Directors of ISOC-AU
The Constitution allows for three to twelve Directors, elected for three-year terms. One-third of the Board must retire every year, with new elections held at the AGM (usually in November or December). Any current ISOC-AU member is welcome to stand or be nominated for election to the Board. A candidate for election must be proposed and seconded by current members.
The Directors convene every month by teleconference and also try to meet at least twice a year in person. Minutes of the meetings are posted on the ISOC-AU website regularly. The Directors act in a volunteer capacity; they appoint an Executive Director for administration and organisation of Society activities.
The officers of the Society are the President, Vice-President, Honorary Treasurer and Honorary Secretary. The Vice-President chairs meetings when the President is unable to attend. The Honorary Treasurer administers the finances, keeps records of accounts, and submits the financial statements to the auditor before the Annual General Meeting. The Honorary Secretary is responsible for the Minutes, correspondence, and the convening of official meetings.
Here is a Roll of Honour of past directors of ISOC-AU since the Society incorporated in 1996.
Below are the current (March 2007) directors with some biographical information.
- Gunela Astbrink
- Paul Brooks
- Narelle Clark, Vice-President
- Tony Hill, President
- Ross Kelso
- Kevin Karp, Honorary Secretary
- Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Honorary Treasurer
- Jerry Leeson
- Jeremy Malcolm
- Andrew McRae
- Gerry White
- Holly Raiche, Executive Director
Ms Gunela Astbrink
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BA (James Cook) Grad DipLib (UNSW) AALIA
After having started using the Internet in the early '90s and generally "preaching" its potential, I started focusing on two particular areas.
Firstly, ensuring that access to web sites is available to everyone. Using inclusive design priciples when developing web sites makes it easier for older people, people with disabilities and people in rural areas to better access information. I have written articles and given presentations and demonstrations on web accessibility since 1996.
Working with the Telematics and Disability Centre at Swedish Telecom in the early '90s gave me an international focus on both R&D and service delivery. I was also Chair of the Information Transfer Working Group of COST 219, a European Commission Action Project on telecommunications and disability and am currently the Australian member of COST 219bis.
At present, I am policy consultant with TEDICORE (Telecommunications and Disability Consumer Representation) which is funded by DCITA. I have ongoing input to government and industry reviews, inquiries and codes and standards development and initiate issues of concern.
My second area of focus is improving information and Net literacy and working towards reducing the "digital divide" in the community. My professional background as a librarian and previously as Manager of Internet Services at the State Library of Queensland has assisted in the role of provision of Internet access in public libraries, training in the effective use of the Net and directory tools. I am keen to continue working on mechanisms for increasing the community's access to the Net.
Dr Paul Brooks
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BSc (Hons) in Physics and Computer Science (University of Adelaide), Ph.D. in
Astrophysics (University of New South Wales)
I lead Layer10 Advisory, an independent consultancy practice specialising in Telecommunications network architecture, broadband access and carrier network operations. Sometimes described as a "Serial CTO", my expertise in telecommunications network design, planning and operation is derived from extensive hands-on experience in Broadband Access and large-scale data networking. My practical and pragmatic knowledge of communications protocols, leading equipment suppliers, carriers and service providers, and the Australian regulatory environment, has been forged through consulting projects and executive positions in carriers large and small.
I am one of the few people in Australia with direct experience in Australian FTTN networking and broadband video delivery, through my appointment as Chief Technology Officer at TransACT Communications in Canberra, and I have served as CTO for a number of other carriers and start-up service providers, including Global One, Flowcom/Macrocom, and eCOM. Recent projects have included network design reviews for national ISPs, chairing working groups on IP Network QoS and VoIP Interconnection with the Communications Alliance, the VDSL2 working group, - helping the ACCC with their enquiries - in a number of arbitrations, and assisting the Commerce Commission in New Zealand evaluate DSL spectrum interference issues as they introduced unbundled copper loops in NZ.
I am an active participant within the Communications Alliance, ATUG and the Australian ISP community, and am a Foundation Member and Board member of the Internet Society of Australia.
Ms Narelle Clark
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BAppSc MEng PGDipMgt MIEEE MComsoc
I am a data communications and Internet specialist who has been working in advanced technology areas consistently throughout my career. Back in the early days of the Australian Internet I was responsible for development and operation of university campus networks, research labs and medical and Internet software projects. A firm believer in relevant technology, I also run an on-line parenting support group and am a member of the steering committee for the group Females in Information Technology & Telecommunications.
Now in the role of Manager, Research and Development, in the new technology analysis group of Optus Networks Division, I have been a user, builder, manager and researcher of Internet networks and services since 1986. I have been an Optus employee since 1998 during which time I have played a key technical and management role in a number of major Internet projects. Prior to that I was data network manager at Vodafone, and earlier spent many years in the university sector building and operating campus networks, primarily within UTS and AARNet's NSW RNO. I have a bachelors degree in physics and a masters in telecommunications and information systems engineering and am currently completing a graduate diploma in management.
Mr Jerry Leeson
I have been involved in the IT industry for over 25 years in a number of industries including banking and finance, insurance, construction/engineering, public utilities and education. For the majority of this time I have been employed by IT consultancies and hardware/software vendors.Over the last five years I have been focussed on the delivery of Internet based services that support education in Australia. I have been involved in a number of working groups and am a member of the following Australian Flexible Learning Framework initiatives: VET Access to Bandwidth Committee, the e-Standards Expert Group and the Learning Object Repository Network Project.
I currently manage the Registrar for the edu.au domain and participate in the development of Internet based solutions for education. I believe that the Internet and related technology is really just at the beginning of driving significant social change, and that ISOC-AU has a very important role to play in this area.
Mr Tony Hill
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BA, M Environmental Studies, Grad Cert Public Sector Management
I have established my own consultancy, Capital Hill Consulting Pty Ltd, that provides high-level advice on large-scale research funding, strategic research management and challenging collaboration issues. I was formerly Manager of the Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Program in the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. My 20-year career in the Australian Public Service has spanned seven Commonwealth agencies, including Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, and working for Ministers on both sides of politics.
Since 2005 I have been chair of the National ICT Industry Alliance, the peak grouping of industry, professional, user and technology organisations for Australia. I have been leading the discussion of IPv6 in Australia as chair of the ISOC-AU IPv6 Special Interest Group. I was Chair of NICTIA from 2005 to 2007, and am also chair of the steering committee for the Australian IPv6 Summit, and closely involved with establishment of IPv6-related projects, such as IPv6 for e-Business.
Mr Ross Kelso
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BEng, MEngSc (Qld), Grad Dip Media, Communications and IT Law (Melbourne)
As an organisation, I believe that ISOC-AU needs to re-examine its business environment and take steps now to ensure that it can continue to serve its member constituency over the coming decade and beyond.
At present, I am undertaking full-time doctoral studies at Queensland University of Technology in the Creative Industries Faculty. My research focus concerns the policy and investment settings that can bring about the next generation of high bandwidth communication infrastructure and service delivery to residences and small businesses throughout Australia.
I am currently a member of the Consumers Telecommunications Network, the Communications and Media Law Association, and the Telecommunication Society of Australia. For more on my background and interests, see my home page.
Mr Kevin Karp
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B.E.(Hons), B.Sc, GradDipSIA, Senior ACM, Fellow FINSIA
The Internet is now faced with new and difficult challenges that we must face as an industry, as users of the net, as individuals, and as a society. In essence I believe that the Internet is at a point of significant threat to its future universality of usage, and to our individual rights of usage. The motto of ISOC-AU is that the Internet is for everyone, we must prepare ourselves for the prospect that we will need to defend this proposition.
I believe that my extensive involvement with the Internet at a business and commercial level, and my experience within the commercial sector (see below) allows me to bring an additional perspective to the solid foundation that ISOC-AU has established. I see myself as a team player that has much to contribute to furthering the value of the Internet to Australian society.
CV
1992-95, Member of executive committee, Australasian Interactive Multimedia
Industry Association, and Vice-President of AIMIA for 1994-5
1982-2004, Voting Member of Association of Computing Machinery
1987-2004, Founder and Managing Director of PPS Internet, one of
Australia's longest running full service Internet Data Centre and Hosting
services.
1987-2004 Associate of the Securities Industry Association
1996-2004 Member ISOC-AU
2003-4 Member Internet Industry Association - SPAM and Authorisation
Virtual Taskforces
Ms Cheryl Langdon-Orr
Twenty plus years ago I left my Post-Grad research and career as a tutor in Physiology (although I am still a Teaching Associate at the Asia Pacific Research Institute of Macquarie University) to operate our then micro enterprise, Hovtek Pty. Limited.I am a telecommuter, and licensee of domain names in .au as well as in the global DNS, but most importantly, I am an avid end-user of the Internet for work and recreation. Recently we have established a second business interest, which was developed form some of the TQM activities of Hovtek; BuildersNet, which relies totally on the Internet to facilitate its operation.
Our clients in Australia are Micro Businesses and SMEs - and internationally mainly SMEs and Government or Aid Funded bodies; we service and communicate with them almost exclusively online and the majority of our importation of raw materials and products as well as export documentation bookings etc. is now handled that way. I am a Director in several Associations and a NFP company interested in Global Trade and SME growth, facilitated by Internet use, under the auspices of UNCTAD.
I believe the Internet should be seen as a public asset and needs to be developed and maintained as a cost-effective and accessible resource for communication, education, community, social and business opportunities by the Australian and wider global community.
My focus and ongoing interests are not specifically technical but rather more consumer and end user focused (I currently represent ISOC-AU in the ACIF Consumer Advisory Council) with a keen interest in Policy Development, Access, Outreach and Regulatory issues.
I was an Individual Member (prior to the formation of our Chapter) of ISOC and am a Demand Class Member of auDA, having been recently re-elected as a Board Member for my second term of office. Previously I have worked on several auDA Policy Advisory Panels, and am the current Chair of the Domain Name Industry Code of Practice Committee.
Mr Jeremy Malcolm
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BCom, LLB (Hons)
I am the manager of two Internet-focussed businesses; an IT consultancy called Terminus Network Services, and my legal practice which emphasises IT and communications law. Some years after I began to use the Internet I became concerned about its future, and involved myself with several organisations seeking to maintain and broaden its accessibility.
I hope to be able to make a real contribution to ISOC-AU as I have also endeavoured to do with the Australian Public Access Networks Association since 1996, the Western Australian Society for Computers and the Law Inc since 1995, the Western Australian Internet Association since 2000, and Electronic Frontiers Australia from 1999 to 2001.
My particular interests in Internet management include the development of open standards, the domain name system, telecommunications regulation, cryptography policy and the competitive expansion of broadband networks. I am currently chairing a taskforce of the Internet Industry Association that is developing a Spam Code for the Internet Industry.
Mr Andrew McRae
I am a founding member of ISOC-AU, and have been involved with networking and the Internet for as long as it has been available in Australia, even back to the ACSnet days. I am a senior software engineer with Google, based in the Sydney Engineering office. Prior to Google, I was a Principal Engineer with a silicon valley startup working on networking products, and before that, I was a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco Systems.I would like to see ISOC-AU play a vital role in ensuring that the Internet in Australia grows and develops in an open and vital way, so that Australian individuals and businesses benefit from the enabling technologies of the Internet.
Mr Gerry White
At the end of 2006 I retired as CEO of education.au, which is Australia's national education and training technology agency. education.au provides education and training Internet and technical services through collaboration and networking with the national, State and Territory governments. It also forms strategic national and international alliances for mutual benefit and as a result has a strong international network.I began working with computers in 1972 and have been interested in their impact on education and training especially with the advent of the Internet. My interests today are in improving the national regulatory regime especially as it applies to the Internet, including the outdated print based copyright regime that is inappropriately applied, as well as finding ways in which education and training can be advantaged through use of the Internet.
I would like to see education and training able to access a high speed Internet that operates using open networks, open content and open technical standards for all Australians, especially those engaged in learning programs, research and community projects. I work with ISOC-AU to improve the lot of users of the Internet, especially in education and training.
Ms Holly Raiche
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BA, MA, LLB
I am a Visiting Fellow with the Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, in the Faculty of Law at the University of NSW, a member of the Consumers' Telecommunications Network Board and a member of the Australian Privacy Foundation. The Internet has been an invaluable tool throughout my career, as well as the subject of courses I have taught.