APNIC in the Pacific PITA AGM Fiji 7
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APNIC in the Pacific PITA AGM Fiji, 7 -8 April 2003 Save Vocea Research & Liaison Officer (Pacific)
Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
What is APNIC? • Regional Internet Registry – Asia Pacific region – Non-profit, neutral and independent • What is an RIR? – Regional authority for Internet Resource distribution • IPv 4 & IPv 6 addresses • Autonomous System numbers • Reverse DNS delegation
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
The “Internet Community” Global Internet Community APNIC Internet Community PITA (Mo. U) APNIC Members APNIC Secretariat AP TLD org’s ISP Associations ITU Sector Membership APRICOT …. . etc…
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 Open to anyone Pacific “community” voice here Membership consensus By RIRs and community Policy is implemented
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” • http: //www. apnic. net/community/lists/index. html – Attend or listen to the meeting
APNIC Mailing Lists
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” • APNIC 16: Seoul, 19 -22 August 2003 – http: //www. apnic. net/meetings/ • APNIC 17 & APRICOT 2004 – Kuala Lumpur, (February)
Pacific Update
Update for Pacific • Activities since Nov 2002 – – Customer assignments being registered 2 nd 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
Total IPv 4 Allocations to Pacific Countries
IPv 4 Allocations in AP region
IPv 4 Allocations - Global /8’s
Stay in touch with APNIC! • Policy matters it is vital – Participation via mailing lists, attending training and meetings • Secretariat operational matters – Email to helpdesk@apnic. net • They are there to help you (one day turn around time) • Helpdesk via phone (9 am-7 pm, UTC+10 hrs) +61 -7 -3858 3188 • Check the APNIC web pages frequently • http: //www. apnic. net
Be part of the Community! Questions? Thank you! save@apnic. net
