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ISOC-AU is a non-profit society founded in 1996 which promotes Internet development in Australia for the whole community - private, academic and business users. ISOC-AU is a chapter of the world-wide Internet Society and supports international web accessibility guidelines.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
July 2009 - June 2010
Please go to the membership page for information and our secure online form. 20% off for UPGRADED membership

Networking Events: the social side of networking is just as important to us as the technical side!

Organisational Membership

Sustaining Members:

Welcome to our newest
Enterprise Members:
Sophos
CSIRO ICT Centre
Juniper Networks

Welcome to our newest
Foundation Members:
eintellego
W.A. Internet Association
Tattam Software Enterprises

Supporters

The 2008 Annual General Meeting of ISOC-AU was held in Canberra on Wednesday 19 November 2008. See the Agenda, Notice of Meeting, Memorandum of Meeting, Proxy Form and Audited Financial Report, 2007/08. The Minutes will be made available shortly.

Contact Us

Help! Do you have a question about the Internet or the role of ISOC-AU? Ask our Help address - you don't even have to be a member. Send email to assist(at)isoc-au.org.au [replace (at) with @ in the address].

Our address and Board contact details

Membership application for new member or renewal: secure on-line or postal/fax application forms.

04.08.09: Minutes from the Directors' Meeting.

ISOC-AU Privacy Policy

Media Release 4 February 2010
ISOC-AU Applauds Court Decision in Case of Roadshow Films Pty Ltd v iiNET Ltd

ISOC-AU applauds today's decision of the Australian Federal Court in the case of Roadshow Films Pty Limited v iiNET Limited. The Court found that iiNet, by failing to take any steps to stop infringing conduct, did not 'authorise' copyright infringement by certain iiNet users. iiNet did not sanction, approve or countenance copyright infringement; they did no more than provide an Internet service to their customers. Read more ...




Australian IPv6 Summit 2009
See videos of the presentations here
Read the presentations here

• Internet Society international conferences

2009 Annual General Meeting of ISOC-AU

The 2009 Annual General Meeting of ISOC-AU was held in Melbourne on Wednesday 9 December 2009. The Directors elected were Rob Forsyth, Douglas Ross Kelso, Jeremy Leeson, and Gerald K. White. The Minutes will be made available soon.

Recent Submissions

• 2 November 2009 Submission on the Internet Industry Association's Draft E-Security Code (.pdf, 180 Kb).

• 11 October 2009: Submission on the Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009 (.pdf, 230 Kb).

• 11 September 2009: Submission on the auDA Inquiry into Domain Renewal, Expiry and Deletion Policy (.pdf, 204 Kb).

• 6 August 2009: Submission on the National Broadband Network Company: Legislation and Access Regime (.pdf, 168 Kb).

• 12 July 2009: Submission on an Inquiry into Cyber Crime by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications (.pdf, 200 Kb).

• 09 Jun 2009: Submission to the NTIA Inquiry: Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System (.doc, 58 Kb).

• 03 Jun 2009: Submission on the National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband (.pdf, 270 Kb).

• Earlier ISOC-AU Submissions

ISOC-AU Activities

• November 2009: ATUG-ISOC-AU meetings on the Communications Alliance paper "NBN Reference Architecture: High Level Architecture Options for the National Broadband Network Paper"


• October 2009: ATUG-ISOC-AU meetings on the "Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2009"


• TCCM 15 May 2009: 'Unacceptable' Content on the Internet: What Problem? Whose Solution?
  Telecommunications Consumer Consultations are regular ISOC-AU round-table meetings throughout Australia for all Internet users, to discuss views on current Internet issues, needs, technologies and directions.
  
  
• 2008 Australian IPv6 Summit: Transition to IPv6
  
• 2007 Australian IPv6 Summit: IPv6 at Work!
  
• 2006 Australian IPv6 Summit: The Business Case
  
• 2005 Australian IPv6 Summit: Inaugural Meeting
  
• IPv6 for e-Business: mapping readiness, developing business tools, raising awareness and assessing Australian infrastructure for IPv6, funded through DCITA's Information Technology Online Program.
  
  
• APIA and ISOC-AU Open Forum, at APRICOT, Perth, February 2006.
  

• Forums on Internet protocols and infrastructure:
  

Information Resources

• Maddocks Lawyers have very kindly provided ISOC-AU with a useful article on avoiding identity theft, from their February 2009 newsletter 'Update: Intellectual Property & Technology' (.pdf, 0.7Mb).

• The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT) launched National Consumer Fraud Week on 2 March 2009, to increase public awareness of scams and educate consumers about scams generally and the steps they can take to recognise them and protect themselves.

• The 33rd ICANN meeting at Cairo, Egypt, took place on 2-7 November 2008. ISOC-AU Treasurer Cheryl Langdon-Orr is Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), and her report to the meeting is here.

• 03 Apr 2008: The President of ISOC-AU, Tony Hill, spoke at the Local 2020 Summit - Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge, organised by ACT Senator Kate Lundy. See his Submission on IPv6 to the ACT Local 2020 Summit (.doc, 51 Kb).

• auDA has launched a series of podcasts at Let's Talk Net, to provide a practical guide to understanding the Internet for both consumers and business. You can hear or download the talks from the website.

• OnTheInternet is the online magazine from ISOC that looks at the impact of the Internet upon the world.

More Information Resources...

Internet History

• ISOC-AU and Internet Histories

• Internet Regulation and Censorship

• Governance for the Domain Name System

• Media Releases

ISOC-AU was ten years old in November 2006!
See messages of congratulation from Internet Society chapters worldwide

From our objectives of 1996 - as relevant as ever: "The fundamental human desire for communication has been the engine driving social, cultural, scientific, and economic development throughout history. The new medium of the Internet has brought about widespread, creative communication between individuals and groups that previously had little chance of contact."

"The overriding objective of the Society is to give expression to the needs and wishes of individuals, groups, or organisations that have a common interest in the viability of the Internet in Australia, so that all Australian users of the Internet may continue to benefit from, and contribute to its applications, technologies, and evolution."

Thank you to all ISOC-AU members for your ongoing years of commitment.

The Internet Society of Australia is supported by the Commonwealth through the Telecommunications Consumer Representation Grant Program of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

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