One of the earlier archives is of Mike Lawrie in celebration of 10 years of Internet Connectivity To commemorate 10 years of leased line Internet connectivity in South Africa a function was held at the IBM Conference Auditorium, Sandown on the 28th February 2002.

Mike Lawrie gave an informal talk entitled ‘A funny thing happened at Rhodes one day’. Anecdotes about the early days were also read out during the function.

The inaugura annuall ISOC-ZA Merit Award was presented to: Mike Lawrie for his outstanding contribution to the Development of the Internet in South Africa. In addition, the ISOC-ZA committee unvieleld its plans for the rest of the year. See notes and links from the Network Startup Resource Centre for historical information