ADHOC APTLD Board Meeting Minutes
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Date: 30
October 2003 Time: 1330 Venue:
Carthage 3, Carthage Palace Hotel, Carthage, Tunisia Chaired by
Peter Dengate Thrush Attended by
Chris Disspain, Hualin Qian, Shariya Haniz Sulkifli (as alternate Board member for Ramesh), Yumi Ohasi, Vincent W.S. Chen Observed by
Hirofumi Hotta, Hyun J. Kwon Secretariat:
Joanna Tso Meeting
begin at 1330 1.
Sponsorship Program 1.1 Yumi presented the latest version of “APTLD
Sponsorship Guidelines”, and pointed out the need to decide on the application
deadline for and to confirm the addition in square bracket about the payment. 1.2 There will be no deadline to receive
applications, but preferably applications will be received 8 weeks in advance
for necessary review and approval process. 1.3 The addition: In usual practice, the
Secretariat will reimburse after the meeting. However, if the Board decides, payment may be done in
advance in some cases. In case payment is made before the meeting but the
applicant does not show up at the meeting, the applicant must pay all the
money back to the Secretariat] is accepted and confirmed. 1.4 All applications will be considered by the
Membership Committee and send recommendations to the Board for approval. 1.5 The budget for the coming Wellington workshop
and meeting sponsorship will be 20,000 USD. 1.6 Sponsoring targets for Wellington meeting
will focus on .mn (from previous inquiry), .kh (recent inquiry), .vu, .ki and
.ws. 2.
Wellington workshop agenda 2.1 Joanna briefed on the technical workshop
draft agenda prepared by Dr. Kanchana. 3.
Wellington Meeting agenda 3.1 Peter expressed that the Wellington meeting
should be a strategic planning meeting; and preferably to produce a 3 year
plan. 3.2 Chris suggested to include a ccNSO session
for the LG to update APTLD on the current development and to answer any
questions that APTLD members might have. 3.3 Hotta suggested that there should be a
report on the decision made regarding the vacant chair after Ramesh’s
departure. 3.4 Keith welcomes APTLD meeting to Wellington
on behalf of InternetNZ, and pointed out the electricity in New Zealand is
240V, and uses a 3-pin plug. Should any member require any assistance,
including tourism assistance, are free to seek assistance from InternetNZ. 4.
Other business 4.1 The membership Committee should establish a
fringe mailing list to distribute information on APTLD workshop. 4.2 The Secretariat will provide the Board with
a list of the AP ccTLD mailing list used to send out APTLD Introduction, and
mark the bounced emails. 4.3 The Secretariat will arrange an on-line
Board meeting 10 days before the Wellington meeting for a final
check on the meeting planning. 5.
Meeting Adjourns |