APAN Members Qualifications and Rights
Primary Member
(a) There shall only be one Primary Member from each country/economy.
(b) The Primary Member will normally be designated APAN-XX, where XX is the country/economy code.
(c) A Primary Member is an entity, organization or consortium that typically coordinates advanced research and education network provisioning within a country/economy.
(d) The organization that represents the Primary Member shall be one that comprehensively represents that
country's/economys interests in the fulfilling the objectives of APAN.
(e) The organization that represents the Primary Member shall have the support of other organizations that are stakeholders or beneficiaries in fulfilling the objectives of APAN.
(f) The entity that represents the Primary Member may be a consortium of organizations in the country/economy, or may be represented by a single organization for administrative purposes.
(g) The Primary Member will be the contact point for all matters between that country/economy and APAN.
(h) Only eligible Primary Members shall have voting rights within APAN where the weighting of the votes shall be determined by the Council of Primary Members. (appendix 1)
(i) The number of votes for each Primary Member shall be decided by the Council of Primary Members.
Associate Member
(a) An Associate Member is an entity, organization or consortium that has common interests in the objectives of APAN.
(b) An Associate Member is an entity, organization or consortium that typically coordinates advanced research and education network provisioning within a country/economy or geographical area.
(c) An Associate Member shall recognize the role of the Primary Member as the main contact and representative of a particular country/economy.
(d) There may be multiple Associate Members from each country.
(e) An Associate Member shall have no voting rights.
Affiliate Member
(a) An Affiliate Member is an entity, organization or consortium that has common interests in the objectives of APAN.
(b) An Affiliate Member typically represents a community that benefits from the use of the advanced research and education networks that APAN aims to facilitate and promote.
(c) An Affiliate Member shall have no voting rights.
Liaison Member
(a) A Liaison Member is a peer entity/organization/consortium that represents the common interest of a community in advanced networking.
(b) A Liaison Member shares common interests in the objectives of APAN.
(c) A Liaison Member has no voting rights.
Industry Member
(a) An Industry Member is a corporate entity with common interests in the objectives of APAN.
(b) An Industry Member has no voting rights.
Appendix 1
Table 1. Primary Membership contribution based on Gross GDP
Member |
GDP(Million $) |
Suare Root of GDP |
Fee Round-Off *10($) |
AU |
410,590 |
641 |
6,000 |
BD |
47,328 |
218 |
2,000 |
CN |
1,237,145 |
1,112 |
11,000 |
HK |
161,523 |
402 |
4,000 |
IN |
515,012 |
718 |
7,000 |
JP |
3,978,782 |
1,995 |
20,000 |
KR |
476,690 |
690 |
7,000 |
LK |
16,373 |
128 |
1,000 |
MY |
95,157 |
308 |
3,000 |
NP |
5,493 |
74 |
1,000 |
NZ |
99,997 |
314 |
3,000 |
PK |
61,200 |
247 |
2,000 |
PH |
77,076 |
278 |
3,000 |
SG |
86,969 |
295 |
3,000 |
TH |
126,407 |
356 |
3,000 |
TW |
281,500 |
531 |
5,000 |
VN |
20,000 |
141 |
1,000 |
Source: http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GDP.pdf
Primary Member vote allocation be set as follows:
Membership Fee Paid (US$) |
No. of Votes |
| 1,000-2,999 |
1 |
| 3,000-4,999 |
2 |
| 5,000-9,999 |
3 |
| 10,000 and above |
4 |
Proposer: Jeff McDonell
Seconder: Neil James
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|Last Updated 1 Feb 2008