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{{Organization|
|country = Australia
|date_founded = 1992
|organization_type = Technical
|region = Asia Pacific
|website = http://www.apnic.net/
|x = apnic
}}
The '''Asia Pacific Network Information Centre''' ('''APNIC'''), is the [[RIR|Regional Internet address Registry]] for the Asia Pacific region.

==Overview==
APNIC was founded in January, 1993, and its headquarters are located in Brisbane, Australia. The main focus of APNIC is the registration and allocation of [[IP Address]] space throughout the Asia Pacific region. 
APNIC is an open, non-for-profit, membership-based organization.<ref>[http://www.apnic.net/about-APNIC APNIC Definition]</ref>
APNIC covers 56 economies all around Oceania and Asia which are further classified in four sub-regions: South, Southeast, Oceania and Central-east. 

There are two open meetings per year, which are organized for discussing policies and developing new strategies. APNIC also organizes courses in order to educate users to correctly manage, administer and configure the Internet services.

==APNIC Members==
Membership is available to "any person, unincorporated association, firm, corporation Governmental Organisation, or Non-Governmental Organisation, engaged in the use of or business of providing open system protocol network services".<ref>[http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/corpdocs/Bylaws.txt APNIC Conditions of Membership]</ref>

APNIC works in the interest of is members and stakeholders within the Internet community. Currently, the organization has more than 2,000 members spread throughout the Asia Pacific region.<ref>[http://www.apnic.net/about-APNIC/organization/structure/resource-distribution-and-management APNIC Members]</ref>

Members are graded into tiers depending on their IP Address, which are further delineated with regards to economy and size. All members are allowed to vote in the elections for the Executive Council. Most APNIC members are [[ISP|Internet Service Providers]], other network operators or enterprises.<ref>[http://www.apnic.net/services/become-a-member/who-are-our-members APNIC members]</ref>

===Executive Council===
Originally formed in 1996, the APNIC Executive Council was formed by Geoff Huston as Chair, Jun Murai as Treasurer, Tze Meng Tan as Secretary, and Sanjaya as a member.<ref>[https://www.apnic.net/about-apnic/organization/structure/apnic-executive-council/ec-members/ Executive Council]</ref>

Current EC Members are <ref>[https://www.apnic.net/about-apnic/organization/structure/apnic-executive-council/ec-members/]</ref> -

{| class="wikitable"
! '''Name !! Position !! Until'''
|-
| [[Kenny Huang]] || Chair || March 2025
|-
| [[Vincent “Achie” Atienza]] || Secretary || March 2024
|-
| [[Yoshinobu Matsuzaki]] || Treasurer  || March 2025
|-
| [[Anlei Hu]] || member || March 2025
|-
| [[Roopinder Singh Perhar]] || member || March 2025
|-
| [[Sumon Ahmed Sabir]] || member || March 2024
|-
|[[Kam Sze Yeung]]|| member || March 2024
|-
| [[Jia Rong Low]] || Ex-officio || 
|}

==APNIC Functions==
The main functions of the Asia Pacific Information Centre are:
* The allocation and registration of [[IPv6]] and [[IPv4]] address space, as well as [[ASN]] throughout the Asia Pacific region;
* The maintenance of a public [[Whois]] Database for the region; 
* Representation to other bodies of the Internet community throughout the Asia Pacific region;
* Reverse DNS lookup delegations

==APNIC Structure==
APNIC is made up of:
* APNIC members
* The Executive Council
* The Secretariat
* Sub-committees <ref>[http://ftp.apnic.net/apnic/docs/corpdocs/Bylaws.txt APNIC Structure]</ref>

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