Policy Development Process

Policy SIG
Wednesday 23 February 2011
 Policy SIG Charter
•  Charter
•  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 lists
sig-policy@apnic.net
sig-policy-chair@apnic.net
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•  Open
•  Anyone can propose policies
•  Everyone can discuss policy
proposals
•  Transparent
•  APNIC publicly documents all policy
discussions and decisions
•  Bottom-up
•  The community drives policy
development
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We are here
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Policy Development is a Cycle

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 Chairs during face to face SIG
meeting
1.  To Give neutral overview of all proposals.
2.  To Give contextual presentation before groups
of related presentations.
3.  To Control the time and order of speakers from
the floor.
4.  To make sure the intention of each intervention
(support, objections, conditional support or
objection).
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•  Remember:
•  All proposals have been submitted with good
intentions
•  Opinions may differ...
•  …But we all want the same thing…
•  …A strong and healthy Internet
•  So please respect all opinions