The NRO exists to:
On 24 October 2003, the four existing RIRs – APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and the RIPE NCC – entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ICANN to form the NRO. Once AfriNIC was incorporated in April 2005 it signed the MoU and joined the NRO.
Under the terms of the MoU signed between the ICANN and the RIRs in October 2004, the NRO Number Council (NRO NC) now performs the role of the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC). The NRO NC is made up of three community representatives from each RIR region.
NRO NC Nominations November 2022: Expressions of Support
The election to fill one NRO NC seat will take place at the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam from 15-19 October 2018. All members of the RIPE community who are checked in to attend the RIPE 77 Meeting may vote in the election. The election will be conducted electronically and each attendee will have one vote. The nominee with the most votes will be elected.
The election to fill one NRO NC seat will take place at the RIPE 79 Meeting in Rotterdam from 14-18 October 2019. All members of the RIPE community who are checked in to attend the RIPE 79 Meeting may vote in the election. The election will be conducted electronically and each attendee will have one vote. The nominee with the most votes will be elected.
The election to the NRO NC seat will take place during the RIPE 73 Meeting to be held in Madrid, Spain from 24-28 October 2016. All members of the RIPE community who are checked in to attend the RIPE 73 Meeting may vote in the election. The election will be conducted electronically and each attendee will have one vote. The nominee with the most votes will be elected.
There was a call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). The three-year term of Filiz Yilmaz was to end on 31 December 2016. The election to fill this seat took place at the RIPE 73 Meeting in Madrid, Spain