________________________________________________________________________ Announcing the Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust (APIDT) ________________________________________________________________________
The APNIC Executive Council (EC) is pleased to announce today the establishment of the Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust (APIDT). APIDT will provide a boost to the APNIC Foundation and its work on technical skills development and capacity building, improvements to critical Internet infrastructure, supporting research and development, and improving the community’s capability to build an open, global, stable and secure Internet. APIDT was created in line with the wishes of the Founder of the WIDE Project, Professor Jun Murai of Keio University, following his decision on the future use of IPv4 address space in the 43/8 block, announced today. https://blog.apnic.net/2020/03/25/announcement-regarding-ipv4-address-block-43-8/ The Trust will use the proceeds of the sale of the address space to create a fund to benefit Internet development in the Asia Pacific region, primarily through the APNIC Foundation. A corporate Trustee* has been established in Australia by APNIC and WIDE Project, who serve as guardians of the Trust. All details including the Trustee and Deed of Trust are available at the APIDT website. https://www.apidt.org To read the full announcement, please visit: https://blog.apnic.net/2020/03/25/announcing-the-asia-pacific-internet-development-trust-(apidt)/ On behalf of the APNIC membership and community, the APNIC EC thanks Professor Murai for initiating this very exciting development, and we reiterate our commitment to working together for the development of the Internet in our region. APNIC will be holding a live webcast Q&A session on Friday, 27 March at 13:30 UTC+10 to discuss the creation of the Trust, with all interested members of the community invited to attend. Join the webcast via Zoom: https://apnic.zoom.us/j/909094443 Gaurab Raj Upadhaya, Chair Paul Wilson, Director General On behalf of the APNIC EC. *APIDTT Pty Ltd (Australian Company Number 638 389 072) as Trustee for the Asia Pacific Internet Development Trust. ________________________________________________________________________ APNIC Secretariat [email protected] Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) Tel: +61 7 3858 3100 PO Box 3646 South Brisbane, QLD 4101 Australia Fax: +61 7 3858 3199 6 Cordelia Street, South Brisbane, QLD http://www.apnic.net ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Apnic-announce mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-announce _______________________________________________ apnic-talk mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.apnic.net/mailman/listinfo/apnic-talk
