On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 12:59:27PM +0000, Kerry Miller wrote:
>
> Thank you for the thoughtful reply. Due to your inspiration, I went to
> see what I could find, even tho the search interface at icann.org is
> broken, and the bylaws at ~/about/bylaws-
Sorry -- I was under the impression that you had been involved in
this discussion for some time -- the Address Supporting Organization
has been an integral part of the the ICANN structure since before
there was an ICANN -- Postel proposed three supporting organizations
a long time ago. Note that the White Paper is about "Management of
Internet Names and ADDRESSES". Note the first of the IANA tasks
listed in the White Paper, *before* the listing of DNS:
1) Assignment of numerical addresses to Internet users.
Every Internet computer has a unique IP number. IANA, headed by
Dr. Jon Postel, coordinates this system by allocating blocks of
numerical addresses to regional IP registries (ARIN in North
America, RIPE in Europe, and APNIC in the Asia/Pacific region),
under contract with DARPA. In turn, larger Internet service
providers apply to the regional IP registries for blocks of IP
addresses. The recipients of those address blocks then reassign
addresses to smaller Internet service providers and to end users.
Here's some text from an earlier version of the ICANN bylaws:
Section 3. DESCRIPTION AND QUALIFICATIONS
(a) There shall at least be the following Supporting Organizations:
(i) The Address Supporting Organization shall be composed of
representatives from regional Internet address registries and others
with legitimate interests in these issues, as determined by the Address
Supporting Organization consistent with Section 2 of this Article and
approved by the Board. The Address Supporting Organization shall create
an Address Council to make recommendations to the Board regarding the
operation, assignment and management of Internet addresses and other
related subjects;
(ii) The Domain Name Supporting Organization shall be composed of
representatives from name registries and registrars of top-level
domains ("TLDs"), businesses and any other entities that are users of
the Internet and others with legitimate interests in these issues, as
determined by the Domain Name Supporting Organization consistent with
Section 2 of this Article and approved by the Board. The Domain Name
Supporting Organization shall create a Names Council to make
recommendations regarding TLDs, including operation, assignment and
management of the domain name system and other related subjects; and
(iii) The Protocol Supporting Organization shall be composed of
representatives from Internet protocol organizations and others with
legitimate interests in these issues, as determined by the Protocol
Supporting Organization consistent with Section 2 of this Article and
approved by the Board. The Protocol Supporting Organization shall
create a Protocol Council to make recommendations regarding the
operation, assignment and management of protocol parameters, such as
port numbers, enterprise numbers, other technical parameters and
related subjects.
> In my abysmal ignorance, I beg your indulgence once again: where
> is the *intended function of the ASO specified? What are the
> pressing questions an ASO will be expected to take up?
>
> kerry
>
> BTW, is there a documentary record of why the IANA draft bylaws
> which read
[...]
There were many IANA drafts. I have some of them somewhere, but I
don't know of any site that has a complete record of all the changes
that were made or why.
BTW, did you look for information about the supporting organizations in
the IANA draft you quoted above?
--
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