[apnic-announce] APNIC OPEN POLICY MEETING - POST-MEETING UPDATE
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APNIC OPEN POLICY MEETING - POST-MEETING UPDATE
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Dear Colleague,
This update provides a progress report on the implementation of
membership and policy decisions made at APNIC's 12th Open Policy
Meeting, held in Taipei from 28 to 31 August 2001.
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MEMBERSHIP ISSUES
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The following items were approved by the APNIC membership during the
APNIC Member Meeting on 31 August:
- Revised membership structure;
- APNIC Standard Membership Agreement (v5); and
- APNIC Definitions Document (v3).
The revised membership structure provides 3 new membership categories:
Associate, for members holding no IP address resources; Very Small, for
members holding up to a /22 of IPv4 address space; and Extra Large, for
members holding more than a /10 of IPv4 space. With this change, the
number of APNIC membership categories is increased to seven from the
current level of four (namely Small, Medium, Large and Very Large).
The revised membership structure, along with the new membership
agreement and definitions documents, will be implemented for new members
joining APNIC from 1 December 2001; and they will apply to existing
members as membership renewals occur, from 1 March 2002 onwards.
For full details of the new membership agreement and related documents
please visit:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/drafts
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POLICY CHANGES
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A number of policy proposals were discussed at the Open Policy Meeting,
firstly during SIG sessions and then during the APNIC Member Meeting.
Some proposals were approved by consensus of the APNIC membership, while
others were referred back to SIGs for further development.
A full summary of the decisions taken at the meeting is available at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/12/results
The APNIC Secretariat is currently implementing the policy decisions
which were made at the meeting, and a number of new or revised documents
will be available for use by 1 December 2001.
New documents include the following:
- Evaluation guidelines document;
- Internet exchange (IX) address request form – text only
(online version by 1 February 2002); and
- Multihoming assignment address request form – text only
(online version by 1 February 2002).
Revised documents include:
- APNIC policy document (APNIC-076);
- ISP address request form – online and text; and
- Membership application form – online.
These documents, and further details of the implementation process, will
be made available on the APNIC website over the coming months.
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Next Meetings
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The next APNIC Open Policy Meeting will be held in conjunction with
APRICOT 2002, in Bangkok, Thailand from 3 to 7 March 2002. All APNIC
members and supporters are encouraged to attend this coming APRICOT
meeting, and more information is available at:
http://www.apricot2002.net
Shortly, APNIC will release a Call For Proposals for the following APNIC
meeting, the 14th Open Policy Meeting, to be held during August or
September 2002. A decision on the location of that meeting will be made
by the APNIC Executive Committee, and announced in Bangkok during
APRICOT 2002.
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Once again we would like to sincerely thank all those who attended the
APNIC meeting in Taipei, and who helped to make it a success. We look
forward to seeing you at the next APNIC meeting!
Best regards,
Paul Wilson
Director General
APNIC
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Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC <pwilson at apnic dot net>
http://www.apnic.net ph/fx +61 7 3367 0490/82
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