RIR Governance Document Consultation Summary Report and Next Steps

Posted: Wednesday, 30 July 2025

The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) has completed its qualitative analysis and summary of the community responses received in response to the community engagements to gather feedback on the draft Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of Regional Internet Registries (“RIR Governance Document”).

The consultations were open from 14 April until 27 May 2025. During this window, the NRO NC received comments across the five RIR mailing lists, input via various webinars and online sessions, sessions held at RIR Meetings, engagement with ICANN communities and also via the ICANN Public Comment process.

This summary provides an overview of the comments received, including input received through ICANN’s public comment which was held in parallel with the RIR community engagements. This feedback will inform the revision of the document, and a future report will include details on how this input informed changes to the “RIR Governance Document”.

The summary does not include the NRO NC’s opinions on or responses to the comments submitted, nor does it include an evaluation of the communities’ opinion on the draft document. We invite you to browse through the feedback from the various community engagements along with reading our summary.

We sincerely thank everyone who has shared their insights, and we appreciate the time, thought and effort put in by our respondents. We look forward to robust participation in the next round of review when the next version of the document is published with an accompanying redline version and supporting rationale for the changes. Please review the updated process timeline to ensure you don’t miss the opportunity to provide feedback on the updated draft.

On behalf of the NRO NC

The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) is also known as the Address Supporting Organization Address Council (ASO AC) within ICANN, where it serves as the body responsible for overseeing global policy development related to Internet number resources.