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NetThing – Round Table

Have you heard about NetThing? We are excited to announce that we will be facilitating a round table focusing on Internet as an Essential Service and how this classification would affect the rules and regulation for broadband Internet services.  

We plan to explore what classifying the Internet as an essential service would entail and its broader implications for digital inclusion, minimum service level requirements and digital infrastructure investment. We will moderate a discussion incorporating the perspectives of consumers, civil society, regulators and the various players right across the internet industry.  

Our participants include representatives of the ACCC, Communications Alliance, Legal Aid NSW, Infrastructure Australia, Arnotts as well as consumers and service providers from right across the spectrum. 

This event should be both insightful and incredibly useful if the rules for service change!   

Register now if you would like to attend our round table or any other events NetThing has to offer. 

Annual General Meeting

The official notice for this year’s AGM was sent out on Wednesday 27 October 2021. 

AGM Details: 

Date: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Time: 5.00pm AEDT / 2.00pm AWST
Location:  Online via video conference (Zoom) using the link below 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3616315328358/WN_eVu18wLxQF6pOSGuu2_Iog 

AGM Documents

At the Annual General Meeting, the board will present for consideration IAA’s annual reports in accordance with its obligations under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and recommend the appointment of Crunch Auditing as the auditor for the 2021-2022 financial year.

Please direct any questions or feedback to secretary@internet.asn.au 

Nominations  

The nomination period for Board members closed at midnight AWST on 25th October 2021. Nomination statements are now available for members to read.  

The following nominations have been received: 

  • Daryl Collins, Akamai International 
  • Nate Garr 
  • Richard Thompson 

Board Elections 

As there are three nominees for the three available Board seats, voting this year will be to determine the term length for each nominee. There are two three-year terms and one one-year term. Voting information will be sent to eligible voting members on Wednesday 10 November. Please ensure your member details are up to date on the Members Portal. 

Proxies 

As per section 8.2 of the IAA Ltd Constitution, members may appoint a proxy to attend, speak and vote at a General Meeting in their place. To appoint a proxy, please complete the online Proxy Form. Proxies must be received by no later than 2pm AWST/5pm AEDT 15 November 2021. 

We look forward to seeing you at the 2021 Annual General Meeting. 

IAASysters@AusNOG Program

This year we launched our IAASysters@AusNOG program. This program is based on the international systers.org and systers@IETF programs and offers ten sponsored attendees the opportunity to participate in both the Australian Network Operators Group (AusNOG) conference and our IAASysters@AusNOG workshop.  

As participation in the AusNOG conference is essential to our program, the date of our workshop has changed – AGAIN. Surely AusNOG will happen in April 2022 for sure! 

Details for the IAASysters@AusNOG workshop: 

Date: Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm AEST
Location: The Fullerton Hotel, Sydney 

Applications close on Sunday, 31 October, 2021, 5:00pm AEDT so be sure to submit your application before then.   

For more information or to apply, please visit the IAASysters@AusNOG information page on our website.  

Program Sponsors

The IAASysters@AusNOG Program is proudly brought to you with the help of our sponsors.

Scams Awareness Week

This year’s Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) and Scams Awareness Network’s Scams Awareness Week will be held 8 – 12 November 2021 and our association is proud to be a campaign partner again this year.  

Throughout the week, we will provide several resources from the ACCC that you can use to protect yourself and others from falling victim to scams. We encourage all our ISP members to read through the content and share it with your customers. 

The theme for this year is let’s talk scams, to encourage all Australians to talk about scams with family, friends, and colleagues to raise awareness, educate, and empower consumers to protect themselves.  

ACCC’s Scamwatch reported that Australians lost $176.1 million to scams last year, up by 23.1 per cent from 2019. Statistics like these provide a good reminder that scams are ongoing, very active, and are becoming more sophisticated.   

If you would like any further information about current scams or would like to see scam statistics within Australia, please refer to the ACCC website.   

Equinix’s PE3 Hard Hat Tour

Our Perth team were fortunate enough to attend a Hard Hat Tour through Equinix’s PE3 site on Tuesday 19 October. Still under construction, Equinix’s Global Solutions Architect – Phil – took them through the building to see everything from the rooftop right down to the loading dock!  

The first phase of the site has an estimated cost of A$76.6 million and is targeted to open in Q4 2021. When completed, this new data centre will provide 1,650 cabinets and a colocation space of more than 10,600 square metres.  

Due to the proximity to Southeast Asia, two subsea cable links – Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) and the Indigo Cable – terminate directly inside the Equinix Perth campus. 

Thank you, team Equinix, for showing us through your new data centre, we look forward to seeing it all finished! 

Associations Forum – Event Recap

A great event showcasing both our association and the Australian Institute of Office Professionals (AIOP). Beginning with a guided tour through the Pan Pacific hotel, as well as coffee and high tea, attendees were treated to an hour of presentations from the incredible speakers. 

Kitty Hibble presented our association and engaged us all with our story. Outlining where we came from to where we are now, while sharing significant milestones in our history and teaching attendees on what an IXP is and what it does for Australia’s Internet. We could not be prouder of her! 

Christine Stewart, recent National President of the Australian Institute of Office Professionals, shared their journey focusing on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their core business, and their multifaceted response. 

This event was insightful, interesting and informative and we look forward to Associations Forum’s next fantastic event! 

Nominations to the Board

This month, nominations to the Board opened Friday 8 October and closed Monday 25 October.  There are three seats up for election this time around; two seats are for three-year terms, and the remaining seat is for a one-year term. Under our new constitution, all members get to vote for all three seats. 

We are pleased to advise that we have received three nominations which can be viewed on our website.  The official notice of AGM has been sent and voting information will be sent to professional members and the voting contacts of corporate members soon. Please keep an eye out for our upcoming emails and social media posts to stay informed. 

Three New Letters – LTD!

One of the biggest developments over the past month was our official registration as a company limited by guarantee with ASIC. The change from the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 (WA) to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), was necessary as it reflects our national growth as an association.  

From the initial consultation with members to the Special General Meeting (SGM), this process required much effort from the Board, staff and members. The SGM held Wednesday 28 July 2021 saw the required majority of votes in favour of the transition.  

We remain proud of our Western Australia roots and hope to continue the good works of the Association in the form of both advocacy and services.  

QV1 Building Renovation

As the main lobby in the QV1 Building received some TLC on Saturday 16 October, power to the main distribution board that feeds our Point of Presence was scheduled to be turned off. Thanks to our fantastic member – Ciphertel – organising electricians and a generator to mitigate the extended outage, we stayed primarily online with a minor four-minute outage.  

We would like to thank Ciphertel for all their efforts to keep all of us with services in QV1 connected.  

 

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