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    APNIC member fee schedule: tiers, fees, and descriptions



1    Membership tiers
---------------------

APNIC membership is available in seven tiers: Associate, Very Small,
Small, Medium, Large, Very Large, and Extra Large. All members have
equal access to core services of APNIC and also the annual membership 
fee which must be paid. Each member's tier is determined by the total 
address space allocations held by them, as described below.


1.1    Membership benefits

       All APNIC members have equal access to the following benefits
       of membership:

       * entitlement to vote at APNIC Member Meetings, according to
         membership tier;

       * participation through APNIC activities  in a regional community
         of interest involved in IP addressing and related matters;
 
       * free or discounted access to training, education, and
         information services; 

       * free or discounted access to APNIC meetings and associated
         conferences; 

       * representation of their interests in regional and global
         policy development; and 
 
       * access to APNIC's resource allocation, registration, and
         database services.


2     Tier determination
------------------------

A member's minimum membership tier is determined by the amount of
current address space that member holds. Members may choose to join a 
higher membership tier but may not attempt to select a lower tier than 
the one determined by address resource holdings.


2.1    IPv4 address space

       For IPv4 address space, the membership tier is assessed as
       follows:

       Membership tier     IPv4 prefix
       ---------------     -----------

       Associate           none
  
       Very Small          up to and including /22

       Small               up to and including /19

       Medium              up to and including /16

       Large               up to and including /13

       Very Large          up to and including /10

       Extra Large         >/10


2.2  IPv6 address space

       For IPv6 address space, the membership tier is assessed as
       follows:

       Membership tier     IPv6 prefix
       ---------------     ---------------

       Associate           none

       Very Small          n/a

       Small               Up to and including /35

       Medium              Greater than /35, up to /32

       Large               Greater than /32, up to /29

       Very Large          Greater than /29

       Extra Large         n/a


2.3    IPv4 and IPv6

       For members holding both IPv4 and IPv6 address space, the
       membership tier is assessed separately for each type, as
       above. The member's effective membership tier is then assessed
       as the larger of these.




3    Fees
---------


3.1    Annual membership fees

       At the time of invoicing for annual membership fees, the 
       membership tier is assessed as described in section 2 above. 
       The membership tier then determines the annual membership fee, 
       as follows.

       Membership tier     Fee (AU$)
       ---------------     ---------

       Associate                 792

       Very Small              1,584

       Small                   3,169

       Medium                  6,338

       Large                  12,676

       Very Large             25,352

       Extra Large            50,704


3.2    IP resource application fee

       Members requesting IP address space for the first time will be
       required to pay an IP resource application fee of AU$3,169. 

       The following services are exempt from the IP resource
       application fee:

       * Critical infrastructure assignments
       * Experimental allocations
       * IXP assignments
       * AS numbers
       * Historical resource transfers


3.4    Membership reactivation fee

       An organisation whose APNIC membership has been terminated
       for non-payment of membership fees may be returned to good
       standing by payment of a "membership reactivation fee" of 
       AS$1,268, in addition to any outstanding unpaid fees. This
       option is available for a limited period of three months 
       after membership termination, after which time recovered 
       resources are subject to reallocation.
