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Registry.Asia. Volume: 230K 1st Renewal rate: 55% --> 83% Top countries: Australia, Germany, US, and China followed Korea, India, Japan, Singapore IDN.asia (2nd level IDN) Policy finalized by March Pioneer (Sep 2010) Sunrise (Nov~Jan 2011) Landrush (Feb~Apr 2011) GoLive (May 2011)
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Registry.Asia • Volume: 230K • 1st Renewal rate: 55% --> 83% • Top countries: Australia, Germany, US, and China • followed Korea, India, Japan, Singapore • IDN.asia (2nd level IDN) • Policy finalized by March • Pioneer (Sep 2010) • Sunrise (Nov~Jan 2011) • Landrush (Feb~Apr 2011) • GoLive (May 2011) • Multiple Asian languages launched at once
Membership • New Sponsor Member • .TH (THNIC Foundation) • Approved on Nov 2009 • In discussion with • .HK
Membership • Sponsor Member: 21 • .AF, .BT, .CN, .ID, .IN, .IR, .JP, .KH, .KR, .KZ, .MN, .MO, .NU, .NZ, .PH, .SG, .TJ, .TH, .TW, .UZ, .VN • Co-Sponsor Member: 6 • APNIC, APNG, APCERT, APTLD, APRALO, & PAN • Board Election held in Feb 10, 2009 • Membership Briefing & Application is available on http://www.registry.asia/about/members.html
Advisory Council - IDN policy consultation - Input on community projects • Maria NG Lee Hoon (PAN) • Paul Wilson (APNIC) • Xue Hong • Hiro Hotta • Roy Ko (APCERT) • Rep. from APTLD • Izumi Aizu • Kanchana Kanchanasut (APNG) • Kilnam Chon • Khaled Fattal • Kenny Huang
Community Engagement • ICANN • New gTLD outreach event in HK • Major sponsorship in Seoul meeting • Regular report at ICANN GAC • APRICOT / APNIC / APTLD / APNG / AP* • Domain-related Conferences (L.A., Beijing, Tokyo) • Cross-sector-- Communic.Asia, InterChallenge.Asia, CIRC.Asia
Community “Services” Blogfest.Asia IPv6World.Asia APNGCamp.Asia Paragon100.Asia M-A-D.Asia
Community Projects NetMission.Asia (youth ambassadors program) OLPC.Asia (One Laptop Per Child in AP) OSS.Asia (Open Source Consortium in Asia) DSF.Asia (Digital Solidarity Fund for digital inclusion project) ISIF.Asia (Information Society Innovation Fund with IDRC, APNIC, and ISOC) Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (with Cyberport and HK Start-up Association)
Upcoming Events and Projects INETHK.Asia (Apr 2010, HK) Internet Show SG (Apr 2010, Singapore) Communic.Asia (Jun 2010, Singapore) ICANN Brussels (Jun 2010) CIRC.Asia (Jun 2010, Beijing) One.Asia (Jul 2010, Shanghai) APNGCamp.Asia (Jul 2010, Hiroshima) Barcamp @ Yangon, Bangkok, Jakarta…
Operation Priority • Marketing / Awareness building • Utilization of Sponsor Community Proceed (SCP) fund • Leverage Sponsor Members source • More regional / local community services • Discounted price to registrar for volume drive • Base Price Program • More registrars / resellers needed • IDN.asia launch • New gTLD application