Policy SIG
| Chair | Randy Bush |
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| Co-chairs | Jian Zhang, Ching-Heng Ku |
| Charter | The charter of the NIR SIG is to share information relating to the operations, policies, and procedures of National Internet Registries with the aim of promoting close cooperation both between the NIRs and with the APNIC Secretariat. |
| Mailing list | sig-policy |
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About the Chair
| Name |
Randy Bush |
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| Tenure | September 2008 - August 2010 |
| Biography |
Randy has spent literally 42 years in computing. Though he started out in languages and compilers, he has spent the last few decades in Internet operations, architecture, and research. He is currently a principal scientist at Internet Initiative Japan, and also consults to various network players. He has been involved in technology transfer to the developing economies for twenty years, was on the founding Board of ARIN, is on the Steering Committee of NANOG, spent six years as the Operations Director of the IETF, and has served on various ACM, IEEE, and ISO committees. He is currently Chair of the APNIC Fees WG and Co-chair of the Routing SIG. He has been a long term attendee of the RIR meetings of all of the other regions, and is familiar with their processes and policies. He was the co-developer, with Anne Lord, of APNIC's policy development process. |
About the Co-Chairs
| Name |
Jian Zhang, CNNIC |
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| Tenure | September 2007 - August 2009 |
| Biography |
Jian Zhang graduated from Northeastern University, USA with M.S. in Information Systems in 1998. After graduation she worked in several famous telecommunication companies - GTE Internetworking, Nextel Communications and Cisco Systems. Throughout her career, she has worked on many IP-based applications and gained an in-depth understanding of the Internet through her hands-on experience. She has always been fascinated by new technologies on the Internet that profoundly changed people's lives. After joining CNNIC, Jian Zhang has worked on both domestic and international policy areas. She has worked on policy analysis, coordinated on domestic issues, and helped the CNNIC to set up the development strategy. |
| Name |
Ching-Heng Ku, TWNIC |
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| Tenure | March 2009 February 2011 |
| Biography |
Dr. Ching-Heng Ku is the Director of the IP Department of the Taiwan Network Information Center (TWNIC). He has worked in the area of computer networking for many years. He has actively participated in the APNIC meetings since APNIC 18 and has been the chair of the NIR Hostmaster workshop, the co-chair of the Database SIG, and the co-chair of the NIR SIG at the APNIC OPM. He has taken charge of the IP Policy research at TWNIC. |