COMMUNIQUE OF
APTLD MEETING IN TAIPEI FEBRUARY 24 2003
The APTLD held it’s AGM at the APRICOT meeting held in Taipei, Taiwan,
February 24 2003 with twelve of
seventeen members and two observers in
attendance.
- The AGM
congratulated the newly elected Board comprised of Ramesh Kumar .my,
Peter Dengate Thrush .nz, Yumi Ohashi .jp, Vincent Chen .tw for
two year terms,
and Chris Disspain .au, Chan Ki Park .kr, Professor Hualin Qian .cn, Richard St
Clair .nu for one year terms.
Ramesh Kumar was re-elected APTLD Chair and Peter Dengate Thrush
Senior Vice Chair. Yumi Ohashi was elected Vice Chair Membership and Chan Ki Park Vice Chair Treasurer.
- The APTLD
determined four final points in relation to the draft Constitution,
agreeing that for simplicity of Board terms, that the Board would be
increased from seven to eight members, and Officers would hold office for
one year term with
re-election at
each AGM. Formalization
of APTLD should be completed shortly.
- The meeting
was unable to discuss the final recommendation paper on the formation of
the ccNSO as the AG had not finished their work. The meeting therefore
reviewed the existing documents and a productive discussion reaffirmed
previous statements on the Oct and Nov papers, and established a position
on the December and January papers. Attached to this communique is the
APTLD’s position paper on the AG’s Preliminary Recommendations on the
ccNSO.
- The AGM
received an update on the progress of the ccTLD IDN TF
and commended the TF for
its progress towards development of
IDNs.
- The AGM
recommended that the APTLD Board appoint Dr Young-Eum
Lee as GNSO
liaison for APLTD and to nominate her as ccTLD liaison to the GNSO.
The members of APTLD thanked the Secretariat for their excellent
organisation of the Board and Members meetings, and congratulated TWNIC for
their organisation of the APRICOT Conference.
ccTLD in attendance:
.my, .kr,
.jp, .cn, .sg. .nz, .cc, .tv, .th,.nu, .vn, .tw (.lk, .mn – observers)