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APNIC 13 - OPEN POLICY MEETING REPORT
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Dear APNIC members and friends,
APNIC's 13th Open Policy Meeting, held in Bangkok from 3 to 7 March 2002 in
conjunction with APRICOT 2002 was an unqualified success. It was especially
pleasing to see a high level of APNIC member attendance. Of the 645
delegates from 30 economies attending APRICOT 2002, 110 represented APNIC
members.
All of the Special Interest Group (SIG) sessions were well attended and the
success of the SIG discussions was in no small part due to the efforts of
the SIG Chairs whose efforts are greatly appreciated.
The APNIC Annual Member Meeting on 7 March 2002 was also very well attended
with 116 delegates present and 38 member organisations represented.
Delegates from the other RIRs (ARIN, RIPE NCC and LACNIC) and ICANN also
attended, demonstrating strong global interest in the meeting.
A summary of the main meeting outcomes is provided below. All presentations
have now been posted on the meeting website and can be accessed via the
meeting programme page at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/13/programme
Minutes from all of the sessions are being prepared and will also be
published on the meeting site shortly.
Contents:
1. Executive Council election
2. Policy decisions
3. Annual report
4. APster - Issue 2
5. Meeting sponsor
6. Member Services Helpdesk
7. Meeting evaluation
8. Next APNIC meeting
1. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTION
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An election to fill three vacant positions on the Executive Council (EC)
took place at the APNIC Annual Member Meeting. The three sitting APNIC EC
members whose terms were due to expire at the meeting had been renominated
and were re-elected.
Che-Hoo Cheng
Geoff Huston
Akinori Maemura
Details of all nominations received for the EC positions can be found at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/13/ec
Full details of current EC are also available at:
http://www.apnic.net/ec
2. POLICY DECISIONS
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A number of important consensus decisions were reached in the Address Policy
Special Interest Group (SIG) following discussion of policy proposals,
relating to:
Draft IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Global Policy
IPv4 policy recommendations from the Broadband Working Group
Details of these decisions are available at:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/13/results/
3. ANNUAL REPORT
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APNIC’s Annual Report, presented at the Annual Member Meeting, chronicles
the activities of the Secretariat during 2001. In spite of the uncertainty
created by the industry downturn, which has caused a slowing of membership
growth and a consolidation of memberships via mergers and acquisitions,
Internet infrastructure continued to grow strongly in the Asia Pacific
region during 2001. For the first time APNIC allocated more address space
than the RIPE NCC.
The annual report also provides status reports of major projects and
summarises the results of the Member and Stakeholder Survey conducted during
2001. The survey, which has received a formal response from the APNIC
Executive Council, will guide APNIC's planning and operational activities in
the next year and beyond.
The annual report will be mailed to APNIC members and friends shortly. It
can also be accessed at:
http://www.apnic.net/info/reports
4. APSTER – ISSUE 2
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The second issue of APNIC's newsletter, APster, was released at the APNIC
Annual Member Meeting. This APster features the revised membership structure
and an update on the policy decisions made at APNIC 12, held in Taipei
during August 2001. It also describes some new services that APNIC is
providing:
Member Services Helpdesk (to start on 2 April 2002)
RPSL-compliant whois service
APster will be mailed to APNIC members and friends shortly. It can also be
accessed at:
http://www.apnic.net/docs/apster
5. MEETING SPONSOR
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APNIC wishes to thank the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC) for its
sponsorship of the Annual Member Meeting. Sponsor contributions provide
valuable support, helping to defray costs and allowing APNIC to offer a
meeting programme of a high standard. TWNIC’s sponsorship and involvement
contributed greatly to the success of the meeting.
6. MEMBER SERVICES HELPDESK
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The commencement of APNIC's new Member Services Helpdesk on Tuesday 2 April
2002 was announced at the Annual Member Meeting. The new Helpdesk will
provide a more personalised service for members with one point of contact
for all enquiries.
The Helpdesk will have extended operating hours, from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
(Australian Eastern Standard Time, UTC + 10 hours), making the service more
accessible and convenient to members based in different time zones in the
Asia Pacific region. Members will be able to talk directly to APNIC
Hostmasters in a range of languages, to resolve their queries.
Contacting the Member Services Helpdesk
Phone: + 61 7 3858 3188
Fax: + 61 73858 3199
Email: helpdesk at apnic dot net
Further details of the Member Services Helpdesk are provided at:
http://www.apnic.net/helpdesk
7. MEETING EVALUATION
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Your feedback can help us develop the content and organisation of future
meetings. Please send any comments about the meeting or suggestions for
future meetings to us at <meeting at apnic dot net>.
8. NEXT APNIC MEETING
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I would like to invite all members and friends of APNIC to attend the 14th
Open Policy Meeting, to be hosted by Japan Network Information Center
(JPNIC) in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan from 3 to 6 September 2002.
APNIC 14
3-6 September 2002
Kitakyushu International Conference Center
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Further details of APNIC 14 will be announced on our meeting website as they
become available:
http://www.apnic.net/meetings/
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If you have any questions about APNIC's Open Policy Meetings please contact
us by email at <meetings at apnic dot net>.
Best regards,
Paul Wilson
Director General
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APNIC Secretariat <secretariat at apnic dot net>
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61-7-3858-3100
PO Box 2131 Milton, QLD 4064 Australia Fax: +61-7-3858-3199
Level 1,33 Park Road, Milton, QLD http://www.apnic.net
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