APNIC 17, held in Kuala Lumpur from 23 to 27 February 2004 in
conjunction with APRICOT 2004, was an outstanding success. A total of
591 delegates attended APRICOT 2004, and many APNIC members were able
to take advantage of the wide choice of sessions available. Meanwhile
attendance numbers for the APNIC Open Policy Meeting were some of the
highest ever.
APNIC wishes to thank the local host, PIKOM, for the considerable
efforts made in ensuring the success of the event and for achieving a
very high quality conference.
The APNIC Annual Member Meeting on 27 February 2004 was also well
attended, with 123 delegates representing 27 economies and 54 APNIC
member organisations. Delegates from the other RIRs (ARIN, LACNIC,
RIPE NCC) and AfriNIC were also present.
1. MEETING SPONSORS
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APNIC wishes to thank the Silver sponsors of APNIC Member Meeting,
whose Generous contributions helped to ensure the success of the
meeting.
If you are interested in sponsoring future APNIC events please contact
APNIC Secretariat at <meetings at apnic dot net>.
2. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTION
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An official announcement was made at the APNIC 17 in Kuala Lumpur on
Friday 27 February 2004 regarding the three vacancies on the APNIC
Executive Council (EC). As there were three candidates for the three
positions, all of the candidates were elected to positions on the EC.
If you were unable to attend the meeting, minutes and webcast audio
will be available shortly on the APNIC website, which will allow you
to follow all sessions closely.
Unable to attend the meeting and would like to provide feedback?
- It's not too late! All consensus policy decisions have been
circulated to the relevant mailing list for 8 weeks and comments
are being solicited. You can track the status of the policy
proposals at:
A summary of the main Open Policy Meeting decisions is provided below.
All the consensus proposals below were approved at the APNIC Member
Meeting.
Policy SIG
* Prop-013-v001 Multiple discreet networks
- Proposal would allow multiple APNIC accounts which have
discreet networks to be merged into a single account.
- Consensus was not reached. The proposer will submit a modified
version of the proposal to the mailing list. The rewritten
proposal will define multiple discreet networks and consider
the HD ratio for sub-allocating address blocks.
* Prop-014-v001 IPv4 minimum allocation size
- Consensus to lower the minimum allocation to /21 with
lower eligibility criteria:
- immediate need of /23 and
- a detailed plan for /22 in a year
* Prop-015-v001 IPv6 allocation to closed network
- There was consensus on the proposal to allow IPv6 allocations
to closed networks, if the other eligibility criteria are met.
* Prop-016-v001 IPv6 allocations to v4 networks
- There was consensus on the proposal to allow IPv4
infrastructure to be explicitly considered during IPv6 request
process.
- The proposal was amended slightly to add a requirement for
LIRs to have plan to move some of their customers from IPv4 to
within two years.
* Prop-017-v001 Recovery of address space
- There was consensus on the proposal to recover unused
historical IPv4 addresses in the AP region.
* IPv6 Guidelines document
- The IPv6 guidelines working group has written an informational
document to assist with understanding the IPv6 request
process. The APNIC Secretariat will edit the document and
publish it on the sig-policy mailing list for comments.
* Subsequent allocation in DSL/cable guidelines
- This informational presentation highlighted problems with the
current IPv4 guidelines for DSL and cable operators. The APNIC
Secretariat will call for volunteers to form a working group
to review the current DSL/cable guidelines.
Database SIG
* Prop-018-v001 Protecting historical resource records in the APNIC
Whois Database
- There was consensus on the proposal to protect historical
resource objects in the APNIC Whois Database, in order to
prevent unverified transfer of resources. Existing custodians
that wish to maintain records should sign a formal agreement
with APNIC and pay service fees (capped at US$100).
* Prop-003-v002 Establishing policy for mirroring IRRs
- Consensus was not reached although the discussion was lively.
The proposer will continue the discussion on the mailing list.
To see the full list of current proposals please see:
APNIC's Annual Report, presented at the Annual Member Meeting, details
the Activities of APNIC and the Secretariat during 2003. The Annual
Report will be mailed to APNIC members and friends shortly. It can
also be accessed online at:
Apster is a print and on-line newsletter for the APNIC community.
The ninth issue of Apster was released at APNIC 17. This issue
features articles on the Internet in Malaysia, security response
coordination in the Asia Pacific by APCERT and a piece on "The Genius
of the Internet", reproduced with kind permission from ISOC.
You can sign up to automatically receive the latest issue, or view
past and present issues of Apster in PDF format at:
6. NEXT APNIC MEETING - APNIC 18
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All APNIC members and friends are invited to attend APNIC 18, the
second APNIC meeting for 2004. APNIC 18 will be jointly hosted by
Connect Fiji Ltd and Telecom Fiji Ltd at Sheraton Resorts, Denarau
Island, Nadi, Fiji.
Further details of APNIC 18 will be announced soon at:
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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