[AusNOG] APNIC 26 Meeting Report

[Sunny]

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  APNIC 26 Meeting Report
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  25-29 August 2008
  Christchurch, New Zealand

  Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed to APNIC 26.


  APNIC 26 attendance statistics
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  Total number attending:                 237
  Economies represented:                  33
  APNIC member organisations represented: 70

  APNIC 26 also staged two remote participation events where delegates
  in Hanoi and Manila could take part in the Policy SIG and APNIC Member
  Meeting via video conference.
  Number of Hanoi delegates:              25
  Number of Manila delegates:             20

  To read, watch or listen to archives from the meeting, go to:
  http://www.apnic.net/meetings/26/


  Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council
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  During the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM) in Christchurch on Friday,
  29 August 2008, an election was held for a regional representative to
  the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC).

  Congratulations to the successful candidate Naresh Ajwani:
      Naresh Ajwani is President of Sify Technologies Limited, one of
      the pioneering leaders in the provision of eCommerce and Internet
      services in India. He is an Executive Council Member with ISPAI
      (Internet Service Providers Association of India) and brings over
      25 years of core operational experience to this position.

  Election details are available at:
  http://www.apnic.net/meetings/26/election/


  Meeting outcomes
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  Policy SIG
  Nine policy proposals were discussed in the Policy SIG. The following
  proposals reached consensus and were subsequently approved at the
  APNIC Member Meeting. These proposals are now subject to a 'last call'
  for comments:

     *  prop-055: Global policy for the allocation of the remaining IPv4
        address space

     *  prop-061: Autonomous System Numbers (ASN) for documentation
        purposes

     *  prop-062: Use of final /8

     *  prop-064: Change to assignment policy for AS numbers

     *  prop-065: Format for delegation and recording of 4-byte AS
        numbers

     *  prop-066: Ensuring efficient use of historical IPv4 resources


  The following proposal will be returned to the Policy SIG mailing list
  for further discussion:

     *  prop-063: Reducing timeframe of IPv4 allocations from twelve to
        six months

  The following proposal will be returned to its author and mailing list
  for continued discussion:

     *  prop-050:  IPv4 resource transfers

  The following proposal will be revised by its author:

     *  prop-060: Change in the criteria for the recognition of NIRs in
        the APNIC region


  APNIC Community Request for ICANN to Sign DNS Root
     The APNIC community considered ICANN's initiatives toward
     operational readiness for DNSSEC signing and informed ICANN that
     the Asia Pacific community supports efforts to sign the root of
     the DNS and called on ICANN to resolve these issues and to sign
     the root of the DNS as soon as is realistically possible.

  MoU (Memorandum of Understanding)
     APNIC signed two MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding). One with
     AusNOG, the other with NZNOG. These MoUs strengthened the
     relationship between the three organizations as they agreed to
     collectively work together, share information, and facilitate
     the development of the Internet in Australia and New Zealand.


  Meeting sponsors
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  APNIC offers its deepest thanks to the sponsors of APNIC 26, whose
  invaluable  contributions allowed APNIC to offer a meeting program
  of a very high standard:
  http://www.apnic.net/meetings/26/sponsors/


  Upcoming APNIC meetings
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  APNIC 27    18-27 February 2009,        Manila, Philippines
  APNIC 28    24-28 August 2009,          Beijing, China
  APNIC 29    24 February - 5 March 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Regards
Sunny
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Srinivas (Sunny) Chendi                 email:       sunny at apnic.net
External Relations Manager, APNIC       sip:    sunny at voip.apnic.net
http://www.apnic.net                    ph/fx:    +61 7 3858 3100/99