Have you ever wondered what the IAA Board does? Well, wonder no more as they have started producing quarterly reports on their activities. In a nutshell, however, the IAA Board meets monthly and is responsible for the overarching governance and strategy of the Association.
The Board reports can be downloaded from our website.
The Internet Association of Australia would like to invite all members to save the date for our 2020 Annual General Meeting.
Date: Tuesday 8th September
Time: 3.00pm AWST / 5.00pm AEST
Location: Zoom (Video Conference)
We will be holding this year’s AGM online due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Further details, including how to register, will be circulated to the voting contacts of the Association’s members.
Please check your voting contacts are up to date by logging into the Member Portal.
We look forward to seeing you at our AGM to share our achievements and plans for the Association over the next year.
Many of you will have received notification already or may have seen recent articles in the media announcing the news that the Association has appointed Narelle Clark as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Narelle had been contracting as General Manager for the Association since October 2019 and was successful in securing the CEO role after an extensive search was undertaken.
“Internet exchanges are proven to be a vital part of a reliable, affordable internet, so I am absolutely thrilled to take on this position,” said Ms Clark.
“IAA’s infrastructure is second to none, with the widest number of points of presence, the most extensive content arrangements and a member base that spans all parts of Australia’s Internet. Without the collaboration between builders, content and service providers Australians would not have enjoyed the level of Internet performance during lockdown we have seen.”
The newly established position will be responsible for driving both the technical and membership services sides of the Association, continuing to execute the 2020 strategic plan and build on our reputation for peering excellence.
“The high regard with which Narelle is held across the industry means our internet exchange operations will continue to grow and deliver across Australia and New Zealand, while we increase our work in member services and the Internet policy arena,” explains IAA Chair, David Hooton.
Narelle’s background is as a data comms engineer with a strong focus on policy. She comes to the Association with a career across the internet and telecommunications industry in Australia and internationally, having undertaken senior roles in a range of service providers, not-for profit organisations and policy and standards working groups. She has held prominent industry roles with CSIRO, Optus, the Public Interest Registry (operator of .Org), and ACCAN, and consulted to Telecom New Zealand, government departments and telecommunications and content providers.
Please join us in welcoming Narelle on board. Why not join her and the team at our online event?
IAA Chair David Hooton is pleased to announce the re-appointment of a Matthew Enger to the IAA board. Matthew will rejoin as a Professional Representative, filling an open vacancy on the board.
For those who don’t already know Matthew, he is currently Managing Director at IX Integration. He has over 15 years’ worth of small business telco and ISP experience, including starting up his own business, Leap Telecommunications in 2015.
Excited by the opportunity, Matthew is looking forward to representing the professional members interests.
“IAA is already off to a big start to the year with the hosting of APRICOT and the launch of the new IX in Canberra. I am keen to work with the team on the plans for 2020 and beyond.”
“We would like to welcome Matthew back onto the IAA Board,” explains IAA Chair, David Hooton.
“Matthew has continued to support the work of the Association and with his industry experience, we are pleased to be able to reengage with him as we begin to implement our strategy for 2020.”
The IAA board would like to thank the professional members who expressed interest by email in joining the executive for this position and we would like to encourage you to consider participating in the future.
Welcome back, Matthew!
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