Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC has issued a call for comments on the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Number Resource Organization (NRO) and ICANN. This MoU details the conditions under which and the manner in which the NRO will act as the ICANN Address Supporting Organization (ASO). As outlined in a signed Letter of Intent, each Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is required to have a public comment period. The Letter of Intent and draft MoU can be found on the NRO website at: http://www.nro.org/news/loi.html The RIPE NCC invites any interested parties to send comments to the nro-comments@nro.org mailing list. Subscription information for this list is provided at: http://www.nro.org/mailman/listinfo/nro-comments The closing date for the public comment period is Friday, 7 May 2004. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC