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Notice of Annual General Meeting 2008


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Notice is hereby given that the twelth Annual General Meeting of the members of the Society will be held at the Marque Hotel Canberra, 102 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon, ACT 2612, at 8:00 am on Wednesday 19 November 2008. Please see the Explanatory Memorandum below for more information on the items below.

A member of the Society is entitled to attend and vote or appoint a proxy to attend and vote on their behalf. A proxy need not be a member. To appoint a proxy, you must return your proxy form to the registered office of the Society by delivery, mail or facsimile at least 24 hours before the time and date scheduled for the Annual General Meeting. Proxy forms should be addressed to:

The Internet Society of Australia
Attn: Mr Craig Ng
Maddocks
Level 7
140 William Street
MELBOURNE Vic 3000
Facsimile (03) 9288 0666



The Annual General Meeting of the members of the Society will be held for the purpose of considering the following items of ordinary business:

1. Adoption of Accounts and Reports
1.1 To consider the profit and loss accounts, the balance sheet, the report of the directors and the auditors and directors reports of the Society and, if thought fit, receive and adopt those accounts, balance sheet and reports.

2. Resignations and Appointment of Directors
2.1 To accept the resignations of the directors who are retiring and appoint six directors from those persons nominated as directors. The persons nominated as directors are (in alphabetical order): Narelle Clark, Robert Gregory, Tony Hill, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, and Andrew McRae. As the number of candidates for election as directors is less than as the number of vacancies on the Board, a ballot will not need to be held for the election of the candidates. (see Nominations for Directors 2008 below).

3. Other Business
3.1. Transacting any other business which under the constitution of the Society or the Corporations Act 2001 ought to be transacted at an annual general meeting.

DATED 29 October 2008
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
Kevin Karp
Honorary Secretary, ISOC-AU



Explanatory Memorandum, AGM 2008

Annual General Meeting
8:00am 19 November 2008
102 Northbourne Avenue, Braddon, ACT 2612

An annual general meeting is required to be held by the Corporations Act 2001 and certain items of business must be transacted at the meeting. This memorandum explains the background to some of the items of business set out in the accompanying Notice of Meeting.

1. Accounts
The 2008 Annual Report of the Society, which comprises the profit and loss account, the balance sheet, the report of the directors and of the auditors and the directors' statement will be available for inspection and discussion at the Annual General Meeting.

2. Resignations and Appointment of Directors
One-third of the board of twelve directors must retire at the AGM 2008 in accordance with the requirements of the Constitution of the Society. The retiring directors are: Narelle Clark, Tony Hill, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Andrew McRae and Jeremy Malcolm. In accordance with Article 46.6 of the Constitution, retiring directors are eligible for re-election at the 2008 AGM.

Narelle Clark, Robert Gregory, Tony Hill, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, and Andrew McRae have nominated for election as directors. As the number of candidates is less than the number of vacancies on the Board, a ballot will not need to be held for the election of the candidates. A copy of the nomination list is below.

3. Other Business
Members will be asked to approve the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting, which took place on 3 December 2007 and the Extraordinary General Meeting, which took place on 16 January 2008. The minutes are available at:

www.isoc-au.org.au/Organisation/mins/minsAGM07.html
www.isoc-au.org.au/Organisation/mins/minsEGM08.html


Nominations for Directors 2008

Candidate             Proposer                Seconder
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Narelle Clark         Narelle Clark           Andrew McRae
Robert Gregory        Cheryl Langdon-Orr      Elspeth Ross
Tony Hill             Gerald K White          Kevin John Karp
Cheryl Langdon-Orr    Teresa Corbin           Craig Ng
Andrew McRae          Andrew McRae            Narelle Clark

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