APNIC EC Report, by Gaurab Raj Upadhaya. A presentation given at APNIC 42's AMM (1) session on Wednesday, 5 October 2016.

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APNIC Executive Council Report
APNIC 42
5 October 2016

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 EC usually meets four times a year
• 3 face-to-face meetings and 1 teleconference held since
APNIC 41 AGM
• Joint Board meeting with RIPE NCC Executive Board in
May
• Next meeting: Brisbane, 24-25 November 2016
• Meeting minutes and records are online:
– http://www.apnic.net/ec
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5. APNIC EC Meetings
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EC Members 26/02/16 24/05/16 07/07/16 02/10/16
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
James Spenceley ✔ ✔ - -
Jessica Shen ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kams Yeung ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Kenny Huang ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Rajesh Chharia ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Roopinder Perhar ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Paul Wilson ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔

6. APNIC Survey
• Independent and anonymous, every 2 years
• APNIC Survey 2016:
– Focus Groups conducted by Anne Lord and Brenda Mainland
– Online Survey conducted by Brenda Mainland, Survey Matters
– 1175 respondents
– Survey report: http://www.apnic.net/survey
– Guides the future priorities and activities of the APNIC Secretariat
– EC response coming soon
• Thank you for your participation in the Focus Groups and Survey
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7. Finances
• Strong growth in membership
– As of 30 Sep 2016, APNIC has 5,868 Members
• Activity expenditure in line with budget estimates
• Started discussion on Activity Planning and Budget for 2017
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8. IANA Stewardship Transition
• APNIC EC resolved to:
– Enter into Service Level Agreement for the IANA Numbering Services
(SLA) with ICANN
– Enter into IANA Intellectual Property Rights Community Agreement
(IANA IPR Community Agreement)
– 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 Dec 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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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 is undertaking NIR framework analysis
• EC will further discuss this issue at the November EC
retreat in Brisbane
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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 Kuo Wei Wu, Ron Da Silva and
Maemura Akinori during APNIC 42
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11. APNIC Foundation
• APNIC Foundation incorporated in Hong Kong last week
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong appointed as
Company Secretary
• Bank account processes underway
• Next steps: Charitable registration and Board development
processes
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12. Member feedback
• EC submission via MyAPNIC
– Submitting online is easy and secure
– Available at any time
– Log in to MyAPNIC to submit your
feedback and suggestions
• So far in 2016, 1 submission received:
– Fellowship programme
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13. Member feedback
• We welcome comments, suggestions and questions from
Members, stakeholders and all others
– EC submission on MyAPNIC
– Face-to-face during APNIC conferences
– Email exec-sec@apnic.net
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QUESTIONS?