Document Status and Approval

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Document Status and Approval

• APNIC Member Meeting
• APNIC 12th Open Policy Meeting
• Taipei, TW, 31 August 2001

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Recently approved document

• APNIC Document Review Policies and Procedures
• An administrative document to set out a standard
  process for creating and updating APNIC documents
• Approved by Executive Council 28 August 2001
• In accordance with consensus reached at 11th
  APNIC Member Meeting
• Following three rounds of public comment

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Draft documents for election today

• Standard APNIC Membership Agreement
• To replace existing membership agreement for
  individual members
• APNIC Definition Document
• An aid to interpreting APNIC legal documents

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Membership agreement overview

• Features of new document
• Clear statements of APNICs democracy
  principles
• Non-disclosure provision
• Notice and appeal process for dealing with issues
  of policy non-compliance
• Incorporation of APNIC Documents, in accordance
  with the Document Review Policy

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Development history (1)

• Consultation with legal advisors
• Initial call for comments (August 1999)
• Draft developed and publicly released for
  comments
• October 1999
• December 1999
• February 2001
• June 2001

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Development history (2)

• Discussed at length in Open Policy Meetings
• Presentation at AMM, Seoul (March 2000)
• BOF at 10th Open Policy Meeting, Brisbane
  (October 2000)
• BOF at 11th Open Policy Meeting, KL (March 2001)
• Consensus that document be released for final
  comments and presented to TW meeting for
  election.

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Development history (3)

• Legal advice received recently to include
• Specific reference to terminate the agreement
  with insolvent organisations
• Specific reference to the members licence to use
  delegated resources
• Amendments discussed with Executive Council on 28
  August
• EC recommended members should be asked to decide
  which drafts should be voted for at AMM
• Fifth draft released this week

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Proceed to election?

• Consensus sought
• Can we vote now on the most recent drafts of
  these documents?
• Standard APNIC Membership Agreement (v5)
• APNIC Definition Document (v3)