Meeting - Aug 14 2008
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ISOC-NY held a public meeting on Aug 14 2008 at NYU.
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Attendees
- Joseph Shraibman
- Joly MacFie
- David Solomonoff
- Dave Fletcher
- Jeffrey Barke
- Veni Markovski
- Alicia Gibb
- Tom Lowenhaupdt
- Forest Mars
- William Jimenez
- Eric Fliger
Minutes (draft)
1. Minutes
- Minutes of July 17 meeting approved.
2. Meet new members.
- Eric Fliger ef(at)panix.com (201 860 960) - Eric is familiar with NJ hierarchies.
3. By-laws reform
- A 'proposed By-Laws' article should be initiated on the wiki.
- It can be updated increnentally.
4. Planning future meetings and events
- Good news is we have received a sizable grant from ISOC-NY for our Fall program.
5. ISXubuntu Linux project progress report
- ISOC have agreed to forward a further $5000 of their grant immediately, and the balance of $3000 on receipt of a progess report.
- Planning meeting to be held at TheMechanism on 27 August 2008, 6:15 pm, at theMechanism: 440 9th Avenue, 8th Floor
6.OneWebDay - planning progress report http://onewebday.org
- Washington Square Sep 22 event taking shape.
- Larry Lessig will headline. Gale Brewer will speak.
- San Francisco will announce/commence new initiative to connect low-income folks on OWD.
- Susan reaching out to Mayor's Office to see if something similar possible in NYC.
- Susan still looking for location for party on Sat Sep 20.
7. NYC Broadband
- Discussion of new report from from the Mayor's office
8. ICANN
- We have been accepted as an At Large Structure in the NARALO.
9. Status of .nyc
- There was discussion over ICANN's new rules on conflicting gTLD applications.
- Tom thinks that all such conflicts will now be decided by auctions.
- Joly has read that those involving community/non-profits will still be subject to comparative analysis aka a 'beauty contest'.
- More research required.
10. Web Standards
- Images do not float properly needing non-compliant workaround.
- Jeffrey will work on it.