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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.