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APNIC Status Report. AfriNIC II Maputo. About APNIC. About APNIC. Company registered in Australia (1998) Non-profit constitution Bylaws describe “APNIC” as “special committee” Taxation status Not a charity Company profits are taxable But member funds not taxable (“mutual”)
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APNIC Status Report AfriNIC II Maputo
About APNIC • Company registered in Australia (1998) • Non-profit constitution • Bylaws describe “APNIC” as “special committee” • Taxation status • Not a charity • Company profits are taxable • But member funds not taxable (“mutual”) • Financial policies • Annual audit (voluntary) • 1+ year budget maintained in reserve • APNIC EC (BoT) approves annual budget
APNIC activities • APNIC member survey • 3 surveys so far: members & stakeholders • Major driver for activity planning and direction • Independent consultant, confidentiality assured • http://www.apnic.net/survey • Planning process • Annual budget and forward plan • Approved by APNIC EC (BoT) • Internal (staff) “Strategic Plan” - 6 mo cycle
Selected activities • New member/community services • MyAPNIC developments • ISP support website • VOIP access to helpdesk (coming soon) • Resource certificates RFC 3779 (secure BGP) • New training activities • DNS, Routing, IPv6, Spam and Security • “Governance” activities • Many of these: WSIS, WGIG etc
Rootservers • ‘Anycast’ root server deployments • Working with root operators (F, I, K, M) • Work in progress • AU (K), (I), JP (K), IN, SG, KH, PK, CN • APNIC PoPs • Reliable distributed services AU, JP, HK Malaysia I
Perth APNIC 21 – Perth, Australia • With APRICOT 2006 • http://www.2006.apricot.net • 28 Feb – 3 March
Thanks pwilson@apnic.net