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Announcing the Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust (APIDT)
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The APNIC Executive Council (EC) is pleased to announce today the
establishment of the Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust (APIDT).
APIDT will provide a boost to the APNIC Foundation and its work
on technical skills development and capacity building, improvements to
critical Internet infrastructure, supporting research and development,
and improving the community’s capability to build an open, global,
stable and secure Internet.
APIDT was created in line with the wishes of the Founder of the WIDE
Project, Professor Jun Murai of Keio University, following his decision
on the future use of IPv4 address space in the 43/8 block, announced
today.
https://blog.apnic.net/2020/03/25/announcement-regarding-ipv4-address-block-...
The Trust will use the proceeds of the sale of the address space to
create a fund to benefit Internet development in the Asia Pacific
region, primarily through the APNIC Foundation.
A corporate Trustee* has been established in Australia by APNIC and WIDE
Project, who serve as guardians of the Trust. All details including the
Trustee and Deed of Trust are available at the APIDT website.
https://www.apidt.org
To read the full announcement, please visit:
https://blog.apnic.net/2020/03/25/announcing-the-asia-pacific-internet-devel...
On behalf of the APNIC membership and community, the APNIC EC thanks
Professor Murai for initiating this very exciting development, and we
reiterate our commitment to working together for the development of the
Internet in our region.
APNIC will be holding a live webcast Q&A session on Friday, 27 March
at 13:30 UTC+10 to discuss the creation of the Trust, with all
interested members of the community invited to attend.
Join the webcast via Zoom:
https://apnic.zoom.us/j/909094443
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Chair
Paul Wilson, Director General
On behalf of the APNIC EC.
*APIDTT Pty Ltd (Australian Company Number 638 389 072) as Trustee for
the Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust.
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APNIC Secretariat secretariat@apnic.net
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3100
PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199
6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net
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