Biannual Strategy Session – Andrew - April 7, Melbourne, next meeting in Sydney

  Newspaper articles – Greg for January, Erica for February

  Vice chancellors – George F – dates to be set

  Privacy – George F, with assistance from Leni – initial draft complete and circulated to members

  ASIC lodgement – Tony to email George F to check lodgement complete

  Advice from Accountant - George F – no further action

  Arrange employment details for ED - George M - progress PAYE/PAYG - done

  Consider workcover - George M - done

  Interest bearing account - George M - postpone pending new Treasurer

  Audit - George M - done, closure required

  Tax Review by John Howard - George M - in progress

  ED pay & super - George M - almost done

  Business Activity Statement (BAS) - George M - Feb done, next PAYG due soon

  - need to transit to new Treasurer

  Operating address for ATO - George M

  Signed copy of audited accounts – George M - need to forward to auditor

  Pioneer awards – Leni – agreed to remove from list

  Advance networking program – Simon H – circulated email update

  Tony's list – see written director's report

  Follow up on strategy meeting – proposal to increase the size of ISOC-AU has been circulated

  Alternative banks – postpone for three months

  Administration – Anne, Tony – setting up membership database,

  Subcommittee to work on treasury issues – Audit committee established

4.1 Executive Director's Report

  - Doubling the size of ISOC-AU

  - Need to focus on sponsorships

  - Good potential to pursue policy issues, Directors are welcome to become involved eg Leni to represent ISOC-AU on Privacy Commissioner Research Working Group

  - Organisational membership is selling well, Directors are encouraged to become involved

4.2 Audit Committee’s Report

The following information was circulated to Directors by written report: - Profit & Loss report - Balance Sheet

Recommendation: Audit and Finance Committee should have a financial and policy review role with respect to the accounts. - variances with respect to budget - financial risks - issues connected with generally accepted accounting principles In principle support for the above statement of Audit Committee Role was agreed. Audit committee to refine role by email and circulate to Directors.

ED travel to INET 2001 in Stockholm was considered affordable. Agreed to approve.

4.3 Adhoc Committees

- nil

5. Resolutions on Notice

- nil

6. Policy Discussion or Guest Speaker

  - Doubling the Size

  - Is this a first draft of a marketing plan. Targets for products, plans for channels. Should be expanded to cover all of our channels.

  - Are there examples from other non-profit examples? World Wildlife Fund direct mail. Meeting with ED of WWF and seeing what comes out of that.

  - Need short term and long term plans.

  - Target parts of the community.

  Erica joined the meeting.

  Directors agreed to nominate potential sponsors and make an initial approach by the next Directors meeting.

  Marketing plan – Tony to work with an informal working group

  Members: Tamzin, Erica

  Review: Leni, David

7. Any Other Business

  - Privacy

  - Privacy Commissioner Research Reference Group – Leni to represent ISOC-AU

  - Draft ISOC-AU Privacy Policy – Directors to do email vote

  - Ian Peters nomination for TIO

  - He should be asked to prepare a position statement

  - Should we be looking for a more direct relationship with TIO. TIO rep could address the next meeting.

  - How soon? Tony could draft something suitable if it is urgent.

  - ED travel to INET 2001

  - Generally supported.

8. Next Meeting

  To be held 26 February 2000

  Finance meeting 19 February 2000

The meeting closed at 6:55pm.

18. Confirmation

Greg Watson
President, ISOC-AU