Presentation by Gaurab Raj Upadhaya at APRICOT 2019 on Thursday, 28 February 2019.

1. APNIC Executive Council Report
APNIC 47
28 February 2019

2. Current APNIC EC members
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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 APNIC EC usually meets four times a year
• Five face-to-face meetings held since APNIC 45 AGM
• Joint Board meeting with LACNIC Board held in December 2018
• Planning for a joint board meeting with ICANN Board during ICANN 64 in Kobe
• Next EC meeting: Brisbane, 4-6 June 2019
⎯ Including a strategic planning retreat to develop the next 4-year plan for 2020-2023
• All meeting minutes and the attendance record are on the APNIC website:
⎯ apnic.net/ec
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5. APNIC EC meetings
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EC members 28/02/18 02/06/18 10/09/18 05-07/12/18 25/02/19
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
Rajesh Chharia
Kenny Huang
Izumi Okutani
Jessica Shen
Kams Yeung
Benyamin Naibaho
Paul Wilson

6. 2018 APNIC Survey
• The APNIC EC commissions APNIC’s biennial surveys:
⎯ Independent and anonymous
⎯ Gathers feedback from Members and the community about APNIC’s
performance, priorities and future activities
• Survey results and EC response are published:
⎯ www.apnic.net/survey
⎯ Provided inputs to the 2019 Activity Plan and Budget
⎯ Guide our next 4-year plan, for the period 2020-2023
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7. Finances
• Overall membership growth in line with budget assumptions
⎯ As of 31 December 2018, APNIC has 7,162 Members
• 2018 operating surplus exceeded budget
⎯ Revenue over budget and expenses are below budget
⎯ Total surplus for 2018 is AUD 1.11 million
• Approval of 2018 audited financial statements
• Approval of Activity Planning and Budget for 2019
• Continuing discussion on fees and strategic direction
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8. APNIC Policy endorsement
• The APNIC EC reviewed and resolved to endorse one
policy proposal that reached consensus in 2018
⎯ prop-125: Validation of "abuse-mailbox" and other IRT emails
• Thanks for the community's active participation during the
Policy SIG and on the mailing list
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9. NRO NC / ASO AC
• The APNIC EC appointed Simon Baroi to the NRO Number
Council / ASO Address Council for a one-year term from 1
January 2019 to 31 December 2019
• APNIC's representatives to the NRO NC / ASO AC in 2019:
⎯ Aftab Siddiqui (elected by the APNIC community)
⎯ Brajesh Jain (elected by the APNIC community)
⎯ Simon Baroi (appointed by the EC)
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10. IANA Review Committee
• The APNIC EC appointed Zulfadly Syam to the IANA
Review Committee (RC) for a two-year term from 1 January
2019 to 31 December 2020
• APNIC's representatives to the RC in 2019:
⎯ Bertrand Cherrier (elected by the APNIC community)
⎯ Zulfadly Syam (appointed by the EC)
⎯ George Kuo (APNIC staff)
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11. Review of electronic voting system
• The APNIC EC considered and supported the introduction
of a full electronic voting system for the exercise of APNIC
Members’ voting rights at the AGM
• The online voting system must be reliable and not
susceptible to any interference or abuse and is trusted by
both the APNIC Members and the broader Internet
community
• The Secretariat will prepare an implementation plan for EC
consideration
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12. Service Partners trial
• The APNIC EC resolved to approve the Service Partners
trial with the aim of improving support to new APNIC
Members according to local needs
• The three partners are:
⎯ Nepal Research and Education Network (NepalREN)
⎯ Malaysia Network Operators Group (MyNOG)
⎯ Philippine Cable Television Association Inc (PCTA)
• The pilot program will continue and be evaluated by the EC
and Secretariat at the end of 2019
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13. Member feedback
• We welcome comments, suggestions, and questions from
Members, stakeholders and all others with an interest in
APNIC
⎯ EC submission feature on MyAPNIC
⎯ Contact form on APNIC website
⎯ Face-to-face during APNIC conferences
⎯ apnic.net/ec
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14. THANK YOU