CIRA Annual Report 2007-2008

2007–2008 CIRA Annual ReportMESSAGE FROM THE CHAIROn behalf of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Internet RegistrationAuthority (CIRA), I am pleased to present this Annual Report for thefiscal year ending March 31, 2008.2Last year CIRA invested in the right technology,infrastructure, and people to establish itsposition as a leader and steward of Canada’sunique Internet identity, reaching the one milliondot-ca domains milestone on April 15, 2008.A Strategic Plan, approved by the Board inDecember 2007, laid out CIRA’s strategic goalsfor the next three years. At a high-level these are:to ensure effective and accountable stewardshipof the dot-ca domain, to make CIRA recognizedinternationally as the registry standard ofexcellence in the operation of a ccTLD, tobe a benchmark for exemplary accountablegovernance within the Internet community, andto achieve organizational excellence.Among one of the most visible changes madein fiscal ’08 was the hiring of a new Presidentand Chief Executive Officer, Byron Holland.Byron immediately immersed himself in therole by translating the Strategic Plan into a newOperations Plan and Budget for fiscal ‘09. Byronhas proven himself as a valuable leader of CIRAas it establishes itself as a mature organizationin a dynamic Internet community with domainnaming, Internet security, and growth.In closing I would like to thank our Boardof Directors and Staff for their effort andcommitment to CIRA in building an organizationto frontier the challenges and opportunities aheadin managing Canada’s strong Internet presence.The Strategic Plan set the foundation for CIRA’sfocus in the second half of fiscal 08. The keypriorities were governance reform, the databaserestructure, a focus on marketing the dot-cadomain, and improvements in operationalexcellence.Sincerely,Debi RosatiChair, CIRA Board of Directors