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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I wrote this in my original email which perhaps should have been sent</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">separately</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Re James going for a position on the Board or EC of APNIC, I can’t think</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">many people more</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">appropriate or respected in this industry with his experience</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">that I would heartily support.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Given Bambi’s failed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">attempt to get on the E.C,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">primarily</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">because of lack of organisations for proxy votes (I too was slack), I think we can put a much more serious effort in at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">AUSNOG. So what I am proposing is that at AUSNOG we have the proxy forms available for any of you to sign who aren’t a) expressing their vote directly b) want to help the Australian internet community.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I’ve spoken to the guys at APNIC on a number of occasions</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">who are disappointed</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">with the lack of Australian representation on the</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">E.C, and overall general</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">disappoint in the amount of people involved in policies and so on. I am thinking that it would be good for our industry to form an</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">APNIC Consultative Group with perhaps half a dozen people who are willing to meet every now and then and come up with policy changes/proposals. At the moment, most of the other member economies use their</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">national NIC for this purpose, but since AUNIC</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">doesn’t exist anymore, that we could have our input via another mechanism…. Thoughts?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Just wondering if anyone is thinking this is a good/bad/etc idea? I didn</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t see any pledges or people who aren</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">t going to either be at the election next year, or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">not bothering to</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">exercise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> their votes</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">–</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> in which why not help an aussie get on board?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I guess I am trying to support more .au involvement in APNIC and would like to see some support for James running for the position or</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">not</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> but hopefully not just apathy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"> <FONT FACE="Wingdings" SIZE=3>L</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">…Skeeve</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-au"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Skeeve Stevens, RHCE</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">skeeve@skeeve.org / www.skeeve.org</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-au"><FONT FACE="Calibri">eintellego - skeeve@eintellego.net - www.eintellego.net </FONT></SPAN></P>
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