1. Research & Liaison Officer (Pacific)
APNIC in the Pacific
PITA AGM
Fiji, 7-8 April 2003
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Research & Liaison Officer (Pacific)

2. Asia Pacific Network Information Centre

3. Regional Internet Registry
What is APNIC?
Regional Internet Registry
Asia Pacific region
Non-profit, neutral and independent
What is an RIR?
Regional authority for Internet Resource distribution
IPv4 & IPv6 addresses
Autonomous System numbers
Reverse DNS delegation

4. Industry self-regulatory body
More about APNIC…
Industry self-regulatory body
Open to participation by anyone with an interest in the management of Internet resources
“Regulation” is done by APNIC “community”
Is NOT
Top-down but bottom-up consensus based policy decision making
Technical standards body (like IETF)
Registry or registrar for domain names

5. The “Internet Community”
Global Internet Community
APNIC Internet Community
PITA (MoU)
AP TLD org’s
ISP Associations
ITU Sector Membership
…..etc…
APRICOT
APNIC Members
APNIC
Secretariat

6. Self-regulation in Practice – The Policy Process
Pacific “community” voice here
Policy meetings &
SIGs, mailing lists
Discussions within APNIC community
Open to anyone
Consensus of community
Membership consensus
By RIRs and
community
Open to anyone
Policy is implemented

7. Participation is Easy and Important!
Why?
Business reasons
Policies affect your business operating environment and are constantly changing
Educational
Learn and share experiences
Stay abreast with latest developments in the Internet
For whom?
Anyone who is involved in managing Internet resources
How?
Join the “sig-policy” and “sig-db”
Attend or listen to the meeting

8. APNIC Mailing Lists

9. How to Participate Continued
APNIC Meetings
2 meetings per year
1 together with APRICOT
Policy discussions
Technical presentations & tutorials
Meeting is multicast
Tune in! It’s easy…..
Need “realaudio”, “realplayer”
APNIC16: Seoul, August 2003
APNIC17 & APRICOT2004
Kuala Lumpur, (February)

10. Pacific Update

11. Update for Pacific Activities since Nov 2002 Planned activities 2003
Customer assignments being registered
2nd opinion process followed
Improved communications
Largest Pacific presence in APRICOT 2003 & APNIC 15 to date
Planned activities 2003
Full day APNIC training
Visits within region
To liaise with members, community, improve education and understanding
Continued and close liaison

12. Total IPv4 Allocations to Pacific Countries

13. IPv4 Allocations in AP region

14. IPv4 Allocations - Global

15. Stay in touch with APNIC!
Policy matters it is vital
Participation via mailing lists, attending training and meetings
Secretariat operational matters to
They are there to help you (one day turn around time)
Helpdesk via phone (9am-7pm, UTC+10hrs)
Check the APNIC web pages frequently

16. Be part of the Community! Questions?
Thank you!