[Apnic-announce] Report on the 25th APNIC Open Policy Meeting

[APNIC Secretariat <secretariat@apnic.net>]

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25th APNIC Open Policy Meeting
25-29 February 2008, Taiwan, Taipei
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Thank you to everyone who contributed to APNIC 25, held in conjunction
with APRICOT 2008.

APNIC 25 Open Policy Meeting attendance statistics:

    Total number of APRICOT delegates:       402
    Delegates at APNIC Member Meeting:       132
    Economies represented:                    42
    APNIC member organisations represented:   22

To read, watch or listen to archives from the meeting, go to:

    http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25


Elections
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During the APNIC 25 Annual Member Meeting (AMM) in Taipei on Friday, 29
February 2008, two elections were held:

 - APNIC Executive Council

   An election was held for three vacant positions. Congratulations to
   the successful candidates:

    - Che-Hoo Cheng
    - Akinori Maemura
    - Ma Yan


 - NRO (Number Resource Organization) Number Council

   An election was held for one vacant position. Congratulations to
   the successful candidate:

   - Kenny Huang


Election details are available at:

   http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25/elections


Meeting decisions
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Policy SIG

   Seven policy proposals were discussed. The following proposals
   reached consensus and were subsequently approved at the APNIC
   Member Meeting. These proposals are now subject to a 'last call'
   for comments:

       prop-053  Changing minimum IPv4 allocation size to /22

       prop-057  Proposal to change IPv6 initial allocation criteria


   The following proposal will be returned to the Policy SIG mailing
   list for further discussion:

       prop-055  Global policy for the allocation of the remaining
                 IPv4 address space


   The following proposals did not reach consensus and have been
   abandoned:

       prop-052  Cooperative distribution of the end of the IPv4 free
                 pool

       prop-058  Proposal to create IPv4 shared use address space
                 among LIRs


   The following proposal will be revised by its author:

       prop-050  IPv4 resource transfers


   The following proposal was withdrawn by its author, who will
   submit a new proposal based on the IPv6-related elements of the
   proposal:

       prop-056  IPv4 soft landing	


NIR SIG

   There was one proposal discussed in the NIR SIG. It reached
   consensus at the NIR SIG, was approved at the APNIC Member
   Meeting and is now subject to a 'last call' for comments:

       prop-054  NIR operational policy document revision


For more information on policy proposals, please see:

   http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals


Meeting sponsors
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APNIC offers its deepest thanks to the sponsors of APNIC 25, whose
invaluable contributions allowed APNIC to offer a meeting program of a
very high standard:

    http://www.apnic.net/meetings/25/sponsors


Upcoming APNIC meetings
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APNIC 26         25-29 August 2008
                 Christchurch, New Zealand

APNIC 27         18-27 February 2009
                 Manila, Philipines


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