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==APNIC Members==
==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>
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>
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>
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>
{| class="wikitable"
! '''Name !! Position !! Until'''
|-
| Gaurab Raj Upadhaya || chair || March 2021
|-
| Vincent “Achie” Atienza || secretary || March 2022
|-
| Kenny Huang || treasurer || March 2021
|-
| Sumon Ahmed Sabir || member || March 2022
|-
| Yoshinobu Matsuzaki || member  || March 2021
|-
| Kam Sze Yeung || member || March 2022
|-
| Paul Wilson || Ex-officio ||
|}


==APNIC Functions==
==APNIC Functions==