Executive Committee Minutes - 11 February 2005
Minutes of a Meeting of the InternetNZ Executive Committee, held 11 February 2005.
NZNOG | Domainz | Travel | Meeting Schedule | Digital Strategy | Reviews | WIGIG | General Business
Present:
- Keith Davidson, Chris Streatfield, Michael Wallmannsberger, Peter Macaulay, Gale Blikshavn (minutes)
Apologies
- David Farrar due to NZRS Strategy planning and board meeting. Apologies accepted by consensus.
Minutes of Previous Meeting
The minutes of 17 December 2004 and 15 January 2005 were approved by consensus.
Matters Arising
E-Vote on ICANN06
Action: KD to forward results and TOR to Council.
Review final strategy & business plan
Some minor changes were made and it will now be tabled to Council.
NZNOG
KD updated the meeting on the conference. The Peering Game had been a big success and Bill Norton visits were very well received. Unfortunately due to illness he was unable to meet with TelstraClear. SR noted a full report to Council would be desirable.
Action: JC/PM/KD/SR.
SR requested a discussion paper be developed on commercial issues of peering/transit from a 360 degree view (not just network administrators). It was suggested Joe Abley be approached to author and once written be peer group reviewed. PM requested a brief on objectives.
Action : SR: - once brief completed PM to take to Kyoto and speak with Joe Abley there.
KD also noted top speakers had attended NOG. Antispam tutorial was not as well attended as originally anticipated, as Wgtn attendees had been fog bound, but useful panel discussion had taken place. Suggestion had been made that next NOG could be held in Wellington in partnership with VUW perhaps post ICANN. KD noted Joe Abley had done History of Internet/Peering presentation and a Wiki had been established. SR noted that money had been allocated for journalist to interview 20 top internet people to pad out and whether we use the wiki just established.
Action: DPF and PM will continue to work on finding the right person for the job and coordinating input with NZNOG wiki.
Domainz Retention Fund
Action: PM to send letter to Melbourne IT re retention fund. Noted only 6 weeks to resolve due to end of financial year.
Travel Policy
Discussion: In Committee.
Action: CS to pull together existing policy segments and draft complete travel policy. Operational staff to contribute to resolve current processing issues and draft to be circulated to Exec and once approved to be referred to Council.
Meeting Schedule
Had been circulated, noted that March Exec Com meeting would now on 3.30pm , 7.00pm 22 nd March ICANNZ06 meeting will be held earlier that day. WSIS prep communications to be included on agenda. Members consultations tentatively set for 21 March eve for Wgtn and 23rd Auckland and will include presentations on current issues.
Council Agenda
Action: KD to send reminder for papers.
Digital Strategy Initiative
In Committee. Action: SR to continue working with govt on possible projects resulting from the Digital Strategy Initiative.
Review .nz Fee Change
That we have on record a statistic analysis of comparison of fees set by other ccTLDs and as this to be part of our annual reporting.
Action: PM to ensure ccTLD stats be part of annual report process and PM to ensure that annual report process be completed in more timely fashion - noting this would be an operational matter. PM noted JC would be tasked to manage process.
Communications Review
SR updated the meeting on his recent meeting with Chris Lipscombe and tabled a suggested potential budget allocation for a communications campaign for 2005/06 budget. Robust discussion was held.
Action: SR/CS/DPF/CL/JC to develop Comm plan prior to Thursday am.
SR noted a potential outreach initiative for WGIG/WSIS awareness in the form of either lecture series or an Internet Governance Roadshow. It was agreed to increase WSIS budget line by $30k to bring 2 speakers out to NZ as itemised under WSIS as WSIS outreach.
Michael Wigley and Jordan Carter joined the meeting.
Telecommunciatons Act Review
KD noted a record of thanks to Michael Wigley, Kath, Pete and Jordan for completing project within the tight timeframe. Michael Wigley noted how balanced and commercial InternetNZ had been in its approach compared to earlier years and noted he was very impressed with the process and people involved.
Discussion on possible future progress of the review process occurred.
Meeting broke for lunch, Michael Wigley left the meeting.
Further discussion was undertaken post KD's departure on Stats collection. CS asked how much further down the road this would require budget for. PM noted not long and then it would come down to a body of work for Council. CS noted that when we know there is a project coming up to nail funding in advance. PM noted some funding aside for 2/3 days legal work.
WGIG Draft papers
WGIG have released their draft working papers are now available for comment, the thought is that we take someone on to undertake preparation of InternetNZ position papers on them and a SWOT analysis, will require someone with global internet governance awareness and InternetNZ knowledge, discussion was held. The position paper needs to be available for members' consultation meeting, therefore needs to be completed in four weeks. Costs to be allocated to project fund.
Action: KD - Exec and International Committees to recommend to Council that we provide a position paper for InternetNZ on the WGIG working papers on IANA function and root server systems.
Review of Honoraria and Directors Fees
Action: KD to review relevant Council meetings and decisions, and consult with appropriate honoraria earners, to produce paper with recommendations for honoraria for next Ex Com meeting.
Establishing a Directors appointments committee of four including CS and KD and committee reps for .nzoc and .nzrs directors was seen as an appropriate course of action.
Action: KD to progress and table recommendations to Council. Advertisements to be placed by end of March.
General Business
SR updated the committee on recent events in Christchurch and IPv6 developments.
KD left the meeting, appointing Michael Wallmansberger as Chair for the remainder of the meeting.
Discussion was held on future directions included lab and ispag governance, and potential national IPv6 forum. Noted that some seed funding may be required, that forum must be independent of NGI and pull together an IPv6 migration plan. This would require a champion.
Action: SR/PM to speak with industry representatives to discuss way forward.
SR asked if there was an ICTUS Update - PM none at this stage. SR noted recent events in Canterbury and noted a disconnect and that not enough briefings had been undertaken.
PM noted possible agenda item for next Council or Exec meeting that Jim Higgins be invited to provide update of activities. Noting that ICTUS will come into its own at the next level of Digital Strategy Initiative.
Project Fund Initiatives
Agreed this to become line item for future Exec Com agendas.
Patent Bill
PM noted he had flagged with PAG and now up to PAG to come back to Ex Com with implications. SR noted particularly to pull out implications on ICT software and queried whether it is something can be run with ICTUS. Action: PM to progress.
Meeting closed at 2.31pm
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