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APNIC Document identity

Title:    APNIC Membership: Tiers and Voting rights (Final Draft)

Short title:                    membership-tiers-voting
Document ref:                   APNIC-121
Version:                        001
Date of original publication:   18 June 2009
Date of this version:           18 June 2009
Review scheduled:               n/a 
Obsoletes:                      n/a
Status:                         Effective from 1 January 2010
Comments:                       n/a
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       APNIC Membership: Tiers and Voting rights - 2010 


1. Membership of APNIC
----------------------

Members must be in good financial standing with APNIC and must be 
current with respect to all APNIC member fees and charges. 

All APNIC Members have equal access to the following benefits of 
membership: 
     * Entitlement to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according to
       membership tier 
     * Participation through APNIC activities in a regional community
       interest involved in IP addressing and related matters 
     * Free or discounted access to training, education, and 
       information services 
     * Free or discounted access to APNIC meetings and associated 
       conferences 
     * Representation of their interests in regional and global policy 
       development 
     * Access to APNIC's resource allocation, registration, and 
       database services 

2. Membership Tiers 
-------------------
APNIC membership is available in seven tiers: Associate, Very Small, 
Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, and Extra Large. All members have 
equal access to the core services of APNIC, and voting entitlements are 
determined based on the tier structure. 

A member's membership tier is determined by the amount of address space 
that member holds as of the anniversary of their date of joining APNIC 
as a member. The member's total IPv4 and IPv6 holdings, including 
historical and APNIC-allocated address space will be assessed. 

Experimental allocations are not counted when determining Membership 
tier. 

2.1 IPv4 address space 
----------------------
For IPv4 address space, the membership tier is assessed as follows: 

       Membership tier |    IPv4 Holding 
    -------------------|----------------------------------
         Associate     |    None 
         Very Small    |    Up to and including /22 
         Small         |    Greater than /22, up to and including /19 
         Medium        |    Greater than /19, up to and including /16 
         Large         |    Greater than /16, up to and including /13 
         Very Large    |    Greater than /13, up to and including /10 
         Extra Large   |    Greater than /10 



2.2 IPv6 address space
----------------------

For IPv6 address space, the membership tier is assessed as follows. 

      Membership tier |     IPv6 Holding 
    ------------------|--------------------------------------
        Associate     |     None 
        Very Small    |     Up to and including /35 
        Small         |     Greater than /35, up to and including /32 
        Medium        |     Greater than /32, up to and including /29 
        Large         |     Greater than /29, up to and including /26 
        Very Large    |     Greater than /26, up to and including /23 
        Extra Large   |     Greater than /23 



2.3 IPv4 and IPv6 Holdings
-------------------------- 

For members holding both IPv4 and IPv6 address space, the membership 
tier is assessed separately for each type, as above. The member's 
effective membership tier is then assessed as the larger of these. 



3. Voting rights 
----------------
APNIC members are entitled to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according 
to their membership tier as follows: 

      Membership tier |     Number of votes 
    ------------------|--------------------------------------
        Associate     |     1 
        Very Small    |     2 
        Small         |     4 
        Medium        |     8
        Large         |     16
        Very Large    |     32
        Extra Large   |     64