Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre
Coordinates: 27°28′21″S 153°00′51″E / 27.47241°S 153.014138°E / -27.47241; 153.014138
APNIC (the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre) is the not-for-profit Regional Internet address Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region.
APNIC provides number resource allocation and registration services that support the global operation of the Internet. It is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization whose members include Internet Service Providers, National Internet Registries, and similar organizations.
APNIC's main functions are:
allocating IPv4 and IPv6 address space, and AuSystem Numbers,
maintaining the public Whois Database for the Asia Pacific region,
reverse DNS delegations,
representing the interests of the Asia Pacific Internet community on the global stage.
Structure
Elections are held at each APNIC Annual General Meeting (AGM), which is conducted during the APNIC Member Meeting (AMM) in February. Voting takes place both on site at these meetings and prior to the meeting via online voting.