APNOG Board Meetings

The APNOG Board meets for a video conference call once per month to discuss issues of the day. The Board also tries to meet face to face at least two if not three times a year, during Internet conferences taking place in the AP region.

Resolutions of the APNOG Board

2024

• 20240822-1: The Board resolved to reaffirm long term operational policy for APRICOT Summits, namely that The APNOG Board adheres to international travel advisories as published by stakeholder economies when making decisions about hosting and delivery of APRICOT Summits. Should a host economy receive international travel advice rating of "defer non-essential travel" within 6 months of the start date of the Summit, the Board will move the Summit to one of its planned backup locations.
• 20240822-2: The Board resolved that due to the current travel advisory situation advising not to travel to, or avoiding non-essential travel to Bangladesh, APRICOT 2025 cannot proceed in Dhaka as planned. The Board is working with the APRICOT team to finalise the backup location and expects to make an announcement in October.
• 20240725-1: As part of the Membership bootstrap process, the Board resolves to invite past individual members of APIA who were current as of the AGM 2019, and who have participated in-person at a minimum of one of APRICOT 2020, APRICOT 2023, or APRICOT 2024, to join APNOG as an ordinary member (as per Sections 4.1, 4.2 & 4.4 of the Constitution).
• 20240606-1: The Board noted its resolution 20240224-2 and requested the Executive Director start the process of expanding APNOG membership.
• 20240430-1: The Board noted its resolution 20240224-2 and confirmed that the annual membership fee for APNOG Members would be US$100. The Board requested the Executive Director to issue invoices to all members.
• 20240430-2: The Board resolved, following clarification from NANOG about their February 2026 event dates, that APRICOT 2026 will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, and would be hosted by IDNIC, the Indonesia Network Information Centre. APRICOT 2026 conference days will be held between 9th and 12th February 2026.
• 20240224-1: The Board resolves that all future APRICOTs will prioritise local sourcing wherever practical.
• 20240224-2: The Board resolves to invite the Programme and Fellowship Committee Chairs/Co-Chairs to join APNOG as members.
• 20240224-3: The Board resolves to partner with the national and regional NOGs to assist in identifying and recruiting fellowship candidates for the APRICOT Fellowship programme.

2023

• 20231006-1: The Board agreed to appoint Mark Tinka, Mark Duffell, and Vincent "Achie" Atienza as the Chairs of the APRICOT 2024 Programme Committee.
• 20231006-2: The Board agreed to appoint Aftab Siddiqui and Rupesh Shrestha as the Chairs of the APRICOT 2024 Fellowship Committee.
• 20231006-3: The Board agreed that APNOG General Manager, Philip Smith, will lead the APRICOT 2024 Working Committee.
• 20231006-4: The Board agreed that Yoshinobu Matsuzaki will lead the APRICOT 2024 Technical Committee.
• 20231005-1: Board is committed to ensuring the continued success and relevance of the APRICOT Summit fellowship program and acknowledges that changes are essential to furthering the goals and objectives of APNOG. The APRICOT Fellowship Programme has been completely overhauled, and will be a new activity launched for APRICOT 2024. The Fellowship will run for the duration of the event, and is designed to appeal to leading members of the technical and operational Internet community in LDCs and Developing Countries (as defined by the UN and the Australian Government).
• 20230928-1: The Directors unanimously agreed to elect Gavin Tweedie as the Chair of the APNOG Board.
• 20230928-2: The Directors unanimously agreed that the other office bearers remain in their existing roles: Matsuzaki Yoshinobu is reconfirmed as Deputy Chair, Ole Jacobsen is reconfirmed as Secretary, and Raphael Ho is reconfirmed as Treasurer.
• 20230912-1: The Directors agreed unanimously to appoint Philip Smith as General Manager of APNOG with immediate effect. Philip steps down from his Director position on the APNOG Board and now serves in ex-officio capacity.
• 20230912-2: The Directors agreed to resume the community meetings held during APRICOT, paused because of the transition of APIA to APNOG and then the ensuing pandemic. The Directors will host this meeting during APRICOT 2024 in Bangkok.
• 20230912-3: The Directors agreed to explore pathways to membership for the community to join and participate in APNOG's future. This pathway will be explored with APNOG's Legal Advisors in accordance with the rules relating to Companies Limited by Guarantee.
• 20230601-1: The Directors resolved that APRICOT 2024 will be located in Bangkok, Thailand, at the end of February 2024. The Board noted that APRICOT 2024 will be hosted by the THNIC Foundation.
• 20230601-2: The Directors resolved that APRICOT 2025 will be located in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at the end of February 2025. The Board noted that APRICOT 2025 will be hosted by the ISP Association of Bangladesh.
• 20230601-3: The Directors resolved that APNOG would support the 2023 MANRS programme, facilitated by the Internet Society.
• 20230323-1: The Directors resolved that the APNOG Board should resume regular (monthly) Board meetings via video conference and in-person if feasible.
• 20230323-2: The Board resolved that the APRICOT Fellowship programme be revamped for future APRICOT events to focus on NOG leaders, in place of the open call.
• 20230323-3: The Board resolved that the APRICOT Technical Training programme (Workshops) be redsigned to focus on specialist operational technology topics where training is not normally available.
• 20230323-4: The Board resolved to request Asia Pacific Internet Association Pty Ltd to revamp the sponsorship agreement used for APRICOT to bring it up to best current operational practice.
• 20230226-1: The Board agreed that, because of the serious financial constraints and geopolitical instabilities in the region, it felt unable to continue with the rotation of the APRICOT Summit around the Asia Pacific region, even though resumption was agreed with APNIC EC in September 2022. The Board noted that APNOG would work with the APNIC Secretariat following agreement by the APNIC EC to ensure that the APRICOT Summit is geographically well separated from the location of the APNIC September conference but would no longer be bound to hold an event in any particular subregion.
• 20230226-2: The Board further resolved that taking APRICOT to Bangladesh (as per rotation) will be postponed until it is feasible (operationally and geopolitically) to do so. The Board requested Philip to discuss with representatives of the Bangladesh Internet Operations community.
• 20230226-3: The Board agreed that sponsorship of APRICOT Summits is open to all organisations that are members of our community.

2022

• 20221222-1: The Board agreed that Matsuzaki Yoshinobu should send flowers and prepare a message of condolence for the family of Toru Takahashi who passed away on 20th December 2022. The Board paid tribute to Toru's key role in APIA and in the establishment of APRICOT, as well as his outstanding leadership and mentorship in the region's Internet development.
• 20220914-1: The Board participated in APNOG's first AGM.
• 20220914-2: The Board resolved not to replace Jian Zhang's position as Director for the time being, noting that APNOG's by-laws allow for between 3 and 7 Directors.
• 20220914-3: The Board noted that previous attempts at holding an AGM had to be postponed due to the pandemic.
• 20220914-4: The Board noted the Memorandum of Agreement between APIA and APNOG Ltd re the transfer of responsiblities and liabilities for APRICOT from APIA to APNOG Ltd.
• 20220914-5: The Board noted the Facilitation Agreement between APNOG Ltd and Asia Pacific Internet Association Pty Ltd re the operational delivery of the annual APRICOT Summit.
• 20220914-6: The Board noted the Memorandum of Understanding between APNOG Ltd and the Internet Society with regard to capacity building and MANRS in the Asia Pacific region.
• 20220906-1: The Board and APNIC EC agreed to resume the rotation of APRICOT Summits and APNIC mid-year conference around the four sub-regions of Asia Pacific.
• 20220726-1: The Board accepted the resignation of Jian Zhang as Director.
• 20220721-1: The Board agreed that the APRICOT 2023 Summit should support the APstar Retreat but emphasised that the Retreat needs to reform itself to return to its roots of information sharing and considering matters of strategic operational significance for the Internet in the Asia Pacific region and beyond. The Board noted that the Retreat is operationally less relevant than in the past, focusing on activities out of scope of APRICOT, and being used as a marketing and public relations tool by some participating organisations.
• 20220425-1: The Board agreed to take over the community hosting rack at the Equinix Singapore datacentre, currently being supported by APIA.

2021

• 20210408-1: Directors Raphael Ho and Aftab Siddiqui signed a facilitation agreement with the Asia Pacific Internet Association Pty Ltd (APIA) for APIA to operate the annual APRICOT Summit and support the network operator community (and NOGs) in the Asia and Pacific regions.
• 20210330-1: The Board of Directors signed a Circulating Resolution to appoint Asia Pacific Internet Association Pty Ltd (APIA) to operate the annual APRICOT Summit and support the network operator community (and NOGs) in the Asia and Pacific regions, and to authorise Directors Aftab Siddiqui and Raphael Ho to sign the agreement with APIA on behalf of APNOG.

2020

• 20201223-1: The Board of Directors and the APNIC EC agreed to pause the rotation of APRICOT Summits and the mid-year APNIC Conference until such times in-person meetings become feasible again. The next in-person APRICOT Summit will be held in Manila once it becomes possible to do so, and the next in-person APNIC Conference will be in East Asia following the Manila APRICOT.
• 20201223-2: The Board of Directors agreed that all APRICOT Summits which have to be held as virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be delivered in full partnership with the intended host had the Summit been held in-person. APRICOT 2021 will be in partnership with the Philippine Internet Community and, should it need to be held as a virtual event, APRICOT 2022 will be delivered in partnership with the Bangladesh Internet community.
• 20200811-1: The Board of Directors agreed that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic disaster, APRICOT 2021 will be held as a virtual event rather than as a physical event. APRICOT 2021 remains an event held in full partnership with PhNOG and the Philippine Internet community.
• 20200426-1: Following the decision of APNIC to move their September 2020 conference to be an online event, the APNOG Board agreed in principle that APRICOT 2022 will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in partnership with the ISP Association of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Internet community.
• 20200320-1: The APNOG Board completed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Internet Society regarding capacity building and routing security across the Asia Pacific region.
• 20200312-1: Following the successful conclusion of APRICOT 2020 in Melbourne, the Board agreed to adjust the APRICOT format so that there would be a maximum of three parallel tracks through the conference week, to improve the accessibility of all content to participants.
• 20200221-1: The APNOG Board made the public announcement that APRICOT 2021 will be held in Manila, Philippines, and hosted by PhNOG and the Philippine Internet community.
• 20200116-1: The Board of Directors unanimously agreed the location and partner for APRICOT 2021. The decision will be made public during the Closing Plenary of APRICOT 2020.
• 20200116-2: The Board of Directors agreed that every effort will be made to host APRICOT 2024 in Fiji.

2019

• 20190902-1: The Board of Directors endorsed a revised Memorandum of Understanding between APNOG and APNIC. This MoU supercedes the previous MoUs which APNIC held with APRICOT and APIA.
• 20190801-1: The Board of Directors approved the establishment of bank accounts for APNOG with Suncorp Bank.
• 20190801-2: The Board of Directors noted that APNOG Ltd would be listed in the Australian Business Register (thereby receiving an ABN), as well as being registered for GST.
• 20190701-1: The Board of Directors of APRICOT formally become the Board of Directors of APNOG. The Board agreed that all future activities previously undertaken as the APRICOT Board will now be undertaken as the APNOG Board.
• 20190701-2: The Board of Directors approved the formal transfer of all contractual liabilities and obligations of APIA to APNOG. In return, APIA agreed to pay all monies collected for organising APRICOT Summits towards future Summit costs, as directed by APNOG.
• 20190701-3: The Board of Directors approved the transfer of responsibility of organisating APRICOT Summits to APNOG.
• 20190701-4: The Board of Directors noted that the Special Committee of the Asia Pacific Internet Association Pty Ltd, up until now known as APRICOT, will revert to using the name APIA. The Board of Directors of APNOG Ltd remain as Directors of the APIA Special Committee.

Past Board Decisions and Resolutions

APRICOT and APIA Board decisions and resolutions back to 2002 are recorded here.

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