Asia Pacific Advanced Network Limited

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Asia Pacific Advanced Network Limited

• Jennifer An
• Jianping Wu,George McLaughlin 
• Beijing, China
• Aug.24, 2009

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APAN Members

• 17 members of APAN are distributed among 17 Asian
  (and Oceania) countries/economies
• Only one organization per country/economies can
  be the Primary APAN member, and must represent
  all the legitimate interests of the
  country/economies in the objectives of APAN
• A number of countries/economies have more than
  one REN (eg Japan, Korea, China) and are
  represented by an umbrella organization (eg
  APAN-JP)

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Populations and Time-zones
The combined populations of the APAN member
nations represent 60 of the worlds total -
most in a timezone range spanning only 4 hours
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APAN a consortium of friends

• Since APAN was formed it has been a consortium of
  friends with a shared vision of
• Cooperating with each other to put in place
  network infrastructure and services to support
  the research, education and outreach communities
  of its member countries/economies
• Fostering the development within the Asian region
  of the next generation of network engineers
• Maintaining and active focus on network research
  and on working with peer organisations,
  particularly in North America and Europe, to
  ensure that Asia is well placed to participate in
  global collaborations

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APAN its legal status

• APAN, in legal terminology, is an unincorporated
  joint venture
• Its members abide by a set of by-laws which
  everyone has agreed to
• However
• it is not able to enter into legal arrangements
• it cannot, in its own right, enter into
  contracts, hire staff, etc.
• these things have to be done through one or more
  of its members
• Up until now, this has not been a significant
  issue, as APANs major activities have been
  associated with organising the 2 biannual
  meetings and supporting the working groups,
  committees, task forces, etc

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What has changed?

• Discussion regarding incorprporation of APAN has
  been going on for some time
• The TEIN2 and TEIN3 initiatives, and more
  specifically, the requirement for the operation
  and management of TEIN3 to be transferred from a
  European based organisation (DANTE) to an Asian
  based one (TBD) before the end of TEIN3 has led
  to a decision being made at APAN 26 to proceed
  with the Incorporation of APAN, with a view to
  APAN taking on the responsibility for the
  operation and management of the final stages of
  TEIN3, and its successor.
• The registration of Asia Pacific Advanced
  Network Limited was finalised on August 3, 2009

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MA and House Rules

• The minimum changes possible to avoid
  complications with the IRD and Regulators for the
  Articles of Association and for the Memorandum of
  Association has been made.
• The House Rules is based on the current By-laws.
• The MA refer to only two types of Members
  Voting Members (ie Primary Members) and
  non-Voting Members (all other Member categories)
• The House rules refer to all current Membership
  types

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Inaugural Board of Directors

• The current Chair and Vice Chairs, including
  Treasurer will serve as the Inaugural Board of
  Directors
• Jianping WU, Lawrence W.C. Wong,
• Dae Young KIM, Shigeki Goto,
• George McLaughlin 

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The Elections of Board of Directors(1)

• Extension of Prof Wu and Prof Goto terms of
  office as Chair and VC of APAN till registration
  of APAN Ltd (within 1 year). They will continue
  to serve on the APAN Board until July 2011
• Members of the Board of Directors will serve for
  2 years, maximum of two consecutive terms.
  However, two of the Inaugural board of director
  (LW and DY) will serve for one year (until July
  2010). Election for Three new board members will
  be held at the APAN general meeting in Sydney.

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The Elections of Board of Directors(2)

• Total of 6 member of board of directors. A
  chairman of the board is elected among the
  directors immediately after the APAN general
  meeting where new board members are elected. To
  ensure continuity, 3 directors will finish their
  term every 1 year.

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The New APAN Structure and APAN Secretariat

• Initial structure same as existing APAN
• May 09 APAN sec duties transferred over to
  Singapore (for 1 year)
• Bangkok transition meeting 20 June 2009
• Reinitiate the secretariat selection process as
  soon as the incorporation of APAN has been
  completed. The Chair shall designate a person
  and/or a team to do this job.

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Thank you!