ICANN ADDRESS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION ASO General Assembly Meeting Tuesday, March 5, 2002 Bangkok, Thailand CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PARTICIPATION The Address Council of the Address Supporting Organization has announced the third ASO General Assembly meeting, to be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2002, in Bangkok, Thailand. This meeting will be hosted by APNIC alongside APNIC's Open Policy Meeting, and is open to all parties with an interest in the activities of the ASO. The ASO GA 2002 Program Committee is seeking interested individuals and organizations who would be willing to make presentations for the upcoming ASO General Assembly meeting. The presentations should relate directly to the mission of the ASO as stated in the ASO Memorandum of Understanding. The ASO responsibilities are comprised of the following areas: * Definition of global policies for the distribution and registration of Internet address space (currently IPv4 and IPv6); * Definition of global policies for the distribution and registration of identifiers used in Internet inter-domain routing (currently BGP autonomous system numbers); and * Definition of global policies concerning the part of the DNS name space which is derived from the Internet address space and the interdomain routing identifiers (currently in-addr.arpa and ip6.int). PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Presentation proposals for the ASO General Assembly meeting should be sent by electronic mail to <secretariat@aso.icann.org> and contain the following information: * Presentation title * Name of presenter * Email address of presenter * Voice phone number of presenter * Organizational affiliation * Abstract of proposed presentation (125 words or less) * Time requested for presentation Presentation submission deadline: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 The ASO Program Committee will review the proposals and make appropriate additions to the draft agenda provided below. CONTACT INFORMATION: More information about the ASO and the ASO General Assembly can be found on the ASO web site at http://www.aso.icann.org/ Please feel free to contact the ASO secretariat at <secretariat@aso.icann.org> should you have any questions. ### Draft Agenda ### ICANN ASO General Assembly Meeting Bangkok, Thailand March 5, 2002 (1600 - 1900) Draft Agenda 1. AC operational update * Goals and achievements since last ASO GA * ASO secretariat change * New members on AC * Emerging RIRs status report 2. Overview of RIR policy process and status * Process and status in the APNIC region * Process and status in the ARIN region * Process and status in the RIPE NCC region 3. Global statistics presentation from the RIRs 4. Nominee introductions for the ASO elections to the ICANN Board Richard Jimmerson ASO Secretariat