1. APTLD – An Update for AP*
Don Hollander
General Manager
AP* – August 2007

2. Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD)
Covers all ccTLDs in the Pacific
Covers all ccTLDs in Asia
Covers all ccTLDs in the Middle East
Cultural Diversity is HUGE
Language Diversity is HUGE
Geography is HUGE
Focus on the Wide Diversity of APTLD – very similar to other AP* organisations – except that we actively reach out into the Pacific (who else does) and into the Middle East (who else does). Are there opportunities for synergy, cooperation.

3. APTLD’s Geographic Coverage

4. APTLD Operation Board General Manager Administrative Support
Board names & pictures are on the next page.
GM is Don Hollander – based in New Zealand.
Admin Support is provided by InternetNZ

5. APTLD Board Chris Disspain (.au) Jonathan Shea (.hk) Yumi Ohashi (.jp)
Shariya Haniz Zulkifli (.my) CHAIR
Keith Davidson (.nz)
Not diversity of Gender, Ethnicity, Geography, Ages & Hair Styles.
Ai-Chin Lu (.tw)
Siavash Shahshahani (.ir)
Jaeyoun Kim (.kr)

6. Characteristics of Members
Large to Very Small
Sophisticated to very simple
Financially well off to financially struggling
Private for Profit, Gov’t Dept, NGO, Univ
All keen to be better at what they do
All willing to help one another – and learn from one another

7. APTLD Activities 2007 Four Meetings Training Programs
Bali (Feb 2007 in conjunction with APRICOT)
Dubai (June 2007)
Honiara (August 2007)
Bangkok (October 2007)
Training Programs
Non-Technical (Bali & Dubai)
Advanced Technical (Oct 2007 in Bangkok)
Shared Sessions with Members (eg IPv6 in NZ)
Various with Malaysia
More details on the training opportunity are posted on the APTLD web site.

8. APTLD Activities 2007 Two Research Projects
Elasticity of Demand for Domain Names
Resiliency & Redundancy – How much is enough – Guidelines for Operators

9. Dot.IDN FastTrack Introduction of dot.IDN on a very limited basis
Extend status quo for ccTLD managers to one additional TLD in local script
Local & Global Consultation
Expected initial uptake ~ a Dozen ccTLDs
>25% of World’s Population

10. APTLD Position on dot.IDN
Allow each existing ccTLD to manage one additional country or territory specific ccTLD in a recognised non-ASCII script of their country or territory. The name will be determined by the ccTLD’s local Internet community. APTLD recognises that this will not meet the demand for a few ccTLDs with multiple non-ASCII scripts and we will actively pursue the policy development solution to meet their needs too. Manage a six-month comment period for the international community to lodge substantive objections to the names chosen as not being relevant for the ccTLD. This will ensure that spurious names are not chosen.

11. APTLD Values Open All content is published and freely available.
All meetings are open
All ccTLDs are welcome
All interested parties are welcome

12. Principal Focus
Local
Commercial/Admin
Technical
Global Policy
IDNs

13. Next Meeting – Bangkok – Oct 24 & 25
IDN’s – dot.IDN – How to Move Forward
IDN.ccTLD – Technical & Policy Considerations
4R’s – Registries, Registrars, Resellers & Registrants
Other Topics
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