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APNIC Member MeetingFriday 6 September, Kitakyushu International Conference CentreMinutes Meeting commenced: 9:10 am Chair: Paul Wilson Paul Wilson welcomed the participants and thanked the following sponsors:
He then explained the agenda and encouraged all present to participate in the discussions. Contents
Status reportsPaul Wilson, APNIC This presentation reviewed the status of APNIC's membership growth, resource status, and financial position for 2002. The presenter noted that membership growth for 2002 is lower than in recent years but appears to be increasing again. He noted that there have been many membership closures in the early part of 2002, primarily due to mergers and acquisitions and business closures. APNIC's IPv4 resource status reflects a continuing strong demand for IPv4 addresses. In particular, APNIC has surpassed both ARIN and RIPE NCC consumption rates for IPv4 addresses during 2002. IPv6 demand appears to be accelerating. The new IPv6 policy document has helped to encourage growth in demand with clearer, simpler eligibility criteria. Japan continues to show the highest demand for IPv6 addresses in this region. APNIC's ASN allocation rate remains lower than in other regions; however demand continues to increase. The overall trend in whois and http queries continues to grow strongly. In other developments, the EC response to the membership and stakeholder survey was published in early 2002. In terms of services and service quality, there have been many developments, including changes in Member Services delivery, MyAPNIC development (including the Allocation Manager), the launch of Whois v3, continued publication of Apster, and work on internal procedures and workflows which may form part of a future quality system for APNIC. The presenter highlighted future services under development, including the IRR, joint RIR activity on Whois development, significant increases in training programmes and delivery, and online support materials. APNIC meetings have been undergoing development, including the translation trial conducted at this meeting (courtesy of JPNIC) and methods of improving meeting structures and involvement. There have been significant developments in the NIR system during this year, with the development of draft policies and criteria and the possible reopening of the NIR category for new national organisations to form. In terms of training and outreach, staff increases have helped to rapidly accelerate the training program. APNIC has also appointed a Sub-Regional Policy Liaison Officer to work with the Pacific Island communities. APNIC has also been seeking grant monies to extend training activities. The presenter also described the ICT Research and Development grant program that APNIC is participating in. The presenter noted the documentation of dispute resolution procedures and statistical reporting improvements. He also briefly outlined the range of policy developments implemented over the past year. There was a review of the staffing level at the APNIC Secretariat. It was explained that the rate of growth has slowed, as APNIC has now achieved a suitable staffing level for both operational requirements, and current developmental activities. There was a review of the financial activities. APNIC is currently running very close to budget in terms of both expenses and revenue. This leaves a surplus for the year that is slightly below budget but still within the levels set by the EC and approved at the previous AMM. Questions and discussion Action items Che-Hoo Cheng, Executive Council Chair This presenter introduced the current members of the EC and reviewed EC activities for 2002. He noted that the next EC election will be held in Taipei during APNIC 15. He also described the oversight responsibilities of the EC. In 2002, the EC has held three face to face meetings as well as their normal monthly teleconferences. The EC believes stability and security is essential for APNIC, so they have adopted a conservative budget for 2002. The EC reviews the progress of the budget by way of financial statements at each EC meeting. The EC has worked closely with the boards of other RIRs on the negotiations relating to the ICANN contract and input into the ICANN reform process. This week, the EC made a statement conveying its disappointment with the recent ICANN Evolution and Reform Committee interim report. The EC will continue working with the other RIR boards to develop a full response to that report. The EC has sought membership input on improving the AC election process. It has also taken steps to improve the level of contact between the EC and the AC. NIR status is currently under consideration by the EC. The outcomes of the process are due to be reviewed by the membership in this AMM. In terms of policy process, the EC has suggested clarifying the roles of SIG Chairs and the reporting of consensus outcomes. It was noted that the EC has received input suggesting that APNIC should do something about spam. The EC reported that effective anti-spam measures will require a concerted effort of technical and regulatory bodies. They determined that APNIC's role in spam issues should remain consistent with its core responsibilities. Questions and discussion Action items Son Tran, APNIC This presenter described recent developments in APNIC Member Services department. In 2002, the Member Services Helpdesk was launched to provide a consistent point of contact and to provide extended service hours. He noted that the Helpdesk phone number has been approved as possessing good Feng Shui. The APNIC Helpdesk also offers multilingual service in many languages of the region. He noted that the level of demand on the Helpdesk started relatively slowly, but that services changes, such as new reverse DNS services and the Whois upgrade, have increased the number of calls and emails. The presenter stressed that allocations and assignments will not be made through the Helpdesk, so resource requests must still be sent to the hostmaster mailbox. The presenter described the plans to begin implementing personalised account management procedures. Account management will be assigned according to languages and hostmaster experience. Questions and discussion Action items Champika Wijayatunga, APNIC This presentation provided an overview of training developments that have been implemented in response to members' feedback. The training staff has been expanded in 2002, with a new trainer and training development consultant. In addition, the involvement of hostmaster staff has been increased to help support the language needs at specific training courses. APNIC has scheduled 20 training courses for 2002 and has increased the number of visits to developing countries. So far in 2002, more than 700 people have participated in APNIC training courses. New training modules have been introduced into the training courses, including Whois v3/RPSL and spam-related topics. Existing training modules are also undergoing restructuring and development. To support training services, APNIC has developed an internal training management system as well as a registration system supporting online payments. In 2002, the APNIC training department has worked closely with other organisations for additional outreach activities. Questions and discussion Action items The Chair called for any questions or discussion from the floor on any issue. [Break 10:30 - 11:05 am] RIR reportsRay Plzak, ARIN This presentation provided an overview of the current resource and membership status in ARIN. The presenter summarised the background, structure, and functions of ARIN and discussed recent and upcoming meetings. The presenter discussed staffing levels at APNIC and noted that two ARIN staff members had spent time working at APNIC as part of the RIR exchange program. It was noted that ARIN has temporarily waived fees in relation to IPv6 and network transfers. The IPv6 fee structure is currently under review. ARIN has been busy in 2002 preparing for and commencing early registration transfers. ARIN has also completed a major database conversion, which provides new tools and improved services. The new ARIN whois database was released on 26 August. ARIN has been providing a considerable amount of support for LACNIC operations. It has also participated in AfriNIC meetings and activities in 2002. ARIN has now commenced "on-the-road" training services. Response time in ARIN registration services is consistently low and service demand continues to rise. In terms of policy proposals, the IPv6 micro-assignments proposal has been implemented. The new IPv6 policy has been implemented. The policy regarding lame delegations has been deferred for further discussion. The presenter previewed the next ARIN meeting, which is being held for the first time in conjunction with NANOG. Questions and discussion Action items Ray Plzak, ARIN This presentation was made on behalf of LACNIC. The presenter reviewed the history of the development of LACNIC and noted that LACNIC is expected to obtain full RIR recognition at the upcoming ICANN meeting in Shanghai. LACNIC is planning election procedures for new AC representatives. The presenter reviewed the transitional procedures that have been adopted to move resource request, registration, and financial accounting services from ARIN to LACNIC. The presenter summarised the allocation statistics for LACNIC since November 2001. He also described the range of documentation that has been prepared for LACNIC with ARIN's support. LACNIC is currently gathering letters of support for its final application for recognition. Questions and discussion Action items Ray Plzak, ARIN This presentation was made on behalf of AfriNIC. The presenter reviewed the history of the development of AfriNIC and the support provided by other RIRs. It is expected that AfriNIC will submit its application for recognition to ICANN in November 2002. Hostmaster training for AfriNIC is scheduled to commence soon, provided by RIPE NCC. Work is continuing to finalise a venue for the AfriNIC Secretariat. Questions and discussion Action items Leo Vegoda, RIPE NCC This presentation provided an overview of the current resource and membership status in RIPE NCC. The presenter noted that membership growth has also slowed in the RIPE region, and that in fact RIPE NCC closed 200 members for non-payment in August 2002. IPv6 has been a major activity in RIPE NCC in 2002, with a similar demand on services as that observed in the Asia Pacific region. RIPE NCC will launch a beta version of a secure web portal at the next RIPE meeting in Rhodes. This service is intended to provide more administrative and management services to members. All outgoing hostmaster mail from RIPE NCC is now PGP signed, although further work is required on key exchange. The membership procedure has now been streamlined at RIPE NCC. The presenter reviewed the work that has been done with ARIN and APNIC in relation to the early registration transfers. RIPE NCC is participating in the enum activities, primarily in relation to setting up reverse DNS. RIPE NCC has been undergoing a comprehensive documentation review and has recently released a series of improved policy documents. They have also now released a new Whois database user manual. RIPE NCC training courses continue to increase in number. They expect to train approximately 1,800 people in 2002, and have planned 75-85 courses for 2003. Training content has also been expanded, with the inclusion of DNS Sec and routing registry materials. Security mechanisms in the database have been improved, with the introduction of MD5-PW authentication and the discontinued support for MAIL-FROM. An IRT (incident response team) object has also been implemented in the new database software. The RIPE NCC Routing Registry is now fully functional and RIPE NCC has taken over development of the MERIT IRRToolSet. There are plans to improve other database services, including updated tools, better error reporting, and improvements to performance and configuration management. RIPE NCC also plans to support authorisation checks across RIR databases, introduce IPv6 multicast support, and perform automatic database clean-up. The presenter reviewed the status of the Routing Information Service, DNS Sec, and communications activities (including a planned member survey). Questions and discussion Action items Kuo Wei Wu, APNIC EC This presenter reported that Takashi Arano has been re-elected to the Address Council. He also reported that consensus has been reached on the updated election procedure model. Full details of the procedure still need to be documented, but will be published as soon as possible. Questions and discussion Action items Kenny Huang, Address Council This presentation reported on Address Council activities in 2002, including the recent AC election, the observed progress of the emerging registries, and endorsement of the joint RIR statement to ICANN. Questions and discussion Action items SIG ReportsPhilip Smith, Cisco The presenter reviewed the content of presentations in discussions in this SIG, including updates to the CIDR report and a report on IP anycast for distributed DNS services. It was noted that the SIG was well attended. Questions and discussion Action items Philip Smith, Cisco The presenter reported that there had been 12 presentations on IXPs around the region. The session was very well attended. The presenter noted that this SIG may need more time at future meetings. Questions and discussion Action items George Michaelson, APNIC (on behalf of David Conrad) The presenter noted that the SIG had been attended by approximately 15 people and had positive discussions. In particular, he noted the SIG had reached consensus for the Secretariat to continue its work into studying and rectifying name server lameness. As part of this activity, the Secretariat will begin contacting people responsible for persistently lame name servers. Questions and discussion Action items George Michaelson, APNIC The presenter noted that the SIG had been attended by approximately 15 people. He noted that there had been discussion of sensible deployment strategies for distributed DNS and that the BOF had been of the opinion that APNIC, as a neutral body, can facilitate infrastructure improvements in the region. The BOF had also encouraged the expansion of APNIC's DNS secondary role to reduce the lame name server problem. Questions and discussion George Michaelson, APNIC The presenter noted that there had been more than 25 attendees at this BOF, which had presentations relating to the JPNIC IRR and route flap damping. There was also a discussion, about the registration of import and export routing information in aut-num objects, which will be referred to the mailing list for further input. Questions and discussion Xing Li, CERNET Center The presenter reviewed the content of the SIG. He noted there had been both policy-related and technical presentations. In particular he noted SIG consensus on suspending MAIL-FROM authentication in maintainer objects. There is to be discussion on the mailing list about protecting unmaintained objects. There will also be further discussion of the use of import/export fields in the public database. It was noted that AP-CERT is seeking cooperation from APNIC and other registries. Questions and discussion Action items [Break 12:35 - 2:10 pm] Maemura Akinori, JPNIC IP Department The presenter described the background and intentions of the NIR meeting. He also summarised the content and discussions of the NIR meeting, which was attended by more than 50 people. The content included systems development updates from APNIC and KRNIC regarding resource management and administrative systems, and a report noting organisational change in Indonesia, with APJII and IDNIC announcing their consolidation. The session also included reports regarding proposed documents describing NIR recognition criteria and operational policies. The presenter described the principles proposed in this documents and noted the discussions that have already taken place on this topic. The presenter reported that there was consensus in favour of adopting both the NIR criteria proposal and the operational policies (subject to further development of the reverse DNS issues). Finally, the presenter noted the presentation made by VNNIC regarding their proposal that the NIR category be reopened and that their application for NIR status be considered. Questions and discussion NIR Criteria proposal NIR operational policy proposal Action items Kosuke Ito, IPv6 Promotion Council of Japan (on behalf of Jun Murai) This presenter reviewed the content of the SIG and summarised the presentations, including the APNIC status report, an IPv6 deployment report, mobile IPv6, and additional information on the Internet ITS trial. It was noted that approximately 40 people had attended. The presenter also noted that the Chair indicated he would not be available for the next meeting, and called for a replacement Chair. He nominated Kazu Yamamoto, who was appointed as Chair for the next meeting. Questions and discussion Action items Takashi Arano, Intec Netcore This presenter reviewed the content of the SIG. He noted that it had been a long but productive meeting. Several proposals were made, which all achieved consensus. Consensus was reached on the proposal to make assignments to a defined set of critical infrastructures. Consensus was reached on the revised ASN policy, which allows LIRs to make non-portable assignments to customers. Consensus was reached on the proposal to allow temporary allocations for experimental purposes. Consensus was reached on the principle of specifying a fixed IPv6 block to be used for documentation examples. APNIC will discuss this proposal with other RIRs. Consensus was reached on the proposal to allow LIRs to make allocations to their customers. The SIG also called for an action by the Secretariat to provide documentation to assist LIRs in determining allocation sizes. The presenter detailed the elements of this proposal, in particular, the provision that downstream allocations will be non-portable only. The presenter also outlined the other information topics which were presented at the SIG, including 6bone migration, the large scale IPv4 usage project, and the deployment status of wireless LAN services. There was also a call for a co-Chair made in the SIG, but there was no response. The SIG Chair will refer this matter to the mailing list. The presenter also described the use of a "rapporteur" in the SIG and noted that this had been of great assistance to him. He requested that in future, it would work better if there were two projectors. He also described the use of simultaneous translation in the SIG and noted that it had been very useful. He recommended that JPNIC should provide feedback to APNIC on how the system had been arranged and what would be required to expand that service to provide multilingual meetings in future. The presenter noted it had been a very successful SIG and that he was pleased with the results. Questions and discussion [Break 3:35 - 4:05 pm] AS number policy proposal Experimental Internet resource assignments Internet resources for documentation purposes IPv4 allocations by LIRs to ISPs Action items Gerard Ross, APNIC The presenter noted that the attendance at this session had been much lower than when it was previously held, and suggested that timetabling might have to reconsidered at future meetings. He summarised the content of the BOF, which included reports on anti-spam activities in Korea and Taiwan and discussion of the procedures followed by the Secretariat in dealing with abuse complaints. Questions and discussion Action items Sanjaya, APNIC This presenter described the intention, development history, architecture, and features of MyAPNIC. He noted that the final release had been waiting on the deployment of the Whois v3 software. He then announced the official public launch of MyAPNIC v1.0. The presenter noted that the first release of this software supports read-only functions. Editing functions will be added only after operational use has confirmed the security of the system. The MyAPNIC system relies on certificates to provide secure access to members' resource and administration management tools. The presenter also outlined the features planned for the first major MyAPNIC update, scheduled for December 2002. Questions and discussion Action items A prize draw was then conducted, courtesy of France Telecom This next meeting will be held in conjunction with APRICOT 2003 in Taipei, late February 2003. Meeting closed: 5:30 pm Minuted by: Gerard Ross Open action itemsHosted by: |
