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ASO AC / NRO NC
The ASO Address Council (ASO AC). and NRO Number Council (NRO NC) operate as a single entity (NRO NC / ASO AC), and consist of 15 members, three from each of the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR) communities.
The ASO AC is part of the ICANN Address Support Organization (ASO).
The NRO NC is part of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) , which was created by the five RIRs.
According to an MoU signed between the NRO and ICANN, the NRO and NRO NC fulfils the roles and responsibilities of the ASO and ASO AC respectively.
The purpose of the ASO AC / NRO NC is to review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol (IP) address policy and to advise the ICANN Board.
Current ASO AC / NRO NC Members in the AFRINIC region
Name | Term | Appointed/Elected by |
Fiona Asonga | January 2018 - December 2018 | AFRINIC Board |
Omo Oaiya | January 2017 - December 2019 | AFRINIC Community |
Noah Maina | January 2018 - December 2020 | AFRINIC Community |
Previous ASO AC / NRO NC Members in the AFRINIC region
Name | Term | Appointed/Elected by |
Jean Robert Hountomey | 2005 - 2011 | AFRINIC Community |
Sylvia Kezengwa | 2005 - 2006 | AFRINIC Community |
Ali Badiel | 2006 - 2007 | AFRINIC Community |
Vincent Ngundi | 2008 - 2010 | AFRINIC Community |
Fiona Asonga | 2011 - 2013 | AFRINIC Community |
Douglas Onyango | 2012 - 2014 | AFRINIC Community |
Alan Barrett | 2005 - 2015 | AFRINIC Board |
Mark Elkins | 2015 - 2016 | AFRINIC Board |
Douglas Onyango | 2015 - 2017 | AFRINIC Community |
More information
- Previous NRO NC/ASO AC members
- Full list of current NRO NC/ASO AC members
- News Item: AFRINIC Appoints Board Representative to NRO NC/ASO AC
- The ASO-AC MoU
- Global number resource policies