Policy SIG
Chair |
Andy Linton |
Co-Chairs |
Skeeve Stevens, eintellego Masato Yamanishi, Softbank BB Corp. |
Charter |
The charter of the Policy SIG is to develop policies and procedures which relate to the management and use of Internet address resources by APNIC, NIRs, and ISPs within the Asia Pacific region. |
Mailing list
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sig-policy |
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Guidelines |
For more information about the creating and running of Special Interest Groups, including explanations of all relevant SIG policies and procedures, please the SIG guidelines ( 108.4kb). |
Action items
Chair profiles
About the Chair
Name |
Andy Linton |
Tenure |
August 2011 - August 2013 |
Biography |
Andy Linton has over 25 years experience in Internet networking. His initial experience was as a researcher and programmer in the university sector at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Victoria University of Wellington and then with a number of Internet Service Providers such as AARNet, connect.com.au, Telecom NZ, Netlink, Telstra and CityLink. Andy has been on the board of the Public Interest Registry which manages the .org domain, the council of InternetNZ and is currently on the board of New Zealand's Domain Name Commission which manages the .nz name space. He is also a trustee of the NZ Network Operators' Group Trust and a member of the program committee for the APRICOT 2011 conference. Andy has done work for APNIC, RIPE and ICANN building software systems, networks and undertaking structural reviews. He is one of the 14 global Trusted Community Representatives who oversee the key ceremonies where the cryptographic digital keys used to secure the Internet DNS Root Zone are generated and securely stored. Andy has travelled as a volunteer on a number of occasions to teach at the PacNOG Internet infrastructure computer workshops in Pacific countries such as Samoa, Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, French Polynesia and American Samoa. |
About the Co-Chair
Name |
Skeeve Stevens, eintellego |
Tenure |
August 2011 - August 2013 |
Biography |
I have been involved in the Internet industry for over 15 years, working with the first Internet providers in Australia from the early 90's. I have been involved in the establishment of dozens of ISPs and today my company manages the networks of, and consults to, over 50 ISPs across the region. Over the past several years, my company has brought on dozens of new APNIC members, getting them setup, training them in IP Addressing, conservation, ethical resource applications and much more. We are passionate about APNIC and what it does and represents in our region and will support them always. I am a speaker on many topics in a variety of forums all over the Asia Pacific region. I have attended many conference such as AUSNOG, NZNOG, APNIC, APRICOT, INETs in our part of the world. I am a Director of the Internet Society - Australian Chapter, and actively participate in activities to promote the mantra of ISOC - The Internet is for Everyone. |
About the Co-Chair
Name |
Masato Yamanishi, Softbank BB Corp. |
Tenure |
August 2011 - August 2012 |
Biography |
After receiving a master degree in computational chemistry from the Univ of Tokyo in 1997, I had joined startup data center and had been involved in designing, implementing, and operating infrastructure including IP address management. In 2003, I moved to Softbank BB, which is my current affiliation, and has been involved in nation-wide IP backbone design, new service deployment including IPTV and P2P based streaming, IP peering, IP address management, international standardization, and policy discussion in Japanese government committees. |