[AusNOG] IPv4 Exhaustion, APNIC EC, and James is a nice bloke ;-)

[Skeeve Stevens]

Hey all, regarding the following Commsday article:

Commsday - 10th July 2008
Vocus CEO warns of IPv4 address exhaustion, runs for APNIC slot
The CEO of internet start-up Vocus has issued a warning that IPv4 addresses
are likely to run dry worldwide within just two or three years, and exhorted
Australian ISPs to take action. James Spencely has also announced his own
intention to run for a seat on the Executive Committee, or Board, of the
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre.

"The internet is running out of IPv4 space. Global exhaustion is likely to
happen in the next 2-3 years, so it's a critical time for Australia to start
contributing to the allocation policies within our region," said Spencely.

Accordingly, the Vocus CEO called for an Australian representative to be
appointed to the board of APNIC, which provides IP allocation and
registration services in the APAC region, and which - according to Spenceley
- draws 30% of its membership from Australian ISPs and telcos. He plans to
lead by example by running for a position at the next elections, to be held
in Manila in February 2009. Internet Industry Association Chief Executive
Peter Coroneos backed Spencely's bid for a seat on the APNIC board. "The IIA
encourages members to be active in policy development and we support James
in his election to the Executive Committee," said Coroneos.
Petroc Wilton


While the rhetoric about IPv4 has been heard before, I am not sure that it
has given the urgency than it deserves in a lot of circles, especially in
the business/corporate space and in the area of tiny, micro, small ISP's
that we work with.  

I applaud James and anyone else to whom the industry and media would listen
to about getting out there and saying something.  Perhaps a few people like
Simon Hackett, or other big ISP's would be kind enough to put out a press
announcement about their IPv6 readiness which might inspire others in the
industry to kick off their plans.

The IPv6 training that we hosted a few months ago was a great success with a
lot of the attendees now seriously talking about their IPv6 deployments,
applying for their allocations and looking at what equipment is needed to go
forward.  We've already expressed to APNIC that my company would consider
hosting it again later this year.

Re James going for a position on the Board or EC of APNIC, I can't think
many people more appropriate or respected in this industry with his
experience that I would heartily support.

Given Bambi's failed attempt to get on the E.C, primarily because of lack of
organisations for proxy votes (I too was slack), I think we can put a much
more serious effort in at AUSNOG.  So what I am proposing is that at AUSNOG
we have the proxy forms available for any of you to sign who aren't a)
expressing their vote directly b) want to help the Australian internet
community.

I've spoken to the guys at APNIC on a number of occasions who are
disappointed with the lack of Australian representation on the E.C, and
overall general disappoint in the amount of people involved in policies and
so on.  I am thinking that it would be good for our industry to form an
APNIC Consultative Group with perhaps half a dozen people who are willing to
meet every now and then and come up with policy changes/proposals.  At the
moment, most of the other member economies use their national NIC for this
purpose, but since AUNIC doesn't exist anymore, that we could have our input
via another mechanism.. Thoughts?

.Skeeve

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