Update on Task Force activity

The New Zealand IPv6 Task Force has progressed a number of activities in recent months:

The appointment of a co-ordinator – Grant Symons – is intended to catalyse the Task Force’s engagement with industry and key target sectors. Grant is an independent contractor specialising in project and relationship management. He commenced a six month, part time contract on 1 June 2010.

The Task Force continues to investigate issues around training. Development of a more structured training program has begun, with the intention being that training should be relatively low cost and can be done by people who have practical experience.

A New Zealand-specific IPv6 certification programme is also being considered. The current thinking revolves around a 3 tier certification model (gold, silver, bronze), but details are yet to be decided and refined.

Unfortunately, it is unlikely that a second IPv6 Hui will be held this year. However, the Task Force will be repeating its IPv6 survey. The survey provides valuable information regarding the state of IPv6 readiness in New Zealand and greatly assists the Task Force in developing and refining its overall action plan.

The Australian IPv6 Summit is being held later this year, and the Task Force will send a representative to present an overall progress report.

The Tech-Sig mail list group continues to be active, with consistently high numbers of posts. Feedback globally is that the Tech-Sig has a favourable signal to noise ratio and is stimulating good discussion.

Finally, the Task Force‘s finances are in healthy shape following receipt of grants funding from InternetNZ.

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