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- YJ Park (SUNY-Korea) highlighted the need to engage the APAC community in depth on the topic of the IANA stewardship transition. In this regard, our participation in the IANA transition Coordination Group would be critical. There is a need for the APAC community to be represented in the Coordination Group to provide regional balance.
- Going forward, it was noted that many forums in the region will feature the IANA stewardship transition discussion: the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) in New Delhi in August; the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) meeting in Nantou, Taiwan in August; NetHui IGF in Auckland in July; NOGs such as PACNOG; and the APNIC regional meeting in Brisbane in September etc.
- As the different forums had different audiences, it was agreed that different messages had to be worked out to interest the various communities on the topic of the IANA stewardship transition. APNIC expressed interest to work with ICANN on this.
- YJ shared her experience that the technical community, such as those attending APAN, had a lot of knowledge on the issue but were not motivated to be engaged in this space. Kitamura Yasuichi (APAN) highlighted that while the APAN audience knew the DNS structure and how it works well, the IANA stewardship transition topic was considered political and they would prefer not to be involved. It was agreed that a strategy was required in the messaging, particularly to highlight the impact the IANA stewardship transition would have on the “real internet world” (i.e. technical community). The APAC community at large would also need to be engaged, factoring in issues such as language and culture to facilitate interest and discussion.
NextGen@ICANN and the Asia Pacific Internet Leaders Programme (APILP)
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