2. Registry.Asia Volume: 230K 1st Renewal rate: 55% --> 83% Top countries: Australia, Germany, US, and China –followed Korea, India, Japan, Singapore IDN.asia (2nd level IDN) –Policy finalized by March –Pioneer (Sep 2010) –Sunrise (Nov~Jan 2011) –Landrush (Feb~Apr 2011) –GoLive (May 2011) –Multiple Asian languages launched at once

3. Membership New Sponsor Member –.TH (THNIC Foundation) Approved on Nov 2009 In discussion with –.HK

4. Membership Sponsor Member: 21 –.AF,.BT,.CN,.ID,.IN,.IR,.JP,.KH,.KR,.KZ,.MN,.MO,.NU,.NZ,.PH,.SG,.TJ,.TH,.TW,.UZ,.VN Co-Sponsor Member: 6 –APNIC, APNG, APCERT, APTLD, APRALO, & PAN Board Election held in Feb 10, 2009 Membership Briefing & Application is available on http://www.registry.asia/about/members.html

5. Advisory Council Maria NG Lee Hoon (PAN) Paul Wilson (APNIC) Xue Hong Hiro Hotta Roy Ko (APCERT) Rep. from APTLD Izumi Aizu Kanchana Kanchanasut (APNG) Kilnam Chon Khaled Fattal Kenny Huang - IDN policy consultation - Input on community projects

6. Community Engagement ICANN –New gTLD outreach event in HK –Major sponsorship in Seoul meeting –Regular report at ICANN GAC APRICOT / APNIC / APTLD / APNG / AP* Domain-related Conferences (L.A., Beijing, Tokyo) Cross-sector-- Communic.Asia, InterChallenge.Asia, CIRC.Asia

8. Community “Services” Blogfest.Asia IPv6World.Asia APNGCamp.Asia Paragon100.Asia M-A-D.Asia

9. Community Projects NetMission.Asia (youth ambassadors program) OLPC.Asia (One Laptop Per Child in AP) OSS.Asia (Open Source Consortium in Asia) DSF.Asia (Digital Solidarity Fund for digital inclusion project) ISIF.Asia (Information Society Innovation Fund with IDRC, APNIC, and ISOC) Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (with Cyberport and HK Start-up Association)

10. Upcoming Events and Projects INETHK.Asia (Apr 2010, HK) Internet Show SG (Apr 2010, Singapore) Communic.Asia (Jun 2010, Singapore) ICANN Brussels (Jun 2010) CIRC.Asia (Jun 2010, Beijing) One.Asia (Jul 2010, Shanghai) APNGCamp.Asia (Jul 2010, Hiroshima) Barcamp @ Yangon, Bangkok, Jakarta…

11. Operation Priority Marketing / Awareness building –Utilization of Sponsor Community Proceed (SCP) fund –Leverage Sponsor Members source –More regional / local community services Discounted price to registrar for volume drive –Base Price Program –More registrars / resellers needed IDN.asia launch New gTLD application

12. Thank you! Ching Chiao VP, DotAsia chiao@registry.asia