Asia Pacific Joint Secretariat, Ltd.Asia Pacific Joint Secretariat, Ltd.

29 August 200229 August 2002

Shanghai, CHINAShanghai, CHINA

Byung-Kyu KimByung-Kyu Kim

IncorporationIncorporation

Urgent Need

- Legal status of ccTLD Secretariat

- Need a bank account for ccTLD Secretariat Use a Law-firm in Seoul

- Legally incorporated in British Virgin Island

on 31 May 2002 ( a branch in Seoul)

- Signed by BK and Pensri

- Still need more documents for a bank account

in British Virgin Island

- Cost will be about $10,000

Goals and ObjectivesGoals and Objectives Goal: Promotion of efficient secretariat administration of

the Internet Organizations in Asia-Pacific through resource sharing and support

Objectives: - Information sharing - Sharing of other resources - Support for new organizations - Coordination of secretariat activities - Administration of AP* Retreat

Current ActivitiesCurrent Activities Bangkok Office - AP* Retreat (Events & Secretariat) - apstar.org homepage (Calendar and other information) - Administration of Asia-Pacific Joint Sec Membership - mirror site of apsec.org (th.apsec.org) - co-Executive Director: Pensri Arunwatanamongkol

Seoul Office - ccTLD Secretariat - AP Outreach - mirror site of apsec.org (kr.apsec.org) - co-Executive Director: BK Kim

We may consider more office(e.g. APNG..etc) later.

Scope of ServicesScope of ServicesResearch and strategic overview IP numbersDomain NamesPolicy legalTrade and industryTraining and education in operationsAdvanced networks and advanced networkin

g technologiesUser membershipSpecific areas: Bio-infomatics etc.

MembershipMembership

Members: - voting organizational members: Internet

organizations recognized by AP* from any of the countries and economies primarily from Asia-Pacific region.

- non-voting organizational members - non-voting individual members

All members may participate to the Asia Pacific Joint Secretariat Board.

StructureStructure

Organization Members (tentative) APNG, APAN, APNIC, APTLD, APIA, INFITT, A

PBioNet, APDIP

Board Members (Interim) Toru Takahashi(IAJapan), Paul Wilson(APNIC), X

ing Li(APNG) , YJ Park(APAN), Hirofumi Hotta(JPRS), Subramaniam D(INFITT)

Executive Directors: BK Kim and Pensri Staffs: Abhisak Chulya (ccTLD sec), SY Yoo (ccT

LD sec), and Faraah (AP* Retreat sec)

Current figure of the StructureCurrent figure of the StructureMembersBoards

|Executive Director(s)

(Provide Legal Status for Staffs, if needed)

ccTLD Sec

Exec DirectorDeputy Exec Dir

Admin Staff($100K-$120K)/year

AP Outreach Sec

Admin Staff($10K-$20K)/year

AP* Retreat Sec

Exec DirectorAdmin Staff

($20K-$40K)/year

Funding ModelFunding Model Urgent Needed - Need a permanent(stable) staff or a coordinator wi

th good English and technical skills, and he/she should work for AP Joint Sec. (He/she could work for partly AP Outreach, ccTLD sec, or AP* Retreat sec)

- A permanent staff salary: $20,000/year - Incorporation Fee: about $10,000

Funding Model for FY2002: Contribution Funding Model for FY2003: Membership Fee

Schedules (moving slowly)Schedules (moving slowly) Sep-Oct 2002: - Incorporation process will be finished - Bylaws, Membership - Collecting Membership Fee - APNG Secretariat will join (?) - Bidding APRICOT Secretariat (?)

Nov-Dec 2002: - voting for new Boards Feb 2003 (during APRICOT2003): - AP Joint Sec Member/Board Meeting

Activities (ccTLD Secretariat)Activities (ccTLD Secretariat) FY2001(May 2001 – May 2002) - 4 ccTLD Meetings Stockholm: Jun 2001, Montevideo: Sep 2001 Marina del Rey: Nov 2001, Accra: Mar 2002 - Monthly AdCom teleconf - Incomes: $60,872 by 33 ccTLDs, $54,037 by sponsors, $9,

840 in donation, etc. (TOTAL INCOMES: $125,546) - Expenses: $39,056 for staff salary, $53,237 for meeting exp

enses, etc. (TOTAL EXPENSES: $100,730) FY2002(May 2002 – May 2003) - Bucharest: Jun 2002 - Shanghai: Oct 2002 (3 days meeting + 2 days Workshop) - Monthly AdCom teleconf (AdCom+ERC Joint teleconf)

Activities (AP Outreach)Activities (AP Outreach) FY2002(Jan 2002 – Dec 2002)FY2002(Jan 2002 – Dec 2002)

March 2002, APRICOT in Bangkok, Thailand(1) Asia Pacific Outreach BoF (jointly with AP at Large)

(2) Asia Pacific Outreach BoF (jointly with APTLD) - the first ccTLD Name Server Training  April 2002, Mumbai, Bangalore, India             (1) AP Outreach seminar with APNIC in Mumbai,India (2) AP Outreach seminar with APNIC in Bangalore,India September 2002, Vietnam with APNIC and ccTLD September 2002, Bangladesh with ccTLD October 2002, Shanghai – ccTLD Name Server Workshop Income for FY2002: $10,000 from APNIC