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Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA). 24 August 2001 Hiro Hotta, Chairman. About APIA. History Established in May 1997 Members Number of members: 47 (Corporate members: 23, Lesser Developed Country member: 1, NPO: 1) Annual General Meeting 2001 Election of Board members
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Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA) 24 August 2001 Hiro Hotta, Chairman Asia & Pacific Internet Association
About APIA • History • Established in May 1997 • Members • Number of members: 47 • (Corporate members: 23, Lesser Developed Country member: 1, NPO: 1) • Annual General Meeting 2001 Election of Board members • Hiro Hotta • Bertrand Bidaud • Ole J. Jacobsen • Pindar Wong • Toru Takahashi • Kyoko Day Asia & Pacific Internet Association
Current status of secretariat (staff and finance) • Interim Secretary General: Kyoko Day <kyoko_day@hotmail.com> Staff: Masae Shirahata <masae@riis.ad.jp> • Finance: Funds by membership fee Asia & Pacific Internet Association
Secretariat activities • Publishing the newsletter • Liaising endorsement/participation of conferences Endorsement and participation in 2001: • APRICOT • CommunicAsia 2001 • INFOCOMMS Forum Asia & Pacific Internet Association
Collaboration/cooperation with other secretariats • APIA Newsletter No.7 Special issue on AP* organizations Asia & Pacific Internet Association
Activities in the future • Providing the educational opportunity to facilitate a meeting • Developing the website to be a information sharing channel • Publishing the newsletter quarterly • Alliance with EuroISPA, and eCOM-LAC Asia & Pacific Internet Association
Thank you Asia & Pacific Internet Association