4. NIR SIG Chair & Co-Chair Election
• Toshio Tachibana, Chair of NIR SIG resigned due to
professional reasons.
• Ajai Kumar stepped up as Acting Chair, before election
could be held.
• Election for Chair was held as first item of the agenda at the
NIR SIG.
• Shyam Nair from Sify Technologies was elected as the new
Chair.
• Our community thanks Toshio Tachibana for his service and
acknowledges Ajai Kumar’s willingness to be Acting Chair.
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6. Q & A, Discussion
• Issue of 190% premium was raised and requested to
bring it to the notice of APNIC EC to consider for
reduction.
• Issue of 20% transfer fee on IPv4 Addresses was
raised and requested to bring it to the notice of APNIC
EC to consider to reduce or waive off.
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