A presentation given at APNIC 38 during the AMM session.

1. AMM Report:
BoF: Cooperation SIG
(PPAC)
Akinori Maemura
APNIC 38 Brisbane, Australia
Friday, 19th September 2014

2. Cooperation SIG Proposal
• EC Proposal
– Form a “Cooperation SIG” to provide a venue for discussions about
Internet issues related to APNIC community interests, but involving
governments, other organizations and communities
• Scope could include
– public policy,
– Internet Governance,
– network security regulation,
– law enforcement cooperation,
– whois privacy,
– other related topics considered relevant by the APNIC community
• Modeled after RIPE Cooperation Work Group
– http://www.ripe.net/ripe/groups/wg/coop
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3. BoF Report
• BoF: Cooperation SIG
– 11:00-12:30 Tuesday, 16 September 2014
• Attendance = 30
– 22 delegates
– 6 Adobe Connect
– 2 YouTube
• Webcast video:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7lVgAKPytY
• Presentation slides:
– http://www.slideshare.net/apnic/cooperation-sig-final-final
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4. Community Discussion
• Comments
– Process: late inclusion of BoF into APNIC38 program
– Evolution: from PPAC to cooperation-sig
– Scope: support to include governments in the new SIG
– Concern that it should be effective and active: will it have enough
support?
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5. Proposed Draft Charter – Proposed
• The Cooperation SIG is a forum for discussion about broader
Internet issues like Public Policy and Internet Governance, which
are related to APNIC community interests, but which involve
governments, other organizations, and other communities.
• The Secretariat will report to the SIG about APNIC’s outreach
activities and seek advice and guidance on future activities.
• The SIG will act as a forum to develop and clarify the APNIC
community's position on issues of relevance to the public sector,
or on matters for which a community position has been sought.
• The SIG should focus on information sharing, outreach, capacity
building, and other activities that will advance APNIC’s vision for
a global, open, stable, and secure Internet.
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6. Where to now?
• Consensus call
– CONFER: Consensus to endorse formation of Cooperation SIG (as a
successor of the PPAC)
– Appointment of acting Co-Chair(s): Dr Govind (NIXI), Aftab Siddiqui
(Cybernet Pakistan), and Dean Pemberton (InternetNZ)
• Next
– Secretariat to establish a new mailing list and migrate PPAC subscribers
– Mailing list work on Draft Charter
– Call for Chair Nominees January/February 2015
• APNIC 39, Fukuoka Japan 2015
– First SIG Meeting
– Elect Chair & Co-Chair(s)
– Endorse Charter
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7. Thank you
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