From owner-apnic-announce@lists.apnic.net Tue Oct 10 18:37:33 2000 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by ns.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA127598; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:37:29 +1000 (EST) Received: from guardian.apnic.net (guardian.apnic.net [203.37.255.100]) by ns.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA127594 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:37:27 +1000 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by guardian.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA18971 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:37:25 +1000 (EST) Received: from hadrian.staff.apnic.net(192.168.1.1) by int-gw.staff.apnic.net via smap (V2.1) id xma018961; Tue, 10 Oct 00 18:37:07 +1000 Received: from gerard (wrk-2.staff.apnic.net [192.168.1.65]) by hadrian.staff.apnic.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA24389 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:37:06 +1000 (EST) From: "APNIC Secretariat" To: Subject: [apnic-announce] UPDATE BULLETIN: APNIC OPEN POLICY MEETING Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:44:17 +1000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-apnic-announce@lists.apnic.net Precedence: bulk Reply-To: apnic-talk@apnic.net [Note "reply-to:" field] _________________________________________________________________________ UPDATE BULLETIN: APNIC OPEN POLICY MEETING _________________________________________________________________________ The APNIC Open Policy Meeting is now only two weeks away. Here is a brief update on preparations for this important event. For more information and up to the minute news, be sure to visit the meeting website at: http://www.apnic.net/meetings HEADLINES: - POLICY DEVELOPMENTS - DISCUSSION PAPERS AVAILABLE - EXECUTIVE COUNCIL NOMINATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY - DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER - MEETING SCHEDULE UPDATED - POWER ADAPTERS - PROPOSALS FOR APNIC MEETING IN 2001 - ASSOCIATED MEETINGS (details below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLICY DEVELOPMENTS - DISCUSSION PAPERS AVAILABLE Discussion papers are available for most Special Interest Group (SIG) topics. The SIGs, especially the Address Policy SIG are a forum for the discussions which help to shape the future policy directions of APNIC. If you have an interest in any of the topics to be discussed, please read the discussion papers in advance. Details of the SIGs are available at: http://www.apnic.net/meetings/programme/sigs/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXECUTIVE COUNCIL NOMINATIONS CLOSE FRIDAY The deadline for APNIC Executive Council nominations is this Friday 13 October. One position on the EC will be opened for election at the APNIC Member Meeting on 27 October. Details of the nominations process, including the nomination form and the current list of nominees is available at: http://www.apnic.net/meetings/programme/ec-2000-2.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER If you haven't already registered, please remember to do so soon. In particular, make sure to register for any SIGs, tutuorials, or social events you plan to attend, as we need to confirm numbers. Please note that discounted early-bird registrations are now closed. Registration details, including the registration form and a list of attendees is available at: http://www.apnic.net/meetings/registration/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEETING SCHEDULE UPDATED The meeting schedule has been updated this week. Agendas, discussion papers, and presentations are being progressively linked from the main programme. For updates, please check the main programme at: http://www.apnic.net/meetings/programme/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POWER ADAPTERS A limited number of international power socket adapters will be available in the terminal and meeting rooms, but to be on the safe side, it's a good idea to bring your own. The Australian power supply is 240V, via a three pin socket. More details are available at: http://www.apnic.net/meetings/info/phones.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPOSALS FOR APNIC MEETING IN 2001 At the October Open Policy Meeting, APNIC will make a call for proposals from organisations wishing to host the second APNIC meeting in the third quarter of 2001 (the first meeting will be held in conjunction with APRICOT2001 in Malaysia). If your organisation is interested in getting involved, please consider raising your suggestion during the Member Meeting on Friday 27 October. ======================================================================== ASSOCIATED MEETINGS The following non-APNIC meetings have been scheduled in conjunction with the Open Policy Meeting: * APIA Meeting * PGP Keysigning Party (details below) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- APIA MEETING The Asia Pacific Internet Association (APIA) will host a Birds of a Feather (BOF) session entitled "Internet Self-Regulation: What You Need to Know About Internet Regulations (But You May Not And This Is Probably Hurting You)". The session will be presented by Peng Hwa Ang, a Fellow of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, on Thursday 26 October from 6pm-8pm. Full details will be available on the APNIC meetings site in the coming days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP KEYSIGNING PARTY This event is intended for users of PGP software, will provide an opportunity to obtain or exchange signatures for keys, thus extending the PGP 'Web-of-Trust'. To attend this Bird-Of-a-Feather event, which is free of charge and open to all comers, you will have to have a PGP (or compatible GnuPG) key and send it in to by Wednesday 24 October 10:00 Brisbane time! Also, you will have to bring personal identification (Passport) and a printout of your key fingerprint) along with you. For more information about this event, its date, time and venue please refer to the announcement at: http://www.koerber.org/APNIC2000/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- We look forward to seeing you all in a fortnight! _________________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat Tel: +61-7-3367-0490 Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Ltd Fax: +61-7-3367-0482 Level 1, 33 Park Road, PO Box 2131, Milton, QLD 4064, Australia _________________________________________________________________________ * APNIC-ANNOUNCE: Announcements concerning APNIC * * To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe" to apnic-announce-request@apnic.net *