[Apnic-announce] APNIC 27 - Meeting update

["Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi" <sunny@apnic.net>]

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APNIC 27
23-27 February 2009, Manila, Philippines
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Thank you to everyone who contributed to APNIC 27, held in conjunction
with APRICOT 2009.

The preliminary event participation statistics are:

    Total number of delegates (including APRICOT):    473
    Delegates at APNIC Member Meeting:                114
    Economies represented:                             40
    APNIC member organizations represented:           113

APNIC held remote participation events via video conference in Suva,
Fiji and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Attendance figures for these events were:

    Suva, Fiji                                         10
    Colombo, Sri Lanka                                 22

Web-based online participation options included a choice of video,
audio and text chat. Participation figures for online remote delegates
were:

    Online remote participation feeds                2518 	

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

    http://meetings.apnic.net


Elections
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During the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM) in Manila on Friday, 27
February 2009, the following candidates were elected to the APNIC
Executive Council (EC).

    - Jian Zhang
    - James Spencley
    - Kuo-Wei Wu
    - Hyun Joon Kwon

Congratulations to the successful candidates:

Election details are available at:

   http://meetings.apnic.net/elections



Meeting decisions
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Policy SIG

   Seven policy proposals were discussed.

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

       prop-050 IPv4 address transfers (with modifications)

       prop-069 Global policy proposal for the allocation of IPv4
       blocks to Regional Internet Registries

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

      prop-063 Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to
      six months

      prop-060 Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in
      the APNIC region

      prop-070 Maximum IPv4 allocation size

   The following proposals were withdrawn by the author(s):
	
      prop-068 Inter-RIR transfer policy

      prop-067 A simple transfer proposal

   You can check the status of all policy proposals on the following
   page:

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

MoUs Signed
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APNIC signed Memorandums of Understanding with the following
organizations:

    NSP (Networkers' Society of Pakistan)
    ASTI (Advanced Science and Technology Institute
    PHNOG (Philippine Network Operators Group)


Meeting sponsors
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APNIC offers its deepest thanks to the sponsors of APNIC 27, whose
invaluable contributions allowed APNIC to offer a meeting program of a
very high standard:

    http://meetings.apnic.net/sponsors


Upcoming APNIC meetings
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APNIC 28         24-28 August 2009
                 Beijing, China

                 http://www.apnic.net/meetings/28

APNIC 29         1-5 March 2010
                 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

                 http://www.apnic.net/meetings/29

Regards

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Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi                 email:       sunny@apnic.net
External Relations Manager, APNIC       sip:    sunny@voip.apnic.net
http://www.apnic.net                    ph/fx:    +61 7 3858 3100/99
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