NIR SIG Chair nominee

Name: Izumi Okutani, JPNIC

Statement:

I have been involved in this community since year 2000, and have been a regular participant of APNIC meetings as a Policy Liaison of JPNIC.

My role in JPNIC are co-ordinating outreach activities to LIRs, and Japanese Policy community and strengthening collaboration with JANOG, which is an operational forum in Japan.

I am familiar with both NIR community as well as APNIC community and believe I have views both as an NIR member and as a standard member.

I have served as NIR SIG Chair since year 2005 and would like to continue to give my contributions to the SIG for the coming two years.