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ICANN 2002 reform: ASO and RIR governance

Start here for the proposal-by-proposal record: what changed, why it mattered, who argued for what, how positions evolved, what was decided, and where the evidence still has gaps.

Source facts

Policy ID
unnumbered-icann-reform-aso-rir-2002
RIR
APNIC
Official status
Unknown
Normalized status
Unknown
Introduced
Unknown
Last source update
Sep 17, 2026
Coverage
Partial

Who actually shaped the debate?

1Total participants
1Discussion contributors
UnknownFormal actors
1Discussion messages
1Effective participants
100%Top-five discussion share
1People covering 50%
1People covering 80%

Policy evolution

Debate timeline

  1. Official version

    ICANN: A Blueprint for Reform, 20 June 2002

    Source facts ↗

Entities

Freshness: Stale
  1. Richard Jimmerson
    Discussion messages1
    First activitySep 25, 2002
    Last activitySep 25, 2002
    First explicit stanceUnknown
    Latest explicit stanceUnknown
    Stance changes0
    Viewpoint consistencyInsufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies0
    Freshness: Stale

    Last research attempt: Sep 21, 2026

    Identity verified: Sep 21, 2026

    ARIN · Historical
    Richard Jimmerson introduced himself as the Registration Services Manager at ARIN.
    www.ripe.net

    Verified public profiles

    Discussion messages
    1
    First activity
    Sep 25, 2002
    Last activity
    Sep 25, 2002
    First explicit stance
    Unknown
    Latest explicit stance
    Unknown
    Stance changes
    0
    Viewpoint consistency
    Insufficient evidence to assess consistency
    Other policies
    0

    First explicit stance: Unknown → Latest explicit stance: Unknown · Stance changes: 0

    Viewpoint consistency: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency

    The message invites participants to study statements and submit views on ICANN reform, but does not state the author’s own policy position.

    ICANN 2002 reform: ASO and RIR governance

    Assessment: Insufficient evidence to assess consistency · The message distributes an ASO AC invitation to discuss or submit views on ICANN reform without endorsing a recommendation.

    1. Sep 25, 2002 · Procedural or neutral

      [sig-policy] ICANN Reform

      The following message is distributed to this mailing list on behalf of the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO) Address Council (AC): … we would like to ask the members of this mailing list to study these statements and actively participate in the ICANN reform process.

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    Per-policy stance timelines:ICANN 2002 reform: ASO and RIR governance · Unknown · Insufficient evidence to assess consistency

    Total policy messages: 1

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Coverage

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Freshness

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Known gaps

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