Internet Service Providers Association Year In Review Sep 2005 Sep 2006

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Internet Service Providers AssociationYear In
ReviewSep 2005 ? Sep 2006
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Changes

• Procedural
• To smooth the AGM and speed election process
• w.e.f last AGM, membership elects Management
  Committee members Mancom elect the Treasurer and
  Chair(s) from within Mancom.
• Structural
• To promote efficiency in day-to-day activities
• w.e.f. April 2006, structure of ISPA changed.
  Four formal committees converted into 11 focused
  working groups
• Management
• Masedi Molosiwa ceased involvement (Jan 2006)
• Tebogo Khaas resigned (Feb 2006)

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Structural Changes

• April 2006 onwards
• Committees
• Management
• Working groups
• Code of Conduct
• Events
• Fair Competition
• Finance
• JINX Operations
• Membership
• Operator Liaison
• Partnerships
• Public Relations
• Regulatory Submissions
• Teachers Training

• Pre-April 2006
• Committees
• Management
• Membership
• Regulatory
• Social Development
• Technical

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Code of Conduct

• Participants
• Ant Brooks, Jenny King, Stewart McIntosh, Bretton
  Vine, William Stucke, Elaine Zinn
• No chair at present
• Purpose
• Maintain ISPA's Code of Conduct and the
  complaints process
• Activities
• Undertake periodic reviews of the Code of Conduct
  and associated processes
• Provide support to the Code of Conduct compliance
  officer
• Assist ISPA's members in becoming compliant with
  the Code of Conduct
• Provide feedback to ISPA members on the operation
  of the Code of Conduct
• Budgetary requirements
• Remuneration of independent panellists

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Code of Conduct - Stats

• Complaints 46
• Against Members 41
• Against Non-members -  5
• Status
• Resolved 34
• Partially Resolved -  4
• (Complaint closed but either party unhappy)
• Procedurally Incorrect -  3
• Deferred (dropped) -  3
• (Complainant not contactable, or moved out of
  country)
• Open (new) -  2
• Appeals -  3

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Events

• Participants
• Elaine Zinn (Chair), Alan Levin, Ant Brooks,
  Jacqui Deale, Johan Lubbe, Rob Hunter, Theo
  Kramer, Tinka Saunders, Peter Lockhart, Jacques
  Pietersen, William Stucke, Bretton Vine
• Purpose
• to develop and execute ISPA events, including
  iWeek
• Activities
• Planning and organising the annual iWeek
  conference
• Planning and organising other ISPA events
• Budgetary requirements
• Event costs
• Events held
• Interception workshop (2 March 2006)
• ECA workshop (15 August 2006)
• Code of Conduct workshop (7 September 2006)
• iWeek 2006 (4-7 September 2006)

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Fair Competition

• Participants
• Ant Brooks, Edwin Thompson, Lynne Orrock, Marc
  Furman (chair), Richard Heath, Rob Hunter,
  others?
• Purpose
• Ensure that ISPA makes optimal use of all
  available channels to promote fair competition in
  the Internet access market
• Activities
• Managing any existing or new complaints lodged
  with regulatory or competition authorities
• Working with legal advisors to determine a sound
  pro-competition strategy
• Budgetary requirements
• Legal fees
• (possible requirement for assistance from ISPA's
  regulatory advisors in drafting other complaints)
• Issues
• Telkom / BCX merger CC case
• SAVA/ISPA CC case

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Fair Competition - Report

• SAVA/ISPA Competition Commission Complaint
• No change in status
• Remains at High Court subject to jurisdictional
  and related disputes which Telkom raised against
  the CC
• Telkom/BCX merger CC complaint (main focus)
• Lodged end of 2005
• Various follow-up meetings with CC since
• CC has also taken various objections from parties
  other than ISPA
• Commission currently investigating and
  considering the economic and competition
  implications of the proposed merger
• ISPA continues to supplement the complaint with
  additional evidence of Telkoms abuse of its
  dominance
• ISPA believes it has a strong case for the
  imposition, at least, of several restrictions on
  a post-merger Telkom which would serve the
  benefit the industry
• CCs decision anticipated this year or early next
  after which matter passed to the Competition
  Tribunal

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Finance

• Participants
• Closed group selected by Management Committee
• Purpose
• Develop budgets for ISPA activities

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Membership

• Purpose
• Maintain and grow ISPA's membership and keep
  members informed of ISPA's activities
• Activities
• Not identified yet
• Budgetary requirements
• Not calculated yet
• Statistics
• Membership increased from 95 to 119 (25) since
  iWeek 2005.
• Almost all new members in the small category
• Growth of 25 better than 2004?2005 (12) but
  less than 2003 ? 2004 (37)

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Operators Liaison

• Purpose
• Engage with Telkom (and other operators) to
  ensure that members are provided with fair and
  reasonably priced services
• Activities
• Identifying the responsible Telkom executive for
  ISP issues
• Meeting regularly with the relevant Telkom
  executive to monitor issues raised by members
• Assisting ISPA members in escalating
  Telkom-related problems to the relevant person at
  Telkom
• Budgetary requirements
• None
• Current
• Letter sent to the CEO of Telkom requesting the
  details of the responsible executive and the
  setting up of the initial meeting no response
  yet.
• Future
• Building relationship with the SNO
• Building relationship with the Mobile Operators
  (e.g. Looking at common interests regarding
  interception legislation)
• Looking at the relationship with the City of
  Johannesburg and other councils

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Partnerships

• Purpose
• Forge and maintain partnerships with other
  organisations.
• Activities
• ?
• Budgetary requirements
• ?
• Report
• As the initial meeting for this working group has
  not yet been held, no activities have been
  identified nor have budgetary requirements been
  calculated.

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Public Relations

• Participants
• Ant Brooks, Edwin Thompson, Elaine Zinn, Greg
  Massel (chair), Ivan Booth (Reliable Sources),
  Marc Furman, Michael Silber, Richard Heath,
  Tanisha Ramshai (Reliable Sources), William
  Stucke
• Purpose
• Manage ISPA's presence in the media
• Activities
• Developing regular, relevant press releases on
  ISPA activities
• Monitoring current industry developments and
  perceptions, and responding accordingly
• Responding to queries from the media
• Ensuring that an archive of ISPA press articles
  is maintained on the web site
• Budgetary requirements
• Reliable Sources retainer
• Occasional costs for photography for events

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Public Relations Press Releases

• 22.08.2006 Positive Aspects of ADSL Regulations
  overshadowed by fundamental flaws
• 20.07.2006 DoC Secures iWeek Sponsorship
• 03.07.2006 ISPA Adds Voice To Interception
  Objections
• 20.06.2006 iWeek Conference Boosts Exhibition
  Space
• 12.06.2006 Internet Solutions Chosen For JINX
  Hosting
• 06.06.2006 ISPAs 10 Years Of Internet Activism
• 06.06.2006 ISPA 10th Birthday 6 June 2006
• 24.05.2006 ISPA Wants Fairer Access To ADSL To
  Offer Consumers Greater Choice
• 29.03.2006 TELKOM BID FOR BCX ANOTHER RAW DEAL
  FOR CONSUMERS
• 10.03.2006 FREE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (FOSS) TO
  BOOST COMPUTER LITERACY AMONGST TEACHERS
• 02.02.2006 ISPA SCRAPS SOME EQUIVALENT LINE
  CHARGES, CALLS FOR JINX HOSTING PRPOPOSALS
• 13.12.2005 ISPA Lodges Complaint With
  Competition Commission

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Regulatory Submissions

• Participants
• Ant Brooks, Marlon Cohen, Jenny De Klerk, Laurie
  Fialkov, Richard Heath (chair), Marc Furman,
  Lynne Orrock, Mike Silber
• Purpose
• Ensure that ISPA provides relevant input into
  legislative and regulatory processes
• Activities
• Identifying legislative processes that require
  ISPA input
• Drafting written submissions
• Soliciting input from ISPA's members on draft
  submissions
• Submitting written submissions timeously
• Providing oral submissions where necessary
• Preparing member advisories on key issues
• Providing report-backs on the impact of ISPA's
  submissions
• Budgetary requirements
• Remuneration of regulatory advisors

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Teachers Training

• Purpose
• Provide computer and Internet training to
  teachers
• Report
• 2005 September vacation 90 teachers received
  training
• 2006 Easter vacation, 92 teachers received
  training
• 2006 June vacation 62 teachers received training
• Since the inception of the initiative during
  December 2001 to date, 966 teachers have been
  successfully trained-
• Beginners courses 791 teachers
• Intermediate 175 teachers
• During the September 2006 vacation a further 60
  teachers will be trained.