APTLD Update

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APTLD Update

• Ian Chiang
• APTLD Secretariat
• sec_at_aptld.org
• 02/03/2004

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Whats New in 2003

• Legally incorporated in Malaysia
• 7 new members (details to be provided later)
• Establish APTLD sponsorship Program
• Organize APTLD Technical Workshop
• New APTLD Website
• Publish Members bi-monthly newsletter
• Extend Boards term to 2 years, with half of
  Board seats open for election each year.
• TWNIC re-appointed as APTLD Secretariat for
  another 2-year term

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2003 Events Overview

• 4 face to face meetings
• February AGM Taipei, Taiwan
• May Member/Board Meeting KL, Malaysia
• August Member/Board Meeting Busan, Korea
• November Member/Board Meeting and Technical
  Workshop Wellington, New Zealand
• 1 ad hoc board meeting during ICANN Carthage
  Meetings
• 2 on-line Board meetings in January and May
• 1 on-line Membership WG meeting in July

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APTLD Members Status

• APTLD is based on membership, and its activities
  are funded by membership fees.
• 21 ordinary members including
• au, cc, cn, cx, hk, jp, kr, my, nu, nz, ph, sg,
  th, tj, tv, tw, vn
• tk (23 Nov. 2003)
• jo (09 Dec. 2003)
• nf (13 Jan. 2004)
• lk (04 Feb. 2004)

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APTLD Members Status

• 2 associate member
• Afilias (in process)
• Register.com, Inc. (in process)
• 1 observer
• CENTR (Council of European National Top-Level
  Domain Registries)

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APTLD Board of Directors

• 2004 Board of Directors
• Chris DISSPAIN (.au)
• Hualin QIAN (.cn)
• Yumi OHASHI (.jp)
• Chan-ki PARK (.kr)
• Shariya Haniz ZULKIFLI (.my)
• Richard ST. CLAIR (.nu)
• Peter Dengate THRUSH (.nz)
• Vincent WS CHEN (.tw)
• mark 2004 Newly Elected Board Members.

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APTLD Committees at work

• Membership/Sponsorship Committee
• (Chair Yumi OHASHI) 
• ICANN Relations Committee
• (Chair Peter Dengate THRUSH)
• Technical Committee
• (Chair Kanchana Kanchanasut)
• Constitutional Committee
• (Chair Shariya Haniz ZULKIFLI)
• Meeting Committee
• (Chair Chris DISSPAIN)
• Audit Committee
• (Chair Chan-ki PARK)

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APTLD Technical Outreach

• Target
• APTLD member and non-member in the Asia Pacific
  Region
• Objectives
• Education, Information sharing on related
  technical matters
• Relationship building among the internet
  technical community of the Asia Pacific region
• Promote APTLD

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Technical Outreach Initiation

• 1st APTLD Technical Workshop at Wellington
• 2122/11/2003 in conj. with APTLD Wellington
  Member and Board Meetings.
• WS Program organised by Prof. Kanchana
  Kanchanasut (Tech Committee Chair)
• Thanks to InternetNZs supports (local host)
• Topics covered

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Wellington Workshop Summary

• Workshop program and presentations are available
  at www.aptld.org/aptld2003/files/APTLD_Technical_
  Workshop_Program_02.htm
• Approx. 30-40 participants from .au, .jp, .kr,
  .my, .nz, .ph, .th, .tw, .info
• Agreed to continue organizing future APTLD
  workshops

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Kuala Lumpur Workshop Summary

• It was APTLDs 2nd Tech Workshop on 24th Feb 2004
  in conjunction with APRICOT 2004, co-hosted with
  APNIC.
• Tech WS is included in "Internet Resource
  Management Essentials", which is the open
  tutorial session hosted by APNIC.
• More than 20 participants
• from APTLD members including au, cn, kr, jp, nu,
  nz, sg, tw, afilias
• from APNIC Jonh H'ng
• from APRICOT 2004 participants

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Kuala Lumpur Workshop Summary

• Speakers and Topics
• DNS Principles / Chris Wright (AusRegistry)
• ccTLD/gTLD and Related Organizations / Hiro Hotta
  (JPRS)
• EPP / Jeff Yeh (TWNIC)
• Thanks
• John H'ng (APNIC) and Yumi Ohashi co-organising
  the workshop
• Schedule can be found at the following
• www.apnic.net/meetings/17/programme/index.html
• www.aptld.org/file/APTLD_Technical_Workshop_Progra
  m.htm

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2004 Technical Workshop Schedule

• 3rd Technical Workshop will be held in November
  2004 at Perth, Australia in conj. with APTLD
  Perth Meeting

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APTLD Sponsorship Program

• Purpose
• To increase awareness of the benefits of being a
  member of the APTLD
• To contribute to the adoption of best practice in
  DNS matters among ccTLDs in the Asia Pacific
  region.
• Target
• ccTLDs in the Asia Pacific region who cannot
  themselves fund attendance at APTLD members
  meetings and/or technical workshops.

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APTLD Sponsorship Program

• Assistance
• provide a financial contribution to the costs of
  air fares and accommodation.
• This contribution may cover all or part of such
  expenses.
• Applicants
• Application from a person or organisation listed
  as a sponsoring organisation in the IANA
  database
• Recommendations made by APTLD members
• More more details and application form can be
  found at
• www.aptld.org/newsite/sponsorship/main.htm

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APTLD 2004 Event Schedule

• 24 Feb Technical Workshop26 Feb APTLD AGM, KL
  (in conj. with APRICOT 2004)
• 18 Jul APTLD Member/Board Meeting, KL (in conj.
  with ICANN KL Meetings)
• Between 46 Nov APTLD Member/Board Meeting and
  Technical Workshop, Perth (TBD)

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Kuala Lumpur AGM

• Breakfast Working Session
• Guest Session with IANA GM, Mr. Doug Barton
  What's in the pipeline for IANA in 2004 QA
• AGM Approve new Board members elected,
  Housekeeping Matters and Discussions on ICANN,
  ccNSO, ALAC, ccTLD AdCom and ENUM
• Board Meeting
• Agenda is available at
• www.aptld.org/file/APTLD_AGM_Agenda.htm

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Reference

• APTLD Homepage www.aptld.org
• Join APTLD www.aptld.org/newsite/join/main.htm
• Contact sec_at_aptld.org (Secretariat)

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• Thank You!