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Thank you to all who attended the Annual General Meeting either in person or online, it was a great evening.

Welcome and Chair’s Report

The AGM kicked off with Chris Browning delivering a welcome followed by the Chair’s report. The report provided an overview of the Society in 2021, a brief mention of what’s to come in 2022, a timely reminder of why the Society exists, and finished off with a brief overview of the internet exchanges.

Treasurer’s Report

Dave Mill provided an overview of the Society’s financial position, change of auditor and an expense breakdown. To obtain a copy of the draft financial statement or audit report please email your request to  admin@ix.nz

Secretary’s Report

Tom Paseka provided an overview of our growth in 2021, reporting a 2.12% increase in membership numbers with a total of 96 members. There is also an updated Privacy Policy, Travel Policy and Master Service Agreement (MSA) that allows the Society to work more freely with international companies.

Technical Report

Chris Browning provided an overview of the IX’s across the country. Although the much anticipated WLG-IX is yet to go live, there is much excitement over the expansion of the Society’s peering footprint.

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NZIX welcomes the Internet Systems Consortium F-Root DNS server to AKL-IX! Interconnection and compute graciously provided by InternetNZ for all AKL-IX members to enjoy lower latency DNS resolution!

This one is a freebie for ISC and a welcome one to strengthen the redundancy of a critical component to the internet!

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In collaboration with Chorus, NZIX continues to offer peering from any handover port on Chorus’ ultra-fast broadband network and is now available in the Auckland Internet Exchange (AKL-IX) and Christchurch Internet Exchange (CHC-IX) is coming soon.

Chorus EdgeConnect enables Chorus customers to communicate with other NZIX members on the same exchange. This will enable connections between Chorus customers to other NZIX members physically connected to NZIX switches, or even to those NZIX members similarly connected via Chorus EdgeConnect. 

To take advantage of peering via EdgeConnect, you will need to have a current NZIX service, be a Chorus customer and have a Chorus NGA handover.

Interested in EdgeConnect? Place your order in the Member Portal or for more information, visit the EdgeConnect page or email support@ix.nz.

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After much planning and negotiations, the launch of  WLG-IX in 2021 is becoming a reality. WLG-IX is estimated to go live around September 2021 with switches set to arrive soon and fibre orders almost complete. The new PoP’s will be located at Xtreme DC and Spark Featherston St – see you there!

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Auckland links have undergone an increase in bandwidth with a 200G diverse link between each datacentre. This upgrade will ensure ample capacity within the IX , meaning that those big game update nights will not go beyond our limits. 

In more good news, the latest PoP – DataVault, is up and running, located at 162 Grafton Road, Grafton, Auckland. Interested in connecting at DataVault? Place your order in the Member Portal or for more information please email support@ix.nz.

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The Committee of the New Zealand Internet Exchange Inc (NZIX) would like to invite all members to attend the 2021 Annual General Meeting. 

Date:   Thursday 17 June, 2021
Place:  The Longroom, 114 Ponsonby Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland (or via Zoom)
Time:   From 5.30pm

Meeting Papers
Please download the AGM pack for the following documents:
–    the agenda for this meeting
–    the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting 
–    the proposed rule changes
–    a letter from the Chair regarding the proposed rule changes
–    proxy form 

Voting
Detailed voting information will be issued to the registered voting contacts. Voting will take place during the AGM. Members wishing to nominate a proxy can complete the proxy form.

To update your voting information please log into the Member Portal, or contact admin@ix.nz for assistance. 

Registrations

Members who would like to attend in person can register via the Member Portal.  Additional guests can be registered for the AGM by first adding them as a contact within the portal.

Members who would like to attend virtually can register via the Zoom link.

For any assistance registering please email our admin team on admin@ix.nz or phone +64 9888 9221. 

We look forward to seeing you at the 2021 Annual General Meeting.

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The Committee of the New Zealand Internet Exchange Inc (NZIX) would like to invite all members to save the date for the 2021 Annual General Meeting to their diaries.

Date: Thursday 17 June 2021
Time: From 5:30pm 
Location: The Longroom, 114 Ponsonby Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland (or via Zoom) 

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty, we are planning to hold this year’s AGM as a hybrid event (in person and online) however, if any part of New Zealand is in, or moves to Alert Level 2 at any point from Thursday June 3 2021, the AGM will be held online via Zoom only. 

Registration details will be sent to all members shortly.  Only members who register to attend via zoom will receive a zoom meeting link. 

Further details of the meeting will be circulated to the voting contact of the Society’s members. 

Please check your voting contacts are up to date by logging into the Member Portal.

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NZIX is now three months into its collaboration with Chorus, offering peering from any handover port on Chorus’ ultra-fast broadband network to the New Zealand Internet Exchange.

Chorus EdgeConnect enables Chorus customers to communicate with other NZIX members on the same exchange. This will enable connections between Chorus customers to other NZIX members physically connected to NZIX switches, or even to those NZIX members similarly connected via Chorus EdgeConnect.

To take advantage of peering via EdgeConnect you will need to have a current NZIX service, be a Chorus customer and have a Chorus NGA handover. 

Chorus EdgeConnect is currently only available on the Auckland Internet Exchange (AKL- IX). We are working towards offering it on the existing CHC-IX and the future WLG-IX.

Interested in EdgeConnect? Place your order in the Member Portal. For more information visit the EdgeConnect page on the NZIX website.

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Thank you to all our members who took the time to complete our survey on the proposal to establish a new IX in Wellington. We really appreciate your feedback and input into this project. We are in the early planning stages and after collating the results are now able to start negotiations. The plan is to launch WLG-IX mid-2021. More details will be available over the coming months.

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The New Zealand Internet Exchange is pleased to announce Datavault will be added to its list of POPs in the Auckland exchange. 

Having been approached by DataVault and following several requests from members for a POP at the 162 Grafton Road site, NZIX have been working on making this viable for members.

Again, COVID restrictions have slowed down the timing of the project, delaying the fibre paths towards Datavault however orders are now back on track and engineers are standing by for an install. All being well, the new datacentre could be operational as soon as April. For more information email peering@nz.ix

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