Fwd: [Ap-ipv6tf] Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force - Reflection on 2011 and directions for 2012

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Subjek:	[Ap-ipv6tf] Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force - Reflection on 2011 and directions for 2012
Tanggal:	Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:36:43 +1100
Dari:	Tony Hill <to...@keanyhill.wattle.id.au>
Kepada:	ap-i...@lists.ap-ipv6tf.org

Dear Colleagues,

With the close of such an important year for the Internet during 2011, it is a good time for me to report on progress with the work of the Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force.

Although IPv6 deployment picked up its speed significantly in the past 12 months I have no doubt that most of you share the view that we still have much to do.  In particular, delivering IPv6 connectivity to customer premises equipment (CPE) right across the Asia Pacific presents big challenges to many network operators. The coming year 2012 will be crucial for adoption of IPv6, particularly throughout the economies of the Asia Pacific region.

Asia Pacific has proved to be the most dynamic region for growth of the Internet over the last few years.  It is the first region to exhaust its supply of IPv4 addresses.  Therefore, we face the situation that Internet users, industry and service providers will face shortages of Internet addresses for the first time during 2012.  There are already particular areas of shortage of Internet addresses emerging in economies of our region, in particular companies and in parts of companies.  IPv6 adoption is a crucial part of the solution to this problem, to relieve any constraints to growth of the Internet and avoid limiting capacity for economic and social development as well.  No single economy can successfully pursue implementation of IPv6 alone because of the international value of the Internet.  The coming year 2012 will be crucial for adoption of IPv6, particularly throughout the economies of the Asia Pacific region.

Reflecting these observations, the role of Task Force discussions will be critical to support international coordination, particularly during the coming few years.

I am pleased to report that the Task Force has had success with a number of activities and issues over the recent couple of years.  In particular, the following key achievements have been made:

* Opening up the mailing list to public participation and cleaning up "inactive email accounts" to reduce large number of bounce back messages through a fully transparent process.  Now, anyone can subscribe/unsubscribe the list as they need.

* Organising Task Force gatherings at every APRICOT and APNIC meeting with relevant agendas to encourage participants to share their IPv6 deployment stories and to think about Task Force�s role for the immediate future  (Thanks for APNIC�s support for providing venues and tools for APIPv6TF gatherings).

* At every Task Force gathering, the Secretariat has provided open access remote participation tools for those who could not attend in person.

* Presenting Task Force's view at various IPv6 summits and other IPv6 related conferences (e.g., 2010 Bali IPv6 Summit, 2010 Taiwan IPv6 Summit, 2011 Singapore iDA IPv6 Executive Briefing etc.)

* Keeping close communication with TWNIC to maintain the old Task Force website as as up to date as possible while developing a new Task Force website.

The role of APNIC as secretariat for the Task Force has been very important to producing these achievements.  In particular, these new arrangements have been very helpful to allow regular participation across all the economies of the Asia Pacific region, even when physical travel to meetings is not possible.

I have looked back at the timing of secretariat contributions over the history of the Task Force on our existing website.  It appears that the secretariat has been changed every one to two years, but the timing of these changes has been vague.  I know that substantial contributions have been made by the various secretariats over this period.  But I suspect that high rate of turnover of the secretariat may not have been helpful.

In order to contribute to stability, I would like to recommend that the secretariat function to remain with APNIC in future.  After discussions with APNIC, I am very pleased to say that they are willing to continue their contribution of the secretariat for another two years.  In my view, the continuity of this support will contribute greatly to the stability of the Task Force activities over this challenging time. APNIC has also advised that work on the new updated website is nearly complete and should be ready for launch by our meeting in Delhi in February 2012, in conjunction with APNIC 33.

The Task Force was established with foresight of IPv6 leaders in the Asia Pacific region in 2003, and we will have 9th year of its existence in 2012.  The IPv6 operational environment has changed dramatically with more deployment experience and I believe the Task Force needs to evolve into the next phase to support the industry with tangible measures by supporting international collaboration.

At recent Task Force Gatherings and IPv6 related conferences where I have spoken as the Chair of the Task Force, I was asked if I can keep leading the Task Force during the upcoming critical years as the chair.  I have given some thought to this request but I need to consider my other responsibilities in terms of my own work and personal responsibilities.  No different from many of you in this list, I have to juggle my work, family and voluntary activities.  However, given such a crucial moment of IPv6 deployment, particularly during next few years, if members of the Task Force are agreeable, I would be willing to consider a further time period in this role.

The existing website shows that I have been nominated as chair of the Task Force since 2010.  It is not clear what the term of that appointment may be.  Given that two years will come up around the time of our next gathering in Delhi, it is a good time to consider what approach we should take.  I would like to open this topic for discussion on the mailing list in the lead up to organisation of the Delhi meeting.

I look forward to any comments you have on these activities and on our future arrangements as discussed above.  Your input by 15 January 2012 would greatly assist with confirming arrangement prior to the Delhi meeting.

I wish you relaxing and joyful holiday season and a happy New Year!

I am looking forward to meeting you in New Delhi!

Regards,

Tony Hill
Chair
Asia Pacific IPv6 Task Force


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