Council Minutes 14/05/98

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INC 14 May 1998, L2, 154 Featherstone Street, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Status: Minutes adopted at Council Meeting 20 August 1998

Present:

• Roger de Salis, Liam Greenwood, Mark Harris, Jim Higgins (Chair), John Hine, Don Hollander, Neil James, Andy Linton, Frank March, Rodney Prescott, Mimi Recker

Apologies:

• Mark Davies, Liz Dengate-Thrush, Colin Jackson, Andy Lake, Prashanta Mukerjee, Jenny Shearer, Jim Shaw, Bruce Sim

In attendance:

• Gavin Adlam,Patrick O’Brien (morning session only),

1. Observers

• Howard Woolston (NZCS), Mike Warren (ISOCNZ Member)

The presence of observers was acknowledged.

2. Apologies

MOVED (Chair): "that apologies be accepted." Agreed.

3. Minutes of meeting of 4 March 1998

Moved (Chair): "that the minutes of the meeting of 4 March 1998 be accepted as a true and accurate record." Agreed.

4. Matters Arising

Jim reported that Jenny Shearer has returned from the ACM Washington meeting. Pending a full report from Jenny he noted that she had commented publicly in response to an address by Ira Magaziner on international aspects of the DN policy and trademark issues.

It was noted that the ISOCNZ submission on the Magaziner paper had not appeared on the Web site initially but it was there now.

5. ISOCNZ Resources

Jim presented a paper noting that sufficient progress is not being made towards achieving the objectives of ISOCNZ Council and proposing that an Executive Director be appointed. Although some good progress has been made, volunteer effort is simply not enough. The Council committees need support for their activities. There is a need to facilitate communication.

In discussion it was noted:

*There is no budget to support an employee;
*Other fund raising activities might be feasible.For example, ISPs are currently looking for support and assistance and might provide backing;
*At present few of the commercial forces behind the Internet, such as Telecom, Clear, ICONZ, Voyager etc are currently corporate members;
* Membership benefits need to be clearly established.

MOVED (Chair)"that the Administration Committee be requested to identify the budget requirements of an Executive Director and proceed with an appointment before the next council meeting." Agreed

6. Committee discussions

The Council divided into the four committees (see reports, below)

7. Report on Domainz from Patrick O’Brien

Patrick O’Brien presented a status report on Domainz covering the period from March 1998.

Major points:

8. Shareholder Representation at Domainz AGM

The AGM of Domainz requires that there be representation of the shareholder (ie ISOCNZ) in addition to Board members.

MOVED (Liam Greenwood): "that Roger de Salis attend the Domainz AGM as representative of the shareholder on behalf of Council." Agreed.

9. Committee Reports

Policy Committee

Rodney Prescott reported that:
(i) The application to join ISOC was delivered by Jenny Shearer
(ii) The question of a Public Key Registry proposed as the central theme for the Auckland Forum meeting; there are problems with getting this organised. [Note that the Technical committee is looking at issues associated with establishing a PKR.]
(iii) The Web pages need to include a sample letter requesting copyright release; sample letters need to be written.
(iv) It is considered that DN moderation policies are quite clearly outlined in material on the Web site..govt.nz, .mil.nz and .cri.nz are moderated at present. The real concern is with .iwi.nz where there is agreement that it should be moderated but is not in reality.

Administration Committee

Frank March reported that:
(i) A paper outlining a proposal for a Fellowship scheme has been put forward by Jim Higgins. There will need to be an interim Fellowships committee (FC) established. Once a group of fellows is in existence, they could constitute a FC.It is noted that confidentiality is critical.
(ii) Web site: there is a need for easy access to get new Web pages put up and for a security system for a members area.

Action point: this to be progressed by Andy Linton, Mark Davies and Frank March

Financial Report:

Tabled in absence of Treasurer.

(iii) Approval of Auditor: Recommended by Treasuer that Bill Smith be re-appointed.
Moved (Chair): "that the Treasurer’s recommendation be approved." Agreed.
(iv) Business cards for Counselors are available. Officers have personalised cards and Frank is holding blank cards available for use of Counselors on request.

(v) Membership benefits:

A membership email list separate from isocnz-l needs to be established exclusively for members:isocnz-members;
Certificate of membership (possibility of a card, possibly a smart card?) Suggestion of official membership designation, eg MISOCNZ

Action point: Suggestions to be forwarded to the Administration Committee, by end of June.

Corporate membership structure:

A new approach is required which allows small corporates to join.
Action point: Administration Committee to investigate a more appropriate structure with a view to taking an amendment to the constitution to the AGM.

Technology Committee

Reported that:

(i) Pacific Islands registry: Seen as a low priority but the committee will respond positively.
(ii) Public Key Registry: ISOCNZ should establish web pages for public information.The need is for a registry of public keys, not a repository. Action point: John Hine will assemble a ‘lazy person’s guide to encryption.
(iii) Investigating the feasibility of a Network Operators Group (NOG); depends on the outcome of Uniforum meeting of network persons.
(iv) Y2K issues: Another set of Web pages, draft in progress.
(v) Registries Conference: Will be discussed further after Patrick returns from RIPE meeting (very low priority).
(vi) Promotion of Wellington Internet Exchange (WIX) : This is happening ‘organically’ and does not need any work from ISOCNZ at this stage.
(vii)Response to the Magaziner green paper: Completed. On the Web site.
(viii) Internet Directory: Under investigation. The best way forward is likely to encourage development by liaison with another organisation.
(ix) RFC Project.Still with New Zealand Internet Institute. Aim is to produce a guide to Internet terminology and another that points to the RFCs that are current.

Education and Research Committee

Neil reported that he had inherited a long action list with little moving forward. Neil will contact Jenny to see what is happening with the Auckland conference. An Excutive Director would really help expedite a few matters!!

1998 AGM Conference: We need to set up an organising committee (July). The first priorities are when and where and then to get bookings at a suitable venue.

10. Code of Practice

Jim reported that he has been trying to get an appointment with Maurice Williamson. COP has not altered since ISPANZ received a draft and nothing has been done to advance its acceptance amongst ISPs. ISPANZ appears to have vanished.
What needs to be done:

*ISOCNZ has to take the ISPCOP back as its responsibility;
*It should be published;
*The Minister ITR needs to be brought up to date;
*It needs to be sent out to all ISPs with a covering letter explaining what is happening, and asking for comments on the current version;
*In the interim (pending any amendment), they should be asked to sign it showing their endorsement;
*In return they would prominently feature the ISOCNZ logo and vice versa.

Action points: Roger will work on this with the Administration Committee.
Jim will discuss where to go with John Vorstermans.

11. Next Meeting

7 August, in Wellington. Location to be announced.

The meeting closed at 2:45 pm.

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