SIG Administration, by Masato Yamanishi. A presentation given at APRICOT 2016’s APNIC Policy SIG (1) session on 25 February 2016.

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Open Policy Meeting
Masato Yamanishi & Sumon Sabir
Policy SIG Chairs
APNIC 41 Policy SIG Meeting
25 February 2016

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Policy SIG Charter
• Develop policies and procedures which relate to the
management and use of Internet address resources by
APNIC, NIRs and ISPs within the Asia Pacific region
• Mailing list
– sig-policy@apnic.net
• Web address
– http://www.apnic.net/policy-sig

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Who’s Who?
APNIC Policy SIG Chairs
• Masato Yamanishi - APNIC Policy SIG Chair
• Sumon Ahmed Sabir - APNIC Policy SIG Co-Chair
NRO NC / ASO AC
• Aftab Siddiqui
• Ajay Kumar (Dr.)
• Tomohiro Fujisaki

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Updates to Action Items
• pol-39-01
– prop-113: Modification in the IPv4 eligibility criteria.
• Implemented.
• pol-39-02
– prop-114: Modification in the ASN eligibility criteria
• Implemented.
• pol-39-03
– prop-115: Registration of detailed assignment information in whois DB
• Abandoned. Withdrawn by the author.

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Steps to Implementation
• Proposal submission
• Mailing list discussion before meeting
• Consensus at Policy SIG Meeting
• Consensus at the AMM
• Comment Period to confirm consensus
• EC endorsement
• Editorial Comment period
• Implementation

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Consensus Decision Making
• Consensus =
– “general agreement” taking into consideration comments on the
mailing list and at the meeting.
• Objections
– Minor Objections:
• some problems may occur for some members of the group
– Major Objections:
• major problems will occur for parts of the community
• Participants should “work together” to resolve objections

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Gauging Consensus
• Remote Participation is very welcome
• Show of hands is a way of “broadly gauging opinion”
– CONFER is our electronic equivalent
– The Chair may ask for both
• http://consensus.apnic.net/

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Proposal submissions
Proposal:
– Allow IPv4 delegation to come from the same pool
– If a user applies for a /21 and is approved, the user will receive one /
22 from the 103/8 pool, and one /22 from the non-103/8 pool.
Action:
– Secretariat explained purpose of two pools, and
– Secretariat re-drafted proposal
Status:
– No response from author
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Proposal submissions
Proposal:
– Every whois contact email address registered should be contacted
once a month to make sure it is valid and responsive
– Make time periods to resource termination shorter
Action:
– Asked author to re-draft proposal or submit as problem statement
Status:
– Author withdrew proposal
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Agenda Session 1: 09:00 - 10:30
• SIG Administration
– Masato Yamanishi
• Prop-113 & 114 Implementation Update
– Adam Gosling
• Policy Champions Program
– Adam Gosling
• Consultation on registration of detailed assignment information
– Tomohiro Fujisaki
• Addressing 2015
– Geoff Huston
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Agenda Session 2: 11:00 - 12:30
• Importance of whois data accuracy
– Adli Wahid (TBC)
• Update on Invalid Contact Report procedure
– Vivek Nigam
• APNIC Whois data quality improvement
– George Kuo
• APNIC Whois version upgrade
– Elly Tawhai
• Community Consultation on Whois data quality
– George Kuo
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References
• APNIC Policy Development Process
– www.apnic.net/policy/policy-development
• SIG Guidelines
– http://www.apnic.net/community/sigs/sig-guidelines
• Mailing list archive
– mailman.apnic.net/mailing-lists/sig-policy
• Mailing list subscription
– mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/sig-policy

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Thank you
Questions?
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