Presentation by Gaurab Raj Upadhaya at APRICOT 2017 on Thursday, 2 March 2017.

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APNIC Executive Council Report
APNIC 43
2 March 2017

2. Current APNIC EC members
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apnic.net/ec

3. Functions of the APNIC EC
• Represent the interests of Members in the governance of
APNIC
• Oversight of APNIC’s activities
• Consider broad Internet policy issues for APNIC’s strategic
direction
• Set membership fees
• Endorse the policy consensus towards implementation
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4. APNIC EC Meetings
• The EC usually meets four times a year
• 4 face-to-face meetings and 1 teleconference held since
APNIC 41 AGM
• Joint Board meeting with RIPE NCC Executive Board in
May 2016
• EC Retreat held in Brisbane, 24-25 November 2016
• All meeting minutes and attendance record are on APNIC
website: www.apnic.net/ec
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5. APNIC EC Meetings (cont)
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EC Members 24/05/16 07/07/16 02/10/16 25/11/16 27/02/17
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
James Spenceley ✔ - - ✔ ✔
Jessica Shen ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kams Yeung ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kenny Huang ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Rajesh Chharia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Roopinder Perhar ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Paul Wilson ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

6. APNIC Survey 2016
• Independent and anonymous, every two years
• Thanks for your participation in the Focus Groups,
individual interviews and online survey
– EC response to Survey report: www.apnic.net/survey
– Fully committed to using the results to improve its services and
programs for Members and stakeholders
– Survey Response Tracker provides information on the progress of
planned initiatives and activities: www.apnic.net/survey-response-
activity/
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7. Finances
• Largest ever membership growth in 2016
– As of 31 December 2016, APNIC has 5,994 Members
– 726 new members joined in 2016
• Approved Activity Planning and Budget for 2017
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8. Finances (cont)
• The EC resolved to designate an Investment Sub-
Committee, pursuant to paragraph 56 of the APNIC by-
laws, comprising APNIC's Treasurer and Business Director
from time to time, and a third person who has knowledge
and experience in investment matters, to advise the
Executive Council from time to time on investments matters
affecting APNIC. The EC resolved to appoint James
Spenceley and Richard Brown to the Investment Sub-
Committee
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9. APNIC NIR Membership options analysis
• On 27 February 2012, EC resolved to impose a moratorium
on accepting new NIR applications while EC evaluates
future of NIR program
• KPMG conducted a review of APNIC NIR framework and
presented the final report to EC in November 2016
• EC continues discussion on the options
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10. Engagement with ICANN
• ASO engagement with ICANN is based on the MoU
• ASO Address Council (AC) appoints two directors to the
ICANN Board of Directors
• APNIC EC met with Maemura Akinori, Asha Hemrajani,
Kaveh Ranjbar, and Ron Da Silva during APNIC 43
• Akinori and Ron are the ASO representatives to the ICANN
Board
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11. IANA Review Committee
• The EC resolved to appoint the two community-elected
NRO Number Council Members as APNIC’s
representatives to the IANA Numbering Services Review
Committee, with their term commencing on 1 January 2017
and expiring on 31 December 2017, and further appoint an
APNIC staff member designated by the Director-General as
the third, non-voting member of the Review Committee
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12. IANA Review Committee (cont)
• Role and responsibilities of RC members:
– www.nro.net/review-committee-charter-final
• APNIC’s composition of the Review Committee:
– Brajesh Jain (NRO NC)
– Tomohiro Fujisaki (NRO NC)
– George Kuo (APNIC staff)
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13. APNIC Foundation
• APNIC Foundation incorporated in Hong Kong
– apnic.foundation
• The EC approved a 10-year Affirmation of Commitments to
be signed between APNIC and the APNIC Foundation
• Charitable registration and Board development processes
are underway
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14. Special thanks
• We thank our outgoing Treasurer James Spenceley for his
eight years of dedication and contributions to APNIC, the
APNIC EC and the Internet Community
• Best wishes for his future endeavours!
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15. Member feedback
• We welcome comments, suggestions and questions from
Members, stakeholders and all others with an interest in
APNIC
– EC submission feature on MyAPNIC
– Email: exec-sec@apnic.net
– Face-to-face during APNIC conferences
– www.apnic.net/ec
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THANK YOU