Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA) AP* Meeting in Shanghai August 2002 Kyoko Day Secretary General Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Contents Summary of 2001 Summary of 2002 Membership Activities Current Undertaking APIA & APRICOT Strategic Focus and Plans for 2002/3 Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Summary of 2001 2001 Characterized by Rethinking & Refocus Further deterioration in economic environment Declining membership and revenue Forced us to change our strategies examined existing services, sought out new revenue sources and re-structuring the organization Strategy focused on strategic alliances by combining our resources, can accomplish more AP* organizations, MoU with other regional Internet Assoc US Chamber of Commerce, Conference endorsement Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Summary - 2002 (up to now) The negative economic trend continued Strategies still focused on alliance/partnership Sought advice from the various stakeholders Change of Chairperson Hiro Hotta to Toru Takahashi at the end of Jan 2002 Relocation of the Secretariat Office Co-locate with Iajapan since February 02 Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Membership (as of 8/26/02) Members 2 Large, 4 Small, 2 LDC/NPO, and 9 Individuals Type of members ISPs, national Internet association, RIR, research org, domain name registry, conference mgt service, national NIC, and individuals Restructuring funding scheme and new sources of funding are critical for survival Individual membership & operating expenses Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Activities in 2002 (up to now) Endorsed Conferences APRICOT 2002 as a Gold sponsor sharing complimentary registrations with individuals who are in need (East Timor, China, Nepal for 2002) CommunicAsia-SG held in June 2002 Published Newsletter #7/#8 and e-Update #7/8 featuring AP* org. and IXs #9 - to be published later this year Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Activities of 2002 (cont - 1) Coordination effort with AP* [ap-star] Org APNG, APNIC, APAN, APNIC, APTld, MINC, APOPS, APDIP, AP Outreach, and APRICOT Articles in APIA Newsletters AGM at APRICOT 2002 Presented a Proposal to APRICOT APIA provide a legal umbrella to APRICOT Open Discussion at AGM in March Open Discussion at IETF in July Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Activities of 2002 (cont - 2) Forums at APRICOT 2002 (73 participants) Internet Industry Country Report TW, KR, SG, HK, JP, CN, NZ, MY, and KH IX Panel Discussion IX Activities Continued Additional meeting at IETF in Yokohama objective is security and targeting major IXs Workshop planned AP Outreach program Seeking source of funding Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Activities of 2002 (cont - 3) Meeting during IETF in Yokohama IX Operators Forum with the major IXs on 7/16 APIA - APRICOT Joint Meeting on 7/17 APIA & APRICOT Reached a Consensus to merge the two body to fill APIA Board with stakeholders from APRICOT The new APIA Board will lead the way to move forward Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Current Undertaking APIA - APOPS Jointly Organized Forums 2-day forum on 2 & 3 Sept in Kokura, Japan Topics on Internet Security, Wireless LAN, IPv6, and IX Merging with APRICOT APIA & APRICOT Joint Meeting will be held on 2 Sept to discuss about the next steps This is a Huge Responsibility for APIA APIA provides legal umbrella for APRICOT Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association APIA & APRICOT Update 4 New APIA Board Abhisak Chulya, Yong Wan Ju, James Seng , and Philip Smith Selection Based on Recommendations by the Members/APRICOT Exco The Next Steps Elect Officers Meet in Kokura next week Asia & Pacific Internet Association

APIA & APRICOT Update (cont) Priorities set for the Interim Board (as Pindar stated) Stabilize APRICOT Internal Operation be able to deliver a consistent quality event minimize financial and operational risks Strategic Focus and Plans for APRICOT refine value proposition to participants and sponsors create the ability to scale year after year A Success of APRICOT 2003 Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Strategic Focus for 2002 Problems and Issues financial - negative economic environment and funding model management - human resources Strategies - Partnership emphasis on collaboration and coordination especially with AP* organization, Industry Assoc, & NICs Also others, such as other Regional ISPA, ITU-T, APT, and IX operators in the US and Europe Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Asia & Pacific Internet Association Plans for 2002 The Next Steps - decided by the new Board Expected Focus, shift to APRICOT IX related forum to be continued Continued collaboration with other organizations and individuals experts Formal Election at the next AGM in Taipei Asia & Pacific Internet Association

Thank you. Look forward for more collaboration with AP* Org Http://www.apia.org email to - apia-sec@apia.org Asia & Pacific Internet Association