Technical Committee Report to Council 28/09/02
Committee Members:
Chair:
- Richard Bourne
Members
- Bill Parkin, David Zanetti, Don Stokes, Drew Whittle, Nick Wallingford, Jonathan Ah Kit, Simon Riley
1. September Meeting
No meeting took place in September 2002
2. Meeting schedules
The committee agreed to meet each month, two weeks prior to council meetings. Meetings will be a combination of F2F, audio conference or both. The tentative dates for the Technical Committee meetings are:
Monday 7th Oct 2002 12:15pm (CM on Friday 18 Oct 02)
Monday 18th Nov 2002 12:15pm (CM on Friday 29 Nov 02)
Monday 13th Jan 2002 12:15pm (CM on Saturday 25 Jan 03)
Monday 17th Mar 2002 12:15pm (CM on Friday 28 Mar 02)
Monday 19th May 2002 12:15pm (CM on Saturday 31 May 03)
Monday 16th Jun 2002 12:15pm (CM on Saturday 28 Jun 03 [AGM])
NB: These are yet to be confirmed by all committee members (actually, by any committee members).
3. Action points from previous meeting
| Action Point: |
Richard Bourne to contact DNC and .nz OC to offer the services of tech committee for any technical questions/ issues. |
| Action Taken: |
Email sent to DNC and .nz OC on 20th September 2002. Details of email in Appendix A |
| Action Point: |
Richard to email admin committee to discuss concerns of technical infrastructure duplication and suggest that the committee is informed of all IT capital expenditure. |
| Action Taken: |
Email sent to President and Secretary on 20th September 2002. Details of email in Appendix A |
| Action Point: |
Simon Riley to look into setting up a decision support system to be used by the committee. |
| Action Taken: |
TBA |
4. Current Items
IPv6
Further discussion needed, especially on how to raise the profile of v6 and encourage further up-take of this technology. (No change)
InternetNZ Web site
A review of the current web site is required. This is considered a priority for the committee. (No change)
Electronic Participation
Further discussion on methods of electronic participation is required. (No change)
Telecom using Private IP Address for the Gateway of the Public Internet (Complaint)
Discussion is yet to occur on this issue. (New Item)
Appendix A : Emails
To: Frank March - Chair, .nz Oversight Committee
To: Debbie Monahan - The Domain Name Commissioner
Frank/Debbie,
At the last meeting of the Technical Committee of InternetNZ we discussed the move in technical responsibility for the .nz name space from the committee to the .nz Oversight Committee and the DNC office. I understand from discussions with the President, Keith Davidson, that you are both now at liberty to seek your own independent technical advisors.
Be that as it may, we would like to offer our services as technical advisors to both the .nz OC and DNC office. Although we are volunteers and time is a premium, we believe we can add value to InternetNZ related technical issues. As a committee we collectively have considerable expertise in technical matters relating to the .nz name space. We also have influence in the decision making process of the society. We believe that there is real benefit to the society and to your respective offices for the committee to being involved in any technical issues you may face.
So, the next time you are pondering a technical issue we would be only too happy to help.
Regards Richard
Chair, Technical Committee, InternetNZ
Keith/David,
At the last meeting of the Technical Committee concern was raised about the potential for duplication of IT infrastructure now that we have two offices (DNC & InternetNZ). As the committee responsible for all technical issues relating to InternetNZ we would like to ask that we be informed of all IT capital expenditure of the society. I should stress that this is not from the perspective of approving expenditure. Our interest is in keeping an eye on the consistency of technology used. We would not wish to see disparate systems being installed separately in the two offices. We believe our involving at this level would eliminate unnecessary (albeit unintentional) expenditure.
Regards Richard
Chair, Technical Committee, InternetNZ
© 2001 InternetNZ
Last updated 30 September 2002
