Proposals for Open NIR Meeting at APNIC 15

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Dear Colleagues,
  
There will be two 'proposal' papers presented at the forthcoming Open
NIR Meeting at APNIC 15 (held in conjunction with APRICOT).  

A brief synopsis of the proposals is provided below for your
information. Please take some time to go through the agenda, and raise
any issues or questions on the nir-discuss@apnic.net mailing list.


1. NIR fee and voting structures, Izumi Okutani, JPNIC
This presentation will discuss possible fee and voting models for the
NIRs. The current fee and voting structures for the NIRs are based on
the APNIC membership model. The only difference is that in addition to
the annual fee, NIRs are charged with a per address fee for IPv4 and
IPv6 allocations.

However, the nature of NIR operations is different from the LIRs. Unlike
the LIRs, the NIRs do not receive address allocations for their own
networks or commercial services. They responsibility for address
management is shared in their economic region with APNIC. Therefore, the
current fee and voting structures may not fully reflect the NIR's roles.
In that case, alternative models that represent their functions should
be considered.

For example, it could be a model that subtracts the operational expenses
of the NIRs from the annual fee, if NIR members are APNIC members, or a
model that creates a structure totally independent from the existing
annual fee. The purpose of this presentation is not to propose a
particular model, but to introduce possible alternative models to start
discussions in the community.

2. NIR Operated IRR, Kuniaki Kondo, Intec Netcore, Inc
This proposal explores a mechanism for NIRs to operate an Internet
Routing Registry for their members, using near real time mirroring with
the APNIC Routing Registry server. The operation of routing registry
services by NIRs would allow the NIRs to collect National routing
information that is then useful for statistical analysis. NIR members
would also receive the benefit of being able to conduct searches of
routing information smoothly and correctly.

Full details of the agenda and papers can be found at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/15/nir/index.html

Every effort has been taken to have the presentation material available
on the meeting web site as soon as we receive them from the presenters.
For further clarification please contact the author/presenter.

Regards,
Save Vocea
APNIC Secretariat
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Savenaca Vocea             Research & Liaison Officer (Pacific)
http://www.apnic.net       phone/fax: +61-7-3858 3100/99

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