[Chapter-delegates] congrats ISOC-PH, NBN for Australia (was Membership Survey on Internet Governance)

[Fatima Lasay]

Hi Narelle, and all,

Thanks for this note - but I should add that actually, it's been over a
year now since our founding meber Rodel Urani (who is on this list)
pushed for rejuvenating ISOC-PH. And we're still not there yet - so am
really reaching out to the Chapters to give our members some support and
encouragement. If there's anything in your Chapters that would entail
some participation (on-line or off-line) by one or two or so of our
members please let me know. Such efforts towards "reaching out" and
collaborating could boost many of our members into action!

Our IPv6 working group will also need help - I will ask Rodel who is a
member of the WG how they are coming along.

By the way, Narelle, why was there a failure in the NBN tender?

But the state venture is indeed good news - and hopefully, the public
review will work! :)

Cheers!
Fatima

PS. If anyone is passing by the Philippines, let us know, we have
members across the country who will welcome you! ;)



Narelle.Clark at csiro.au wrote:

>I just wanted to drop a quick note to congratulate Fatima and the Ph chapter on the amount of progress they have made in what seems like such a short period of time!
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>I'm sure if any of the other chapter reps are passing through your neighbourhood we will make the effort to drop by, compare notes and see how things work in the different localities. I certainly enjoyed the meeting I had in Thailand last year, and other sessions we've had over the years.
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>Even if we can't make it to the other side of the world (and subsidies are always welcome!) local discussions at regional conferences, online forums etc are often really rewarding.
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>On another note, we from ISOC-AU (Australia) been fairly quiet on the various topics lately because we, too, are up to our eyeballs in submissions and workshops!
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>The Au govt recently announced the following:
>- no company won the national broadband network tender
>- it would set up its own venture to establish a network spanning 90% of Australian homes using a fibre to the home and wireless (satellite and other) technology base
>- a regulatory review to make it work
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>Check out: 
>http://www.dbcde.gov.au/communications_for_business/funding_programs__and__support/national_broadband_network
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>If you want all the details.
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>Of course IPv6 and other futureproofing architectures are high on the list, and our colleagues across the chapter world continue to be a great help in this.
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>All the best
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>Narelle
>VP ISOC-AU
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