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Summary report of APNIC 55 (APRICOT 2023) Meeting held in Manila, Philippines

APNIC Logo The APNIC 55 meeting was held in Manila, Philippines from 20th Feb to 02nd March 2023. The meeting was hosted by PhNOG, The Philippine Network Operators Group (PhNOG) and supported by DOST- Advanced Science and Technology Institute. Every year, APNIC conferences are held twice, the first of each year is held in conjunction with APRICOT and the second one is a standalone conference. The last such meeting held in India was in 2012, APNIC 33 (which was in conjunction with APRICOT 2012).  APNIC 55 meeting was unique in multiple senses –  i. Firstly, because of the possibility of potential hijack [1] [2][3] of the APNIC Executive Council by Cloud Innovation Ltd. / Larus foundation / NRS, the same organizations which have dragged AFRINIC (RIR for African Continent) into the Mauritius supreme court and at one point nearly halted the AFRINIC operations by getting its bank accounts frozen (over 25 lawsuits have been filed against AFRINIC by Cloud Innovation Ltd.). Number

Thank you note

"A thank you note is the simplest form of showing gratitude". I am both humbled and honored that you have placed your confidence and support in me by electing me for the NRO NC Member and NIR SIG Co-Chair position. I sincerely thank you for casting your valuable vote in my favor and making me win the election seeing all the required capabilities as a leader in me. I feel and believe that your support will boost my confidence to discharge my duties and responsibilities in a righteous manner. I want to extend my special and sincere thanks for the immense support, valuable time and opportunity from Sh R.S. Mani (my boss), Dr Seema Khanna, Sh Anil Jain (CEO NIXI), Mr Tarun Dua (my mentor), Mr Vivek from Hapihhost, Sh Shailesh Gupta, Mr Naveen Sharma, Mr Anurag Bhatia, Mr Daryll Swer, Mr Abhishek Mishra, APNIC team and all others who supports me directly or in-directly by encouraging me to use my temperament in the right direction to give out the best result. Thanking yo

Is APNIC policy of Members Voting Rights doing the Justice with NIRs and Corresponding Countries

APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet address registry (RIR) for the Asia-Pacific region, service 56 economies, including India, Bangladesh, China, Australia, Japan and others. APNIC is one of the world's five RIRs and is part of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). As of date, the following 7 NIRs (National Internet Registries) are registered with APNIC for serving the local community a b c -- NIR Serving Economy Member under each NIR d APJII (ID) Indonesia 2916 e CNNIC (CN) China  1399 IRINN (IN) India  3368 JPNIC (JP) Japan   474 KISA (KR) Korea Not Available TWNIC (TW) Taiwan   299 VNNIC (VN) Vietnam   624 APNIC Membership is classified into 7 tiers depending on the IP holding by each member. Each membership tier has voting rights. These voting rights play a crucial role in governance and policies matt