Hi Folks. First up, a big thank you to Miwa, Elly and Nurani for the excellent presentation this morning in Wellington - as an APNIC newbie, I found it really helpful. Likewise two thumbs up to Bill Woodcock for the thought provoking discussion in the afternoon on the mechanics and politics of peering - those of you who haven't had a chance to listen to Bill, I suggest you buttonhole him when he's in Auckland next week, if you feed him beer he's sure to regale you with his doughnut theory of peering failure :-). Lastly, an marvelous job of overcatering by the folks at Datacom - ta muchly! Best $100 seminar I've been to in a long, long time. Keeping this vaguely operational, Bill has started the INOC-DBA system http://www.pch.net/inoc-dba/ Simplistically, it means that you crank up a Cisco 7960 phone, configure it to use Bill's server, and you get dial-an-ASN - ring an ASN, and with any luck it'll ring on the desk of somebody who might have something sensible to say about the ASN you just rang: -- "One of the benefits of this network which is most frequently cited by its users is the fact that callers are pre-screened for clue. Calls cannot enter the network from the outside PSTN. We would like to maintain that high ratio of signal to noise in order to keep the utility of the network as high as possible for its users." -- It seems to me to be a great idea, and not just because Bill has slapped a 7960 down on my desk to try it out :-). Bill is installing the phone at Citylink tomorrow (Tuesday) morning - anybody else interested in testing this while Bill is in town, grab a phone and send ASN/IP/Contact/MAC details through ASAP. Cheers Si On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 03:22:03PM +1000, Champika Wijayatunga said:

Dear APNIC Member,

APNIC is pleased to announce that we are planning to have a training course in New Zealand on 10 December 2002 on "Effective IP Address Management: Asia-Pacific Policies and Procedures".

The APNIC training courses are currently offered on a sponsored basis to APNIC members and it is subsidised for them. But non-members are also welcome and however, they are usually charged a slightly higher fee.

Basically these charges are to recover our costs on a non-profit basis. Previously this training course fee has ranged from 'No charge' to USD75.00 (charged in local currency) depending on the location & the sponsorships. Training materials, Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

We would like to get the input from APNIC members regarding this training. We greatly appreciate if you could answer the following few questions and send it to us. Please note that this is NOT a registration form. This information is considered for our evaluation purposes only.

* Your name & e-mail id:

* Your company / APNIC Account name:

* Are you interested in attending this training? Yes/No

* How many participants will attend from your organisation?

* Would you like to assist us in sponsoring this training? Yes/No If so in which way? (ex: providing a training venue, lunch & refreshments for the participants etc.) If you are interested in sponsorships please let us know, so that we can update you about the sponsorship benefits.

* Any suggestion for a location(city)/hotel?

* Are you aware of any Internet related conference happening in New Zealand during December 2002 ?

* Other comments

Thank you for your cooperation !

We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Warmest Regards, Champika. _____________________________________________________________________ Champika Wijayatunga, Training Manager Asia Pacific Network Information Centre phone: +61 7 3858 3100 http://www.apnic.net fax: +61 7 3858 3199 _____________________________________________________________________

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