ASO AC Appoints Hans Petter Holen to the ICANN 2015 NomCom
The Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) is pleased to announce that it has re-appointed Hans Petter Holen as their delegate for the 2015 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom). The ASO AC unanimously supported Hans Petter nomination during its monthly teleconference on August 6th 2014. The NomCom is an independent committee tasked with selecting eight members of the Board of… Read More
NRO response to ICANN call for public comments on Enhancing ICANN’s Accountability
Response from the Number Resource Organization (NRO) to ICANN’s Call for Public comments on Enhancing ICANN’s Accountability. NRO response full document
IANA Oversight Transition Coordination Group: Hartmut Glaser Selected as ASO Representative
Developing a single proposal for future oversight of the IANA functions will require the coordination of many different viewpoints from stakeholders around the world. To facilitate this process, a Coordination Group of 25 representatives from a range of interested stakeholder groups is currently being assembled. The structure of this Coordination Group is explained here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en The Coordination Group will include… Read More
IANA Oversight Transition Coordination Group: Adiel Akplogan and Paul Wilson Selected as NRO Representatives
Developing a single proposal for future oversight of the IANA functions will require the coordination of many different viewpoints from stakeholders around the world. To facilitate this process, a Coordination Group of 25 representatives from a range of interested stakeholder groups is currently being assembled. The structure of this Coordination Group is explained here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/process-next-steps-2014-06-06-en The Coordination Group will include… Read More
Meeting of the NRO Executive Council – 140617
MINUTES June 17th, 2014 Teleconference 11:00 AM UTC Executive Council Attendees: Chairman: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Secretary: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN Member: Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Apologies Treasurer: Raul Echeberria (RE) LACNIC Observers: Anne Rachel Inne (AR) AFRINIC Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Paul Andersen (PA) ARIN Nate Davis (ND) ARIN Ernesto Majo (EM) LACNIC Hartmut Glaser (HG) LACNIC Paul Rendek (PR) RIPE… Read More
Meeting of the NRO Executive Council – 140520
MINUTES May 20th, 2014 Teleconference 11:00 AM UTC Executive Council Attendees: Chairman: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Secretary: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN Apologies Treasurer: Raul Echeberria (RE) LACNIC Member: Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Observers: Madhvi Gokool (MG) AFRINIC Neriah Sossou (NS) AFRINIC Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Paul Andersen (PA) ARIN Ernesto Majo (EM) LACNIC Nick Hyrka (NH) RIPE NCC Secretariat: German Valdez (GV) NRO 0)… Read More
Meeting of the NRO Executive Council – 140416
MINUTES April 16th, 2014 Teleconference 11:00 AM UTC Executive Council Attendees: Chairman: Adiel Akplogan (AA) AFRINIC Secretary: Axel Pawlik (AP) RIPE NCC Member: Paul Wilson (PW) APNIC Apologies Treasurer: Raul Echeberria (RE) LACNIC Member: John Curran (JC) ARIN German Valdez (GV) NRO Observers: Anne Rachel Inne (ARI) AFRINIC Cathy Handley (CH) ARIN Pablo Hinojosa (PH) APNIC Akinori Maemura (AM) APNIC Andres Piazza (API) LACNIC Antony Gollan (AG) RIPE… Read More