[Apnic-announce] CALL FOR COMMENTS: NIR policies and recognition criteri
CALL FOR COMMENTS: DOCUMENT REVIEWS
- Operational policies for National Internet Registries
in the APNIC region
- Criteria for the recognition of NIRs in the APNIC
region
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APNIC seeks comments on the following draft documents:
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OPERATIONAL POLICIES FOR NATIONAL INTERNET REGISTRIES IN THE APNIC REGION
* This document describes the operational procedures
for resource allocation by APNIC to NIRs and NIR
Members. It should be noted that address management
policies are not described in this document.
* The first draft of this document was discussed
during the Open NIR Meeting and approved by the
AMM during APNIC 15, subject to the APNIC Secretariat
providing more detail of DNS issues.
* A subsequent draft was circulated for comments on
23 October 2002.
* This draft incorporates comments received relating
to improved DNS management options.
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CRITERIA FOR THE RECOGNITION OF NIRS IN THE APNIC REGION
* This document describes criteria for forming and
recognising new National Internet Registries (NIRs) in the
Asia Pacific region. The criteria are also intended to be
adopted as standards that all recognised NIRs should meet
at all times.
* The first draft of this document was discussed
during the Open NIR Meeting and approved by the
AMM during APNIC 15.
* Please note, APNIC is now accepting applications for NIR
recognition on the basis of this provisionally active
document. If you wish to apply as a National Internet
Registry, please use the NIR application form.
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GENERAL NOTES
Both documents are category B reviews under the APNIC Document Review
procedures.
This is a final call for comments on both documents, which are available at:
http://www.apnic.net/drafts/
The NIR Application Form is available in the following formats:
MSWord http://www.apnic.net/docs/nir-application.doc
PDF http://www.apnic.net/docs/nir-application.pdf
Details of the APNIC Document Review policies and procedures are available
at:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/doc-review-policy.html
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DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS.
Your comments are requested by Friday 3 January 2003. Please send your
comments to the <nir-discuss> mailing list. Archives and subscription
details are available at:
http://www.apnic.net/community/lists
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APNIC Secretariat
<secretariat at apnic dot net>
Tel: 7-3858-3100
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Ltd Fax: 7-3858-3199
Level 1, 33 Park Road, PO Box 2131, Milton, QLD 4064, Australia
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