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APTLD 00An Introduction
Don Hollander
General Manager
APTLD 00Honiara 00
August 2007
Asia Pacific Top Level
Domain Association (APTLD)
Covers all ccTLDs in the
Pacific
Covers all ccTLDs in Asia
Covers all ccTLDs in the Middle
East
Cultural Diversity is HUGE
Language Diversity is HUGE
Geography is HUGE
APTLD00 Geographic Coverage
APTLD Operation
Board
General Manager
Administrative Support
APTLD Board
Chris Disspain (.au)
Keith Davidson (.nz)
Siavash Shahshahani (.ir)
Yumi Ohashi (.jp)
Jonathan Shea (.hk)
Ai-Chin Lu (.tw)
Jaeyoun Kim (.kr)
Shariya Haniz Zulkifli (.my) CHAIR
Characteristics of Members
Large to Very Small
Sophisticated to very simple
Financially well off to financially
struggling
Private for Profit, Gov00
Dept, NGO, Univ
All keen to be better at what
they do
All willing to help one another
00and learn from one another
APTLD Activities 2007
Four Meetings
Bali (Feb 2007 in conjunction
with APRICOT)
Dubai (June 2007)
Honiara (August 2007)
Bangkok (October 2007)
Training Programs
Non-Technical (Bali &
Dubai)
Advanced Technical (Oct 2007
in Bangkok)
Shared Sessions with Members
(eg IPv6 in NZ)
Various with Malaysia
APTLD Activities 2007
Two Research Projects
Elasticity of Demand for Domain
Names
Resiliency & Redundancy
00How much is enough 00Guidelines for Operators
Size & Openness 00is
there a correlation
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
Or as members desire
APTLD Values
Open
All content is published and
freely available.
All meetings are open
All ccTLDs are welcome
All interested parties are
welcome
Principal Focus
Local
Commercial/Admin
Technical
Global Policy
IDNs
Next Meeting 00Bangkok
00Oct 24 & 25
IDN00 00dot.IDN 00How
to Move Forward
IDN.ccTLD 00Technical &
Policy Considerations
4R00 00Registries, Registrars,
Resellers & Registrants
Other Topics
Come Join Us
Joining is Easy
Full Membership is open to
ccTLD Managers in Asia Pacific
Associate Membership is open
to anyone else in the field
Annual fees range from US$150
to US$25,000 00depending on size. No service differentiation.
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