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ISOC-AU Sponsors

ISOC-AU is a non-profit society founded in 1996 which promotes Internet development in Australia for the whole community - private, academic and business users. ISOC-AU is a chapter of the world-wide Internet Society and supports international web accessibility guidelines.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
July 2008 - June 2009
Please go to the membership page for information and our secure online form. 20% off for UPGRADED membership

Networking Events: the social side of networking is just as important to us as the technical side!

Organisational Membership

Sustaining Members:

Welcome to our newest
Enterprise Members:
CSIRO ICT Centre
Juniper Networks

Welcome to our newest
Foundation Members:
Tattam Software Enterprises
IPv6 Now Pty Ltd

Supporters

The 2008 Annual General Meeting of ISOC-AU was held in Canberra on Wednesday 19 November 2008. See the Agenda, Notice of Meeting, Memorandum of Meeting, Proxy Form and Audited Financial Report, 2007/08. The Minutes will be made available shortly.

Contact Us

Help! Do you have a question about the Internet or the role of ISOC-AU? Ask our Help address - you don't even have to be a member. Send email to assist(at)isoc-au.org.au [replace (at) with @ in the address].

Our address and Board contact details

Membership application for new member or renewal: secure on-line or postal/fax application forms.

13.01.09: Minutes from the Directors' Meeting.

ISOC-AU Privacy Policy

National E-security Awareness Week

Every year, there's more information about you online - from the PINs and passwords you use for online transactions to the family photographs and personal details you share on the Internet. Unfortunately, that also means people are finding more ways to use your personal and financial information to harm you, or even pretend to be you.

That's why ISOC-AU is proud to partner with the Australian Government for National E-security Awareness Week, between 5-12 June 2009. We share a commitment to helping you secure your self and your information on the Internet.

Take these simple steps - and take them today:
1. Get a better, stronger password and change it at least twice a year
2. Get security software, and update and patch it regularly
3. Stop and think before you click on links or attachments from unknown sources
4. Information is valuable. Be careful about what you give away about yourself and others online
5. Log on to www.staysmartonline.gov.au for further information and to sign up for the email alert service

Events

Australian IPv6 Summit 2009
IPv6: The Bottom Line
Melbourne, 7-9 December 2009
In complex economic times it's the bottom line that really matters...

• Internet Society international conferences

Recent Submissions

• 09 Jun 2009: Submission to the NTIA Inquiry: Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System (.doc, 58 Kb).

• 03 Jun 2009: Submission on the National Broadband Network: Regulatory Reform for 21st Century Broadband (.pdf, 270 Kb).

• 15 Feb 2009: Submisson on the Continued Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet's Domain Name and Addressing System (.doc, 140 Kb).

• 11 Feb 2009: Submission on the DBCDE Consultation Paper: Digital Economy Future Directions (.doc, 81 Kb).

• 26 Jan 2009: Submission on the ALRC Report on Australian Privacy Law and Practice (.doc, 60 Kb).

• 08 Sep 2008: Joint auDA/ISOC-AU response to DBCDE questions on IPv6 Readiness (.pdf, 143 Kb).

• 15 Aug 2008: Submission on ICANN's Independent Review of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) (.doc, 36 Kb).

• 01 Aug 2008: Submission to auDA Industry Competition Advisory Panel (.doc, 86 Kb).

• Earlier ISOC-AU Submissions

ISOC-AU Activities

• TCCM 15 May 2009: 'Unacceptable' Content on the Internet: What Problem? Whose Solution?
  Telecommunications Consumer Consultations are regular ISOC-AU round-table meetings throughout Australia for all Internet users, to discuss views on current Internet issues, needs, technologies and directions.
  
  
• 2008 Australian IPv6 Summit: Transition to IPv6
  
• 2007 Australian IPv6 Summit: IPv6 at Work!
  
• 2006 Australian IPv6 Summit: The Business Case
  
• 2005 Australian IPv6 Summit: Inaugural Meeting
  
• IPv6 for e-Business: mapping readiness, developing business tools, raising awareness and assessing Australian infrastructure for IPv6, funded through DCITA's Information Technology Online Program.
  
  
• APIA and ISOC-AU Open Forum, at APRICOT, Perth, February 2006.
  

• Forums on Internet protocols and infrastructure:
  

Information Resources

• Maddocks Lawyers have very kindly provided ISOC-AU with a useful article on avoiding identity theft, from their February 2009 newsletter 'Update: Intellectual Property & Technology' (.pdf, 0.7Mb).

• The Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce (ACFT) launched National Consumer Fraud Week on 2 March 2009, to increase public awareness of scams and educate consumers about scams generally and the steps they can take to recognise them and protect themselves.

• The 33rd ICANN meeting at Cairo, Egypt, took place on 2-7 November 2008. ISOC-AU Treasurer Cheryl Langdon-Orr is Chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), and her report to the meeting is here.

• 03 Apr 2008: The President of ISOC-AU, Tony Hill, spoke at the Local 2020 Summit - Foundations of Open: Technology and Digital Knowledge, organised by ACT Senator Kate Lundy. See his Submission on IPv6 to the ACT Local 2020 Summit (.doc, 51 Kb).

• auDA has launched a series of podcasts at Let's Talk Net, to provide a practical guide to understanding the Internet for both consumers and business. You can hear or download the talks from the website.

• AEShareNet podcasts on creativity and the global information society, recorded at the launch of the RSA Adelphi Intellectual Property Charter in Australia, 2 March 2006

• ISOC-AU and the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate and render mutual assistance in promoting Internet standards, infrastructure and service development (more detail ...)

• OnTheInternet is the online magazine from ISOC that looks at the impact of the Internet upon the world.

More Information Resources...

Internet History

• ISOC-AU and Internet Histories

• Internet Regulation and Censorship

• Governance for the Domain Name System

• Media Releases

ISOC-AU was ten years old in November 2006!
See messages of congratulation from Internet Society chapters worldwide

From our objectives of 1996 - as relevant as ever: "The fundamental human desire for communication has been the engine driving social, cultural, scientific, and economic development throughout history. The new medium of the Internet has brought about widespread, creative communication between individuals and groups that previously had little chance of contact."

"The overriding objective of the Society is to give expression to the needs and wishes of individuals, groups, or organisations that have a common interest in the viability of the Internet in Australia, so that all Australian users of the Internet may continue to benefit from, and contribute to its applications, technologies, and evolution."

Thank you to all ISOC-AU members for your ongoing years of commitment.

The Internet Society of Australia is supported by the Commonwealth through the Telecommunications Consumer Representation Grant Program of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

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