Subject: Minutes of 12th Aug. APTLD meeting
   Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 11:29:35 +0900RUYAMA Naomasa)
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Hi, everybody.
 
This is N. Maruyama with JPNIC.
 
Here is the minutes of 12 Aug. APTLD meeting. They are already
reviewed by several peoples including Prof. Chon, the chair, in
Singapore, and signed by him.
 
Some other unofficial meetings were held in Singapore, and logs of
them will be coming soon(probably).
                                   
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                The minutes of an APccLTD meeting on 12 Aug. 1998
 
Venue:          Lavender Room 1 in Orchard Hotel, Singapore
Time:           From 8:01 am to 9:00 am, 12 Aug. 1998
Chaired by:     Prof. Kilnam Chon(KR)
Participants (Alphabetical order on ISO-3166 code):
        Tommy Ho(AS),
        Robert Elz(AU), 
        Naomasa Maruyma(JP)
        Sea Nareth(KH), Norbert Klein(KH)
        Kilam Chon(KR)
        Azmah Abd  Malik(MY)
        Jim Higgins(NZ),
        Jeel Disini(PH),
        Noel Mobiha(PG)
        Mathias Koerber(SG), Agnes Lee(SG), Khoo Boon Hing(SG)
        Pensri Arunwatanamongkol(TH), Kanchana Kanchanasut(TH)
        Kuo Wu(TW)
 
(From 7:41am to 8:01am)
Before the official meeting started, informal discussion was held about
workshop in next March.
 
    Discussion: What subjects should be treated (and who will be
                the volunteers for these)?
        - Legal issues          (NZ)
        - Finance               (TW, NZ)
        - Charging              (AU)
        - 2nd Level Domain Name:
                Moderation      (SG)
        - Creation              (KR)
        - Measurement/Statistics (JP, NZ)
        - Top level domain delegation
    Proposal: Form a program committee chaired by Jim Higgins(NZ). Other
              members include Agnes Lee(SG), Noel Mobiha(PG), Kuo
              Wu(TW) and Norbert Klein(KH).
 
(Official Meeting from 8:01am)
1. Title, Objectives/Aims, Terms of reference of this Organization
  1.1 Title
      Resolution: The title shall be "APTLD".
  1.2 Objectives/Aims
      Resolution: The Objectives/Aims shall be as follows:
        Involvement in the Internet naming process in the Asia-Pacific
        region.  The involvement includes the following:
          - Representation of TLDs in Asia-Pacific,
          - Liaison with other bodies(as appropriate),
          - Internet governance relevant to naming,
          - Maintaining stability and continuity of naming systems,
          - "Skill development"/Shared name service
          - Harmonization of naming in the region
          - Facilitation of dispute resolution
          - Education
          - Research and Development
  1.3 Terms of Reference
      Resolution: Toru Takahashi, vice chair in charge of
                  administration, will work out the final document for
                  Terms of Reference by the end of this year based on
                  discussion on Mailing lists.
 
2. Election/Nomination
  2.1 Chair
      Resolution: Prof. Kilnam Chon should serve as the Interim Chair
                  through the next meeting held next March in conjunction
                  with APRICOT.
  2.2 Vice Chairs
      Resolution: Vice chairs and his/her role are resolved as
                  follows, and these people form the executive
                  committee:
        Toru Takahashi(JP) Administration (including coordination of
                                liaison with other bodies)
        Patrick O'Brien(NZ)     Finance
        Jim Higgins(NZ)         Education including Workshop
        Kuo Wu(TW)              Projects
        Agnes Lee(SG)           Developing country support
  2.3 Projects
      Resolution: Following projects are created with the following
                  persons as organizers:
        Multilingual DNS        Tan Tin Wee             
        Domain survey           Adam Peake              
        2nd level domain name   (Undecided)
  2.4 Secretariat
      Resolution: JPNIC will serve as a tentative Secretariat until
                  next March, and TW and AU will second it.
 
3. Funding
      Resolution: Funds and seed money for next one year shall be based
                  on donation.  A goal for donations is set to $50,000
                  US dollars. Funds are to be used for costs of the
                  secretariat, travel support, and workshop support.
 
4. Relation to wwTLD
      Resolution: We will collaborate with wwTLD.
 
5. Membership
      Resolution: We accept any TLD which wants to participate as a member.
 
6. Meeting Schedule
        We plan to have meetings as follows:
        Sep. 1998: Ad-hoc meeting during IFWP.
        Mar. 1999: Annual meeting and Workshop in conjunction with APRICOT.
        Jun. 1999: Joint meeting with CENTR and other regional
                   bodies in conjunction with INET99.
 
7. Bank account
        Resolution: JPNIC(Japan Network Information Center) will open
                    a bank account under its custody in Japan for this
                    organization "APTLD".
 
 
        Signature by the Chair:
 
        12 August, 1998
 
                                (Kilnam Chon)
Recorded by N. Maruyama