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Forwarded on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO):
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Dear Colleagues,
This is a final reminder that the comment period for nominees to the
ASO's ICANN Board seat closes at 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007.
Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC)
selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN
Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007.
The candidates are:
- Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi
- Smain Aouissi
- Raimundo Beca
- Vikram Gupta
- Jordi Palet Martinez
- Remco Van Mook
- Shahmeet Singh
- Kuo-Wei Wu
In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of
these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making
their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and
statements of support for these candidates.
If you would like to add a statement of support for any candidate,
please send it to the ASO AC Nominations Committee at:
board-nomms(a)aso.icann.org
All comments received are being published on the ASO website. To view
them, follow the links for each candidate at:
http://www.aso.icann.org/elections
Kind Regards,
ASO Secretariat
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Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC
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Dear Colleagues,
The second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is currently
in progress. Held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the meeting takes place
from 12-15 November, 2007.
During the four-day meeting, over 1,500 participants from around the
world representing governments, the private sector, academia, the
technical community and international organisations will discuss the
most important issues related to the Internet. The RIPE NCC is
participating in this event as part of the Number Resource Organization
(NRO).
Sessions
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Diversity, Openness, Security, Access and Critical Internet Resources
are the central issues of the ongoing community debate and all these
topics will be discussed. Each topic will be addressed in individual
sessions that will be led by a panel of experts. Attendees will have the
opportunity to ask questions and make comments.
Sessions of specific interest include:
- IPv4 to IPv6: Challenges and Opportunities
- Critical Internet Resources; DNSSEC: Securing a Critical Internet
Resource
- Governance Frameworks for Critical Internet Resources.
Agenda
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The full meeting agenda is available at:
http://www.intgovforum.org/Rio_Schedule_final.html
Remote Participation
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Webcasts of all sessions are available at:
http://www.igfbrazil2007.br/videos.htm
Information on remote participation and the documents that accompany
each session are available at:
http://www.intgovforum.org
Regards,
Paul Rendek
Head of External Relations and Communication
RIPE NCC
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Dear Colleagues
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) has participated in the World
Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and related activities since
the beginning, and it is a process to which the RIPE NCC and all other
RIRs are strongly devoted.
In response to the Tunis WSIS agenda, the NRO has released
"Continuing Cooperation - The NRO's Role in Internet Governance".
This report illustrates the many efforts the Regional Internet
Registries undertake in order to maintain and develop the Internet
and its unique characteristics. The report focuses on the major
themes of the 2007 Internet Governance Forum (IGF): Access,
Diversity, Openness, Security and Critical Internet Infrastructure.
The report was distributed this week at the IGF in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. In an effort to further enhance mutual awareness and
understanding the report is now available to all on the NRO website
at:
http://www.nro.net/docs/brochure.pdf (high resolution)
http://www.nro.net/docs/brochure-mediumres.pdf (medium resolution)
Questions or requests for additional information about the work of
the NRO or RIRs may be directed to nro(a)nro.net.
Regards
Paul Rendek, RIPE NCC
Further information
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Tunis Agenda:
www.igfbrazil2007.br/docs/Important_Documents-Tunis_Agenda.pdf
Internet Governance Forum (IGF):
http://www.intgovforum.org
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Dear Colleagues,
The RIPE 55 Meeting took place from 22-26 October, 2007 at the Hotel
Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam.
There were 375 attendees from 40 countries, including representatives
from AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and ICANN, making it the most well
attended RIPE Meeting ever held.
Highlights
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Resolution on IPv4 Depletion
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Following discussion in several RIPE Working Groups, the RIPE community
agreed to issue a statement on IPv4 depletion and the deployment of
IPv6. This statement, "RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and
Deployment of IPv6", was developed by consensus and will be used as the
community's formal position regarding IPv4 depletion.
The statement was presented in the Closing Plenary by the Address Policy
Working Group Co-Chair, Sander Steffann (Computel Standby). The
statement can be found online at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/steffan-resolution.…
On Tuesday afternoon, the dedicated IPv4 Depletion session took place,
which included a lively discussion. The webcast of this session can be
viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/tuesday.html
Enhanced Cooperation Task Force
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The Enhanced Cooperation Task Force held its first meeting during RIPE
55. Discussion about the task force's focus, approach and
member-selection process took place. Ideas were then presented to the
community during the Closing Plenary. The webcast of the Closing Plenary
can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/friday.html
New Working Group Chair
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An election took place during the EIX Working Group to select a new
Co-Chair. Chrisian Panigl (UniVie/ACOnet/VIX) stepped down from his
position and was thanked for his support over the years. The working
group welcomed Cara Mascini (AMS-IX) into the role of Co-Chair.
Policy Development
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The RIPE Address Policy Working Group asked the RIPE NCC to begin
preparations for the implementation of proposal 2007-01, "Direct
Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC" if it is
subsequently approved by the community on the Address Policy mailing list.
Kurtis Lindquist (Netnod), RIPE NCC Services Working Group Co-Chair,
presented the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) Appeals Process on
behalf of all the Working Group Chairs. More details can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/kurtis-appeals-proc…
Closing Plenary
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RIPE 55 closed in an unusual way with a performance of "The Day The
Routers Died" by attendee Gary Feldman (Thus PLC t/a Demon Internet).
Since the meeting, his performance has had over 193,200 hits online. You
can view the performance at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_y36fG2Oba0
Thanks
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We would like to thank AMS-IX, Global Crossing, Netnod and Virtu for
their support during the meeting. We would also like to thank all
presenters, attendees and remote participants for their contribution to
another successful meeting.
Regards,
Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC