[APNIC Members] [Apnic-announce] APNIC 18 - meeting report

["Vivian Yang" <vivian@apnic.net>]

APNIC 18 - Open Policy Meeting Report
18th APNIC Open Policy Meeting 31 August - 3 September
2004 Nadi, Fiji

Contents
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1. Meeting programme
2. Policy decisions
3. Apster - issue 11
4. APNIC Member and Stakeholder Survey
5. Meeting sponsors
6. Next APNIC meeting - APNIC 19


Dear APNIC members and friends,

APNIC 18, held in Nadi from 31 August to 3 September 2004, was a successful
meeting. APNIC wishes to thank the local hosts, Telecom Fiji and Connect,
for the considerable efforts made in ensuring the success of the event, and
for their role in presenting a very high quality conference.


1. Meeting programme
----------------------------
In addition to the main meeting programme, APNIC 18 attendees also had the
opportunity to participate in a pre-conference ISP/IXP networking workshop
and the CEO event, both of which were first time. The workshop provided
hands-on laboratory exercises focused on how to design, scale, and maintain
a production Internet Service Provider backbone. The CEO event invited CEOs
and senior executives of Internet organisations to meet on issues of common
interest and exchange their thoughts and experience through open discussion.


The Newcomers' Breakfast and a lunchtime function entitled 'IP policy -  
your say' were also organised to provide information and introduce  
first-time attendees to the APNIC meeting process.


2. Policy decisions
-------------------
Presentations, proposals, webcast video, and stenography transcripts from
the meeting are available at:

     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/18/

The meeting minutes will be available shortly on the APNIC website. A
summary of the main Open Policy Meeting decisions is provided below. All the
consensus proposals below were approved at the APNIC Member Meeting.

Policy SIG
 * Expansion of the initial allocation space for existing IPv6 address
   space holders (prop-021-v001)

   There was consensus on the proposal to allow existing IPv6 address
   holders to receive additional allocations based on existing IPv4
   infrastructure.

 * IANA policy for allocation of IPv6 blocks to Regional Internet
   Registries (prop-005-v003)

   There was consensus on the proposed policy governing the allocation of
   IPv6 address space from the IANA to the Regional Internet Registries
   (RIRs). The policy must be endorsed in by all of the RIRs before it
   can be implemented.

Database SIG
  * Proposal on IPv6 IRR service at APNIC (prop-025-v001)

    There was consensus on the proposal for APNIC to implement an IPv6
    Routing Registry.

NIR SIG
  * Proposal to abolish redundant charges in IPv6 allocations (prop-022-
    v001)

    There was consensus on the proposal to revise the method of  
    calculating IPv6 "per address" fees so that the practice of charging
    NIRs multiple fees for the same address range will be abolished.

These policy proposals will now be circulated on the appropriate SIG mailing
list. The full list of current proposals is available at:

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


3. Apster - issue 11
--------------------
Apster is a print and online newsletter for the APNIC community. The
eleventh issue of Apster was released at APNIC 18. This issue features
articles on the Internet in the Pacific islands, recent APNIC policy
proposals, the introduction of ENUM, the NRO and ASO structure, funding for
ICT projects, and the future of Internet governance. Apster is available
online at:

     http://www.apnic.net/docs/apster/


4. APNIC Member and Stakeholder Survey
--------------------------------------
The third APNIC Member and Stakeholder Survey was completed in August 2004,
with the delivery to the APNIC EC of a formal survey report. The report
provided a detailed analysis of the survey responses.  The report was
distributed at the APNIC Member Meeting on 3 September 2004. An online copy
is also available at:

      http://www.apnic.net/survey/2004


5. Meeting sponsors
-------------------
APNIC wishes to thank all those organisations that supported APNIC 18 as
sponsors. Their valuable contributions allowed APNIC to offer a meeting
programme of a very high standard. All the sponsors are listed at:

     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/18/sponsors

If you are interested in being a sponsor for a future APNIC meeting, please
contact <meetings@apnic.net>.


6. Next APNIC meeting - APNIC 19
--------------------------------
All APNIC members and friends are invited to attend APNIC 19, which will be
held in conjunction with APRICOT 2005 in Kyoto, Japan, in February 2005.
Further details of APNIC 19 are available at:

     http://www.apnic.net/meetings/19

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