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AP* Retreat in Taipei

22 February 2003Kyoko Day

Secretary General

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Board of Directors & Officers

Members of the Board of Directors– Abhisak Chulya, Chairman– Philip Smith, Vice-chairman– Toru Takahashi, Treasurer– Kyoko Day, Secretary– Ole Jacobsen – Yong Wan Ju– James Seng

Secretary General– Kyoko Day

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Focus & Strategies in 2002

Activities Focused on Organizing Forums of trendy issues, such as Internet Security, IPv6 and IXs.

Strategies still focused on alliance/partnership– Partnership with APRICOT – lead to a merger – Sought partnership/collaborations with national Internet

associations, national NICs, as well as international organizations such as ITU-T and APT

– APIA already singed a MoU with EuroISPA and eCom-Lac in 2001

– Joint activities with APOPS & IX experts Sought advice from the various stakeholders

– Especially, from APRICOT stakeholders

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Membership Updates

Members at the end of 2002– 4 Corporate, 1 NPO, and 12 Individual Members

The members include– ISP, national Internet association, RIR, research

org, national NIC, and individual experts

Gained 9 new individual members in 2002 Negative economic trend continued

– Difficulty in obtaining corporate members

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Activities in 2002 (1)

Conference Sponsorship & Endorsement- Supported APRICOT 2002 as a Gold sponsor

shared complimentary registrations with individuals who are in need (East Timor, China, Nepal for 2002)

– Endorsed CommunicAsia-SG held in June

Published Newsletter #8– #8 featured IXs and AP* org updates, published just

prior to APRICOT 2002

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Activities of 2002 (2)

AGM at APRICOT 2002 on 2 March APIA Forums at APRICOT 2002

– Internet Industry Country Report TW, KR, SG, HK, JP, CN, NZ, MY, and KH

– IX Panel Discussion – 73 participants

Meetings during IETF in Yokohama– IX Operators Forum on 16 July– APIA - APRICOT Joint Meeting on 17 July

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Activities of 2002 (3)

Prior to APNIC OPM in Kokura– APIA One-day Track on 2 Sept

Topics covered on the latest trends and issues, such as Internet Security, IPv6, Wireless LAN, and IXs

– APIA – APRICOT Joint Meeting on 2 Sept– APIA Board Meeting with newly appointed Board

Members on 3 Sept Elected officers

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About APRICOT

at APRICOT 2002– Presented a proposal to APRICOT

APIA to provide a legal umbrella for APRICOT

– Held open discussion at AGM in 2 March– Held joint meeting with APRICOT Exco during IETF

on 17 July– Held another joint meeting with the Exco at APNIC

Open Policy Meeting on 2 September– More discussions held over email

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Decisions

Decisions made by APIA & APRICOT stakeholders– To merge the two organizations

APIA to provide a legal umbrella for APRICOT– To adopt a new organization structure– APIA Secretariat to administer APRICOT event starting for

2004 APIA decisions are,

– To fill APIA Board with stakeholders from APRICOT Also decided to add 3 more board members to have more wider

representations– For APIA to focus on APRICOT activity

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Outcomes

4 New Board Members Appointed in August– Abhisak Chulya (TH), Yong Wan Ju (KR), James Seng (SG),

Philip Smith (AP)– Selection based on recommendations by the Members and

APRICOT Exco– To have more representations at the Board

Call for nominations for 3 sent in January 03 New APIA Mission Aligned in respect to APRICOT

– To ensure the stability and the future of APRICOT, and – To build human resource infrastructure for the Internet and to

foster the efficient, stable, and sustainable development of the Internet in the AP region

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Plans for 2003-04

Expected – Focus, shift to APRICOT – To appoint a new SG and hire an admin staff

Continued collaboration with other organizations and individuals experts

Appoint 3 more Board Directors and hold an election at the next AGM during APRICOT 2004

More about the future of APIA-APRICOT to be discussed at the next joint meeting on Monday 24 Feb, 19:30-21:00, TICC in Room 101D

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