We ask for your help and encourage you to assist us in this consultation and survey, by answering the questions which follow, and by meeting with us at one of the places in the meeting location schedule or by special arrangement.
If you wish to respond in English please send the document as an email attachment to stefaniebradley@kpmg.com.au
or if in any other AP language send it to bwu@kpmg.com.au
or if you wish to fax your response please do so to KPMG on +61 7 3220 0107 for the attention of either Stefanie Bradley or Bert Wu.
1. Name of individual, government department, company or organisation represented in this response:
2. Name and designation of individual respondent(s):
3. Brief description of your organisation or individual interest and how it relates to APNIC and its mission.
4. Contact details (email and/or fax/phone/address) of respondents:
Please feel free to attach additional pages if required. You are welcome to respond in any AP language, including English. You are encouraged to give us as much information as you can and to add additional points or issues you wish to raise. All we ask is that you follow the sequence of our questions and add any new issues at the end.
It may help you frame your responses if you have a look at www.apnic.net
There you will find a wealth of information on APNIC; details of the previous smaller survey by KPMG; information on this survey, including the questions to Members, which you are encouraged to read.
1. Please describe the relationship or involvement or interest, which you currently have with or in APNIC and its operation.
2. Please comment on whether the relationship, involvement or interest meets the needs of your organisation or yourself.
3. If you do not have a relationship with APNIC ?do you feel that one could be of value? Of so on what issues? What would be the best way for the relationship to function?
4. What do you consider the most effective way for APNIC to play its role?
Within the Asia Pacific Internet community?
Within the global Internet community?
With government or other regulatory bodies?
5. Are there any areas of activity where you or your organisation, company or department and APNIC might collaborate in service provision with a view to improving quality, providing new services or reducing service costs?
As we explained in our background briefing document, KPMG believe that APNIC will need to play an increasing role in Internet strategy and policy issues to protect and enhance its Services to Members. Please read these questions and give us your views on any or all of the points we have raised.
After you have considered these issues, please add any issue that you as a member wish to raise for discussion ?and give us your views. Without revealing the source we will endeavour to include such issues for discussion in the consultation meetings we hold in different locations.
Issue A - Should APNIC seek ISO quality certification for any of the services which it provides? If so, for which ones?
Issue B - Has APNIC a role to play in proactively supporting geographic diversity? If so, in what effective ways can it play this role?
Issue C - How widely, and in what ways, should APNIC support “Internet Development?in the AP region, including the provision of specific technical and other services?
Issue D - It appears to KPMG that the successful training programs provided by APNIC are in part, at least, occasioned by the fact that ISP members often have no option but to recruit staff from training and educational programs which are not up to date. Eg still teaching classful addressing or not including IPv6. How should APNIC address this issue so that its resources can be channelled more effectively? By discussion with governments? By discussion with tertiary institutions?
Issue E - Many organisations start for technical reasons ?and these will continue to be important. However there is increasing interest by Governments in all aspects of Internet policy and operation. To protect the long term interest of its members KPMG would believe that APNIC should adopt a pro–active and constructive role with government and other bodies in policy development. Do you agree with this view? If so, can you suggest which departments and organisations APNIC should liaise with? What policy issues do you believe to be important?
You will appreciate that APNIC’s resources are limited and must be expended on activities that meet the main needs of most members. So would you rack any of the issues you have selected (including any which you have added) IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. Please do this on a separate sheet.
Finally, may we express our thanks for your participation. Dr Tan Tin Wee, myself and my colleagues Stef and Bert realise that we have taken up a great deal of your time ?but we are confident that this process will enable APNIC, your organisation, to provide you with even better services in the future.
Dr John Earls