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APANA Sydney Announcements and General Information

This page is where you will find information and announcements from the APANA Sydney regional committee about regional events and other more general topics of importance to all members.
You can find complete contact details and information about becoming a member of the Sydney region on the relevant pages.

Skip down to the Reports section to find links to APANA Sydney annual reports and information about other significant events that have taken place.

ISDN-Based Dedicated Connections using Data-over-Voice

An Affordable Alternative Where ADSL is not Available

From the start of 2005, 64 Kbps ISDN-based dedicated connections using DoV (aka Data-over-Voice) are now available at the same contribution rate as dedicated connections utilising analog modems!
The contribution rate is $49.50 per month for each 64 Kbps B-channel. For a 128 Kbps connection, you need two B-channels so the contribution rate for a 128 Kbps ISDN-based dedicated connection is a low $99 per month!
This type of dedicated connection requires that a Telstra ISDN Home service to be installed at your location if you don't already have one, and there is a small setup contribution of $49.50 per B-channel which covers our ISP's admin charges for configuring your leased port(s) for ISDN.
Our ISDN-based dedicated connections have no traffic limits just like our analog-modem dedicated connections, and you will automatically be allocated a 3-bit subnet giving you up to 6 real IP addresses that you can use for additional hosts.
Please email us to find out more.
4-bit subnets are available for an additional $25 per year.

New Payment Options for Access Fees + Change to Overdue Fee Policy

Important News for All APANA Sydney Members

From January 1st, 2002, new payment options for APANA Sydney access fees have been introduced. It is now possible to pay Sydney region access fees (for either dedicated connections or normal dial-up access) either annually, half-yearly, or quarterly. Please refer to the network access services page for actual costs.
The $12 APANA national membership fee is still only payable once per year.
If you would like to change your Sydney region network access fee payment option, please email the regional committee. You cannot alter your payment option if any fees are currently overdue... 8-)
The other major change is with the overdue fee policy which until now has not really been 'set in stone' and we've been fairly relaxed about the issue because we like to give you as much time to pay (within reason) as you need. However, with finances being as they are, this unfortunately has to stop, and we will now be asking all of you to be aware of the following guidelines for overdue payments:

- The regional committee will closely monitor for payments which become overdue and contact you (by phone or email) if one of your payments does become overdue for any reason,

- Once you are contacted by a member of the regional committee you will have one week in which to pay the overdue ammount,

- If the overdue fee(s) is(are) still not paid after the week has elapsed, your access will be temporarily stopped until the fee(s) is(are) paid, or suitable arrangements are made for payment with the regional committee.

We feel this policy is fair and equitable. It's not designed to make us seem like ogre's, but we all have an obligation to pay our membership and other fees on time as much as possible since it helps to maintain the region's cashflow in a positive state. That's crucial to ensuring that we're able to keep bills, etc. paid and up to date.

APANA Education Announcements

Notices About Educational Workshops run by APANA Sydney

APANA Sydney, in conjunction with CAT (Community Activist Technology), organises and runs non-profit educational workshops from time to time with monies received being shared between APANA Sydney and CAT.
Previous workshops have covered various IT-related subjects such as Linux system administration for beginners, HTML and web page design, PERL programming, etc. with more to follow.
Details of the next workshop will be shown below:
Date: to be announced
Topic: to be announced
Location: CAT warehouse @ 17 Lord St, St Peters, Sydney
Times: starts at 10 am
Cost: probably between $30 and $50
Places Available: 6 to APANA Sydney members at this stage
Contact: John August
Stay tuned to the space for future educational workshop announcements...

Are Your Details in the Membership Database Correct and Up-to-Date?

Do you think you might be missing important announcments, etc. because we are unable to contact you reliably by email?
If you think you might be missing out on announcements, membership renewal notices, and other important messages which are emailed out to members from time to time, perhaps your details in the membership database are incorrect and not up to date...
If the email address where you normally read email is not shown in the database, then you are probably not receiving most, or all, of the email messages that are being sent to you for various reasons. Please contact the Sydney region info officer to ask for your database details to be updated if anything needs to be changed.

Archive of APANA Sydney Event Reports and Images

Information about events (and meetings) past and present

Reports, Etc. from Previous Events
This sub-section contains links to reports, photo archives, etc. of varius APANA Sydney events, meetings, etc.. The pages are listed in reverse chronological order (ie. from most recent to oldest):

06-Dec-2003 - APANA Sydney Regional General Meeting - The APANA Sydney Regional General Meeting for 2003 was held on the 6th of December 2003 at Waterfall. You can read the minutes of the meeting.

30-Nov-2002 - APANA Sydney Regional General Meeting - The APANA Sydney Regional General Meeting for 2002 was held on the 30th of November 2002 at Petersham. You can read the minutes of the meeting.

03-Nov-2001 - APANA Sydney Regional General Meeting - The APANA Sydney Regional General Meeting for 2001 was held on the 3rd of November 2001 at Petersham. You can read the minutes of the meeting.

11-Aug-2001 - APANA National Annual General Meeting - The APANA National Annual General Meeting for 2001 was held here in Sydney at Sydney University. You can read the Sydney region report to the national AGM and soon we should have some pictures of the event, and the social BBQ held the following day, available as well.

15-Oct-2000 - APANA Sydney Annual Regional Meeting - The APANA Sydney Annual Regional Meeting was held on the 15th of October, 2000, at Petersham. You can read the minutes of the main meeting, and those of the RC meeting held immediately after the ARM.

27-May-2000 - BBQ + General Members Gathering - On May 27th, 2000, a very successful social BBQ + general member's gathering was held at Petersham. Read the report for info and some pictures.

22-Mar-1998 - Hub House Warming - We had a hub house warming social BBQ, etc. on March 22nd, 1998. Some pictures are available.

January 1998 - Hub Move - The hub was moved from Pitt St in the Sydney CBD to Petersham during January 1998 due to a refurbishment of the building it was in. The photos of the move are here.

Files from the Official Document Register
It is a mandatory condition of your membership with APANA that you make yourself fully aware of the Rules of APANA and the APANA Acceptable Use Policy (aka AUP). The other documents are also important, but you can peruse them at your leisure.

- The Rules of APANA,

- The APANA Acceptable Use Policy,

- APANA's Statement of Purpose,

- The APANA Connection Service Terms and Conditions,

- The APANA FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions),

- The APANA Cross-Posting Policy for news articles posted in apana.* newsgroups,

- The APANA Membership Application Form for individuals (there is also an online version),

- The APANA Membership Application Form for non-profit organisations and other bodies.

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