14:52 Mon 05 Jul 2004 REF:ILSAECC1 TO: Philip ARGY cc Senate Inquiry Chairman eCommerce Committee Halisa Stakeholders Business Law Section OIC Management Committee LAW COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIANAME SUBMITTED AS WORLD EXPERT ON E-COMMERCE ISSUES Dear Mr Argy - further to your request for a rapid response this is to confirm a letter has been prepared and sent to the Prime Minister (copy attached) In liew of the problems facing the Australian Ports with e-Commerce at the moment {ref Treasury Public Consultation e-Commerce 2003 and the Government proclaiming that the FTA will provide a potential e-Commerce business of $ 200 Billion Federal and $ 200 Billion State Government opportunities your name was submitted as an expert who could assist the Senate Inquiry The letter to the Prime Minister: 1 explains the Submission by the Management Committee of the OIC XML & E-commerce [XZIG] supported the Aus-USA FTA and proposed that a Standard XML e-Tender format was used by Australian Federal and State Government sites. This is confirmed in my Evidence at Senate Public Hearing. Unfortunately this is held as 5 separate pages on the Parliament Web site: (The Government web-master keeps moving the documents so they have been placed on an independent site - please check the old sites and see if you can work out where the documents have been moved - and the Government is promoting accurate web archiving methods based on Ted GAEBLER's influence! Ted GAEBLER had been sponsored by Andersen Consulting to speak to a separate luncheon to senior management of each Australian State Government in 1993. Here is the Agenda of the luncheon chaired by David HUNTER Managing Partner Asia Pacific Government Services Andersen Consulting) Witness: 2005/02/28 - site moved again hence this copy on independent Web site Witness: 2004/09/21 - Full name witness and organisation Page 1 2005/02/28 - site moved again hence this copy on independent Web site Page 1 2004/09/21 - 10 Questions for Centre International Economics [CIE] Page 1 2004/06/14 - 10 Questions for CIE-original-link-not-work-17-Sep-2004 Page 2 2005/02/28 - site moved again hence this copy on independent Web site Page 2 2004/09/21 - Concerns E-Trade Documents will be US Standards Page 2 2004/06/14 - Concerns E-Trade Documents Standards-original-link-not-work-17-Sep-2004 Page 3 2005/02/28 - site moved again hence this copy on independent Web site Page 3 2004/09/21 - Current problems with E-commerce for Australian ports Page 3 2004/06/14 - Current problems with E-commerce-original link-not-work-17-Sep-2004 Page 4 2005/02/28 - site moved again hence this copy on independent Web site Page 4 2004/09/21 - e-Commerce proposed to reduce costs for large organisations not distribute information Page 4 2004/06/14 - e-Commerce proposed to reduce costs-original-link-not-work-17-Sep-2004 Page 5 2005/02/28 - site moved again hence this copy on independent Web site Page 5 2004/09/21 - Tradegate should be able to provide e-commerce statistics Page 5 2004/06/14 - Tradegate provide e-commerce statistics-original-link-not-work-17-Sep-2004 2 confirms that your name was put forward without your knowledge under Parliamentary Privilege for Witness Evidence 3 outlines the conflicts between e-Commerce Standards ANSI X-12, EDIFACT and the Health Industry HL7 4 Your name was put forward as somebody who would be able to assist the Senate Inquiry understand: 1 The cost and frustration for business with different E-commerce Standards 2 The Harmonisations required between the Federal and State Legal system for the FTA from your perspective as a member of the World Intellectual Property Organisation [WIPO] 3 the benefits to Australia for an E-commerce Governance Committee to ensure that Australia's Trading Partners comply with ISO standards NEXT STEPS A copy will be forwarded to you at Mallesons My apolgises for not contacting you before to discuss the issue but the Senate inquiry has taken up considerable time and resources. I would be pleased to discuss these issues with you later this week or next week if convenient particularly the e-Commerce Governance Committee to ensure Australia's trading partners all adopt the ISO EDIFACT Standard for e-commerce transactions. Regards Yours sincerely Stephen GOULD On 2 Jul 04, at 11:46, Argy, Philip wrote: > Dear Mr Gould > > I confirm that the email sent to you at 12.06 on 28 June came from me, and I would appreciate > your taking immediate action to implement my request. > > Thank you. > > Philip > > Philip N. Argy > Chairman > eCommerce Committee > Business Law Section > Law Council of Australia > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen GOULD [mailto:sggould@halisa.net] > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 8:05 PM > To: Argy, Philip > Subject: Re: Unauthorised use of my name > > > Dear Mr Argy - Please confirm that you authorised or sent this e-mail > > > Thank you > > > Stephen GOULD > sggould@halisa.net > > On 28 Jun 04, at 12:06, Argy, Philip wrote: > > > > Dear Mr Gould > > > It has come to my notice that my name has been used by OIC in an email sent on 24 June 2004 > > to the Prime Minister in a context that might be taken to indicate that I oppose the FTA. > > > > > > Since you neither sought nor have my permission to use my name in any context, let alone to > > misrepresent my views, I demand that you write to the Prime Minister and retract any > > suggestion that I consented to the inclusion of my name in your email. > > > > Regards > > > Philip N. Argy > > Chairman > > eCommerce Committee > > Business Law Section > > Law Council of Australia