APNIC Detailed Guide

Corporate Governance	Openness	Community
Executive Council (EC) The APNIC membership is governed by the EC, who are elected by the APNIC membership. EC Members serve as individuals who are committed to this role for the benefit of APNIC. You can also view a list of past EC Members	Financial Reports Every year, comprehensive and audited full year financial and operational positions are made available in Annual Reports. All of APNIC's Annual Reports dating back to 1997 are available. Each year an internationally recognized accounting firm audits the financial report. The reports are available in the EC minutes. APNIC also provides monthly financial performance reports to the EC and these are contained in the EC minutes. APNIC budgets are submitted to the APNIC EC. View the 2011 budget The EC Treasurer reports on the financial position of APNIC at each Annual Members' Meeting (AMM). The latest report is available for you to study.	Policy Development IP resources are shared and available for use by anyone who needs them. The open, transparent, bottom-up Policy Development Process ensures that APNIC policies are distributed fairly across the region. The Policy Development Process Anyone can propose and discuss policies; all discussions and decisions are documented; and it is the community that drives policy development. The Policy Development Process was designed by the community and is open for community review. APNIC documents all policy discussions and decisions. Open Mike Anyone can contribute to policy discussion, either through the Policy SIG mailing lists, or at the APNIC Meetings.
EC Obligations The conduct of the EC and the roles and obligations of the EC Members are governed by the APNIC By-laws. You can read a summary of the EC obligations. Supporting documentation includes: Roles and Responsibilities of Council Members (pdf - 96k) The APNIC EC Member's Handbook (pdf - 228k) APNIC By-laws	Rules and Laws The rules and laws which govern APNIC operations under Australian law are contained in the APNIC By-laws, Articles of Association, and the Memorandum of Association. These and other documents including the Membership Agreements are available on the Documents section of the APNIC website.	APNIC Meetings Every six months, APNIC holds events for the APNIC community to come together for policy development, decision-making, education, information sharing, and networking. APNIC provides current and archived audio, video, and transcripts of all main events, including the Policy Special Interest Group meeting and the APNIC Member Meeting. All previous meetings are archived. APNIC Member Meeting Every six months, on the last day of the APNIC Meeting, an APNIC Member Meeting is held. Here, Members can be a part of discussions about APNIC's operations and activities. Onsite voting is also held for the EC and NRO NC elections. Open Mike Anyone can comment or provide feedback at any time during the meeting. APNIC provides video, audio, and transcription of all current and past AMMs.
Voting APNIC holds elections for the Executive Council (EC) and the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) Members can vote online via MyAPNIC or on site at the APNIC Member Meeting. All discussions and	Processes Members can vote in the EC or NRO NC elections. APNIC makes it easy to apply to become a Member and apply for resources.	Statistics APNIC collects statistics on Internet resource distribution, displayed graphically via Apstats, the live statistics portal. The reports allow you to analyse IP addressing trends at their origin. For any raw data, you can also refer to the APNIC FTP site.
APNIC Secretariat The APNIC Secretariat operates to serve its stakeholders by helping the APNIC community achieve APNIC's objectives. Secretariat Staff APNIC employs the best staff available from around the Asia Pacific and globally. You can learn more about the APNIC Team, including the Director General.	Live APNIC Stats For all information on APNIC account holders, resources, global statistics, IANA IPv4 distribution, IPv6, and APNIC membership growth, see AP Stats, the live statistics portal.	Member Feedback APNIC conducts regular Member and Stakeholder Surveys to decide how to invest APNIC resources. Members can also provide feedback by contacting the Member Services Helpdesk, using the feedback form on the APNIC website, joining discussions on the APNIC-Talk mailing list, or participating in the APNIC Member Meeting either in person or via our remote participation facilities, such as online chat.
APNIC Members APNIC is a membership-based organization and exists for the benefit of all its stakeholders. It has over 2000 Members throughout the 56 economies of the Asia Pacific region. Live Membership and resource allocation data are available from our statistics portal. Privacy All APNIC Secretariat Staff and EC Members are required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement and adhere to the APNIC Privacy Statement.	Media Library APNIC provides a comprehensive collection of information that is publicly available, including Apster, the Annual Reports, and other documents.	Mailing Lists APNIC hosts and maintains a number of mailing lists to facilitate discussion across a range of topics related to Internet addressing and networking. You can subscribe to APNIC-Announce or APNIC-Talk and visit the archived lists. You can also participate in the Policy SIG discussions by subscribing to the sig-policy mailing list.

Corporate Governance

Openness

Community

Executive Council (EC)

The APNIC membership is governed by the EC, who are elected by the APNIC membership. EC Members serve as individuals who are committed to this role for the benefit of APNIC.

You can also view a list of past EC Members

Financial Reports

Every year, comprehensive and audited full year financial and operational positions are made available in Annual Reports. All of APNIC's Annual Reports dating back to 1997 are available.

Each year an internationally recognized accounting firm audits the financial report. The reports are available in the EC minutes.

APNIC also provides monthly financial performance reports to the EC and these are contained in the EC minutes.

APNIC budgets are submitted to the APNIC EC.

View the 2011 budget

The EC Treasurer reports on the financial position of APNIC at each Annual Members' Meeting (AMM). The latest report is available for you to study.

Policy Development

IP resources are shared and available for use by anyone who needs them. The open, transparent, bottom-up Policy Development Process ensures that APNIC policies are distributed fairly across the region.

The Policy Development Process

Anyone can propose and discuss policies; all discussions and decisions are documented; and it is the community that drives policy development. The Policy Development Process was designed by the community and is open for community review.

APNIC documents all policy discussions and decisions.

Open Mike

Anyone can contribute to policy discussion, either through the Policy SIG mailing lists, or at the APNIC Meetings.

EC Obligations

The conduct of the EC and the roles and obligations of the EC Members are governed by the APNIC By-laws. You can read a summary of the EC obligations.

Supporting documentation includes:

Rules and Laws

The rules and laws which govern APNIC operations under Australian law are contained in the APNIC By-laws, Articles of Association, and the Memorandum of Association. These and other documents including the Membership Agreements are available on the Documents section of the APNIC website.

APNIC Meetings

Every six months, APNIC holds events for the APNIC community to come together for policy development, decision-making, education, information sharing, and networking.

APNIC provides current and archived audio, video, and transcripts of all main events, including the Policy Special Interest Group meeting and the APNIC Member Meeting. All previous meetings are archived.

APNIC Member Meeting

Every six months, on the last day of the APNIC Meeting, an APNIC Member Meeting is held. Here, Members can be a part of discussions about APNIC's operations and activities. Onsite voting is also held for the EC and NRO NC elections.

Open Mike

Anyone can comment or provide feedback at any time during the meeting. APNIC provides video, audio, and transcription of all current and past AMMs.

Voting

APNIC holds elections for the Executive Council (EC) and the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC)

Members can vote online via MyAPNIC or on site at the APNIC Member Meeting.

All discussions and

Processes

Members can vote in the EC or NRO NC elections.

APNIC makes it easy to apply to become a Member and apply for resources.

Statistics

APNIC collects statistics on Internet resource distribution, displayed graphically via Apstats, the live statistics portal. The reports allow you to analyse IP addressing trends at their origin.

For any raw data, you can also refer to the APNIC FTP site.

APNIC Secretariat

The APNIC Secretariat operates to serve its stakeholders by helping the APNIC community achieve APNIC's objectives.

Secretariat Staff

APNIC employs the best staff available from around the Asia Pacific and globally. You can learn more about the APNIC Team, including the Director General.

Live APNIC Stats

For all information on APNIC account holders, resources, global statistics, IANA IPv4 distribution, IPv6, and APNIC membership growth, see AP Stats, the live statistics portal.

Member Feedback

APNIC conducts regular Member and Stakeholder Surveys to decide how to invest APNIC resources. Members can also provide feedback by contacting the Member Services Helpdesk, using the feedback form on the APNIC website, joining discussions on the APNIC-Talk mailing list, or participating in the APNIC Member Meeting either in person or via our remote participation facilities, such as online chat.

APNIC Members

APNIC is a membership-based organization and exists for the benefit of all its stakeholders. It has over 2000 Members throughout the 56 economies of the Asia Pacific region.

Live Membership and resource allocation data are available from our statistics portal.

Privacy

All APNIC Secretariat Staff and EC Members are required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement and adhere to the APNIC Privacy Statement.

Media Library

APNIC provides a comprehensive collection of information that is publicly available, including Apster, the Annual Reports, and other documents.

Mailing Lists

APNIC hosts and maintains a number of mailing lists to facilitate discussion across a range of topics related to Internet addressing and networking.

You can subscribe to APNIC-Announce or APNIC-Talk and visit the archived lists.

You can also participate in the Policy SIG discussions by subscribing to the sig-policy mailing list.