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clance@bodalla.connect.com.au (Kate Lance) writes:

>EFA has a very important role in the social/political sphere -- but what 
>ISOC-AU could offer (as ISOC can because of its association with the
>IETF) is an involvement in the *deployment* of the Internet, the nuts 
>and bolts, the protocols, the engineering/mathematical/research demands 
>and possibilities -- all those boring techie bits :-)

Oh, not boring at all, and as I said I can certainly see a role for such
a body within an administrative context; all I've suggested is that 
ISOC-AU establish itself properly within this context, by defining 
itself by distinction from and relation with the existing social/
political bodies. That way issues can be delegated cleanly and 
confusion will be minimised - surely a sensible way to start.

>Let's not be deliberately naive here.  You must be quite aware that
>formal bodies like Societies and Associations have to have that kind of
>"legal gobbledygook" to be set up properly.  And the objectives of
>the body have to be defined within that legal framework -- it doesn't
>take a lot of effort to read the 8 points of objectives in the
>Memorandum of Association, and they are what have to be clarified by
>potential members -now-.

Yes, quite so to all of that - gobbledygook is certainly too harsh a term :-)

>It might be more constructive to help define the purpose and function
>in the first place.

I agree, and apologies if I've not expressed my appreciation for the work
of the good folk involved in this - if it's done right, it'll be a great
strength to the net in oz - I do applaud these efforts, and wish I had 
time to properly involve myself in them.

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