[Apnic-announce] 21st APNIC Open Policy Meeting
Dear APNIC members and friends,
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21st APNIC Open Policy Meeting report
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APNIC 21 was successfully held in Perth, Australia from 27 February
to 3 March 2006, in conjunction with APRICOT 2006. A total of nearly
400 delegates attended APRICOT 2006, including many APNIC members who
were able to take advantage of discounted registration fees.
Delegates and speakers also attended from the other Internet
organisations, including other RIRs, NIRs, ICANN, and various ISOC
Chapters.
The APNIC Annual Member Meeting on 3 March 2006 was also well
attended, with 164 delegates representing 32 economies and 52 APNIC
member organisations.
1. Executive Council election
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During the APNIC 21 Annual Member Meeting in Perth on Friday 3
March 2005, an election was held for three vacant positions on the
APNIC Executive Council (EC). Congratulations are due to the three
successful candidates, who were all re-elected to their positions:
Che-Hoo Cheng
Akinori Maemura
Vinh Ngo
Further details of the election are available at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/21/ec
2. Policy decisions
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Presentations, proposals, webcast video, audio, and real-time
transcripts from the meeting are now available at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/21
The meeting minutes will also be available shortly on the APNIC
website.
At the Policy SIG of the Open Policy Meeting, there was consensus
on the proposal "prop-032-v002: 4-byte AS number policy proposal".
This proposal was subsequently approved at the APNIC Member
Meeting, and is now subject to a "last call" for comments.
For more information, please see:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/policy/proposals
3. Annual report
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APNIC's annual report was presented at the Annual Member Meeting,
and details the activities of APNIC and the Secretariat during
2005. It will be mailed to APNIC members and friends shortly.
The Annual Report can also be accessed online at:
http://www.apnic.net/info/reports/annual_reports
4. Apster - issue 17
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Apster is a print and online newsletter for the APNIC community.
The seventeenth issue of Apster was released at APNIC 21, featuring
articles on the Internet in Australia, Voice over IP, and the APNIC
debogon project.
Apster is available online at:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/apster
5. Meeting sponsors
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APNIC wishes to thank all those organisations that supported
APNIC 21 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/21/sponsors
For information about sponsorship of future APNIC meeting, please
contact <meetings at apnic dot net>
6. Next APNIC meeting - APNIC 22
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All APNIC members and friends are invited to attend APNIC 22,
which will be held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 5-8 September 2006.
Further details of APNIC 22 will be available shortly at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings
Best regards
Paul Wilson
Director General
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Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC <dg at apnic dot net>
http://www.apnic.net ph/fx +61 7 3858 3100/99