Re: [ph-nic-steer] Minutes of August 6 Meeting
map at iphil dot net,Internet writes:
(minutes of APNIC confederation meeting:)
>Topics Discussed:
>1. Purpose of the confederation
>* To locally handle Internet resources originally handled by the
> Asia-Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), such as
> IP addresses and AS numbers.
>2. Who can join the confederation?
>* ISPs and other companies that act as ISPs to internal customers, such
> as universities providing access to their campuses and colleges; and
> companies providing access to other related companies and groups.
>* At the time of joining, the ISP must have two separate connections to
> two upstream ISPs. There is no distinction between local and foreign
> upstream ISPs. The confederation will not grant membership and
> resources to "speculative" connections or
> those who plan to connect to other ISPs in the future. They will have
> to renumber into confederation space once they get their second connection
> and are granted membership.
>* If the member drops one of its upstream connections, membership and
> resources will NOT be revoked.
>3. What is the name of the confederation?
>* The confederation will be known as PHNIC, since it will eventually
> become the full PHNIC that will handle all Internet resources.
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Hello. I would just like to point out that this is contrary to APNIC policies. There is no reason, according to APNIC, why another bunch of ISPs cannot get together and form a separate confederation at a later time (and pay the same $2000/confederation-member fee to APNIC).
Kindly reconsider this policy; it gives the impression that it is this confederation's stated policy to block the formation of future APNIC confederations.
Joel Disini
Ph Domain Administrator
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