22nd APNIC Open Policy Meeting report

APNIC 22, held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 4-8 September, 2006, was a successful meeting, attracting delegates from around the Asia Pacific region and beyond.

APNIC would like to thank everyone who contributed to APNIC 22, particularly the local host, TWNIC for its considerable efforts in ensuring the success of the meeting.

APNIC 22 Open Policy Meeting attendance statistics:

• Total number of delegates: 157
• Delegates at APNIC Member Meeting: 104
• Economies represented: 20
• APNIC member organisations represented: 25

1. NRO Number Council election

During the APNIC 22 Annual Member Meeting (AMM) in Kaohsiung on Friday 8 September, 2006, an election was held for one vacant position on the NRO Number Council. Congratulations to the successful candidate, Hyun-Joon Kwon, who has been elected to the NRO Number Council for a three year term.

Details of the election and the nominees are available at:

NRO Number Council election

2. Meeting decisions

Policy SIG

Eight policy proposals were discussed. 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-033: End site assignment policy for IPv6
• prop-035: IPv6 portable assignment for multihoming
• prop-038: Modified lame DNS policy proposal
• prop-041: IPv6 assignment size to critical infrastructure

The following proposal reached partial consensus. Consensus elements of this proposal were approved at the APNIC Member Meeting and are now subject to a "last call" for comments.

• prop-039: A proposal to improve reachability of new IANA blocks

The following proposals did not reach consensus:

• prop-034: IPv6 portable assignment for end user organisations
• prop-036: Proposal to allow end sites to receive IPv6 allocations
• prop-037: Deprecation of email updates for APNIC Registry and whois data

A working group will be created to further discuss the issues raised in prop-037

For more information, please see:

http://www.apnic.net/policy/proposals

APNIC Member Meeting

Revisions to both member and non-member account fees were discussed. It was decided to continue discussions on APNIC fee structures in the APNIC fees working group.

3. Apster - issue 19

Apster is a print and online newsletter for the APNIC community. The nineteenth issue of Apster was released at APNIC 22, and features articles on the Internet in Taiwan, the current security practices of large ISPs, certification of IP resources, and the Eco-APNIC project. Apster is available online at:

Apster

4. Meeting sponsors

APNIC thanks the sponsors of APNIC 22, whose valuable contributions allowed APNIC to offer a meeting programme of a very high standard:

APNIC 22 sponsors

If you are interested in being a sponsor for a future APNIC meeting, please contact meetings@apnic.net.

5. Next APNIC meeting - APNIC 23

All APNIC members and friends are invited to attend APNIC 23, which will be held in conjunction with APRICOT 2007 in Bali, Indonesia, 26 February - 2 March 2007. Further details will be available shortly at:

APNIC meetings

6. Upcoming APNIC meetings

APNIC 24/SANOG 10

• New Delhi, India
• 29 August - 7 September 2007

APNIC 25/APRICOT 2008

• Taipei, Taiwan
• 25 - 29 February 2008

APNIC 26

• Call for proposals now open

Please send any meeting related enquiries to meetings@apnic.net.