The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) is a ''supporting organization'' affiliated with
ICANN. It was founded in 1999. Its members make up the Address Council. The ASO's web site states that the ASO's purpose "is to review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol (IP) address policy and to advise the ICANN Board."
The ASO is made of up of representatives from each of the five
regional internet registries
A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization that manages the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a region of the world. Internet number resources include IP addresses and autonomous system (AS) numbers.
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. It nominates two members of the
ICANN board of directors.
External links
Official site
International telecommunications
Organizations established in 1999
Internet governance organizations
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