Minutes of Directors' Meeting 16 February 2004

Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
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Minutes of Directors' Meeting 16 February 2004

The meeting started at 5:45pm AEST on 16 February 2004 and took place
by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association
of the Society.

1. Attendance 

Present: Tony Hill (Chair), Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Kate Lance, Craig Ng,
Gerry White, Ross Kelso, Gunela Astbrink, Andrew McRae, Peter Ziebell,
Narelle Clarke, Adam Creed, George Fong.

Apologies: Jeremy Malcolm.

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting 

Minutes accepted: MOVED: Cheryl Langdon-Orr SECONDED:Ross Kelso CARRIED

3. Actions Arising from the Minutes 

- All directors to seek out an organisational member 
- Kate submitted DCITA progress report - done
- Kate put CeBIT info on web page - done
- Kate publicised Peter Triantafilou addressing iadirs - done
- Kate assisted George and Peter with info on TCCM setup - done
- Kate completed links to educational on-line standards - done
- Tony contacted ATUG with regard to membership - done
- Tony followed up Telstra sponsorship with Justin Milne - done
- Cheryl checked WAIA membership records - done
- Cheryl sent CISCO an invoice with payment date of 1st May 2004 - done
- Cheryl transferred DCITA funds - done
- Gunela spoke to CTN about Ipv6 - done
- George followed up on issue of IBM sponsorship - done
  IBM sponsorship is ongoing

Action items:
- 13 points for election issues to be reviewed and analysed (Tony)
- Kate to redirect help alias to iadirs

4. Reports 

4.1 Executive Director's Report
- written report circulated
- ACAC Vision 20/20 interviews are on 1 March & 5 May
- Kate on leave 19 Feb - 1st March
- Ballarat TCCM planning under way

4.2 Financial Reports
Financial reports accepted - MOVED: Cheryl Langdon-Orr SECONDED Narelle 
Clarke CARRIED

5. Membership Issues 

6. Resolutions on Notice 
(none)

7. Address on South Australian Broadband 

Member Mark Needham from NFF joined the meeting for this discussion.

James Tizard, Director DFEEST (SA) and Peter Triantafilou, Manager
Telecommunications, addressed the meeting about the South Australian
Broadband Plan.

Introduction

- Coordinating AREN bid for dark fibre network from Gawler to CBD then to
  South of Adelaide and Woodville to Magill
- NBSIG has been signed off nationally except by Victoria and a
  discussion paper is available
- working with suppliers through NDAs to gather data to map supply and
  demand
- broadband infrastructure fund of $7m made available

Broadband Development Fund (BDF)

- launched in December 2003
- registration phase closed today
- looking to take Australian Government CCIF approach with 20
  applications received
- discussions being undertaken with applicants to realise synergies
- four week period starting 1 March is open project planning
- focus is for economic development especially broadband black 
  hot spot areas

Assessment of applications

- investment in new broadband infrastructure for black spots
- seeking clusters or collections of businesses but not single service
  providers
- must identify users and their needs

Target

- up-front once-off capital cost (no funding for recurrent costs)
- strong consultation with vendors

Questions

Q1 First-mile, last-mile issues?
A1 SA keen on last mile although backhaul and transmission important

Q2 Demand aggregation should not lead to capture by incumbent to ensure
   competition with measurable outcomes?
A2 Agreed

Q3 Issues associated with rural/remote?
A3 SA is following Higher bandwidth Incentive Scheme and role of State
   Government is to optimise outcomes. BARN Fund to pass allocations to SA
   but no exclusion except for last mile e.g. copper, wireless ...

Q4 Any other systems operating e.g. 802.11b?
A4 Applications will be assessed for technical liability. Seeking to
   facilitate an innovative environment e.g. ENUM. Supernet initiative in
   Alberta is worth looking at.

Q5 What about sustainability?
A5 Councils playing an important role. Trails and pilots are not
   important. Need  commercial sustainable projects with ability to
   execute. Training and demand aggregators are important.

Q6 What degree of coverage will the program provide?
A6 Economic development important here. This is new State money and
   Government hoping for matching funds from vendors and Australian
   Government e.g. CCIF

James and Peter invited ISOC-AU to respond to the discussion paper which
is available on the website www.sa.gov.au.

The Chair thanked James and Peter for their presence and input, and
wished the SA government every success.


8. Discussion 

8.1 Meetings attended
Tony attended the National ICT Alliance, 5 Feb 2004.
Cheryl attended the Australian Services Roundtable launch, 12 Feb 2004.
Craig attended the Intelligent Cities Conference, 13 Feb 2004.

9. Any Other Business 

- Ballarat TCCM 26th February - Action, George and Peter to hold.

- Kate on leave 19 Feb - 1 March

- Hobart TCCM to be organised for 18th March 

- next round DCITA funding in April 

- Tony to attend NOIE spam forum 27 February

- Discussion for ISOC-AU to provide joint proposal for APRICOT 2006 with 
  WAIA for 27th May - MOVED Narelle Clarke SECONDED Gerry White CARRIED

- ATUG WA seeking speakers - Action: Kate to send them director names.

- Action: Tony, Kate and other interested directors, talks with TSA 
  tentatively for approx 12th March

- Action: Cheryl to follow up AC3 expenses with Phil McRae

- Innovation Access Program could be followed through as a fund for
  overseas visitors

- Parry Aftab will be in Australia from 19-22 February speaking on
  cyber-legal issues - Action: Narelle to meet.

- Victorian Worker's Compensation has been followed up by Cheryl

9. Next Meeting 

Meeting closed 7:15 pm. Next meeting will be 15th March.
Narelle will be an apology for that meeting.

10. Confirmation
Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting.
Tony Hill
President, ISOC-AU