ADHOC APTLD Board Meeting Minutes

 

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

 

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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