Dear friends of RIPE; I have asked for a timeslot on this RIPE meeting to have a more informal Worksop style of environment were it is possible for those of you with particular interest in the work going on in the ICANN ASO and in the Address Council in particular. We will of course have a report from the AC in the lir-wg (as usual) and maybe even at the RIPE plenary at the RIPE chairs discretion. My thoughts behind this particular format at this particular meeting is to allow for the possibility of even more preparatory discussions in even more details than we usually have time for. Ideally I would have liked the meeting to happen later in the week, but not even the magic of the RIPE NCC meeting staff was enough for that to happen (we simply have to many competing for the same slots). The following rather broad topics lies on the Address Councils table, and will be discussed by the AC, ICANN and the RIRs at a physical AC meeting in Brisbane just after the APNIC meeting in October. This effort is thus an attempt to seek advice from the community before these discussions to satisfy the basic requirements for openness and transparency. 1) What is global policy ? There are several dimensions to this discussion: - replace RFC 2050 with a ICANN Address policy document - what is the distinction between regional and global policy - do we understand and appreciate the differences between the regional policies ? - differences between v4 and v6 with respect to the last item - what's the role/work mode of the AC ? to make the definite address policy, or to work on issues as they show up - were is the border between a service level contract and policy issues. - are there other operating guidelines for the ICANN - IANA than the global addressing policy ? 2) Revising the MOU In the widest sense: are there things in the present MOU that needs more work and needs to be changed ? 3) Addressing the essence of the ad Hoc committee, i.e. discussing how to best address new addressing needs emerging for 4) How to promote ipv6 ? 5) Emerging RIRs How to enable and support the emerging RIRs to establish regional policy processes ? The discussions in just above an hour needs not be limited to these topics. So, if you have a particular interest in influencing your AC members thinking on these or other matters, be there ! Sincerely, Hans Petter Holen Address Council Chair