Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801
Minutes of Directors' Meeting 24 February 2003The meeting started at 5:45pm AEST on 24 February 2003 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society.
1. Attendance
Attendance: Gunela Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Tony Hill, Kate Lance, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Andrew McRae, Jeremy Malcolm, Craig Ng.
Apologies: Anne Greiner, George Fong, Gerry White.
Absent: Ross Kelso, Galen Townson.
2. Minutes of Previous Meeting
Held over to next meeting.
3. Actions Arising from the Minutes
Held over to next meeting.
4. Reports
4.1 Executive Director's Report
. DCITA progress report has been submitted
Action: Kate to chase up on when to submit next DCITA invoice
. SPAM Web page is up
. Report provided to CRCSIT - has been distributed in a brief form
. Sent ATUG ISOC-AU logo for 2003 conference
. News release distributed on Comindico sponsorship
. Member and Web site updates provided
. Meeting with Tony to discuss next set of capital city consultations: Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne4.2 Treasurer's Report
. draft financial reports circulated in .txt format
. positive balances in all the accounts
. transfers now made from DCITA account as previously approved
. conversion to later version of MYOB has produced small errors
. Superannuation will be updated to 9% level required for 2003
. pay adjustments have been made
. need to update authorised contact person with ATO
. all ATO activity statements have been paid, but not all statements have been received
. itemised deposit slips need to be provided to the Treasurer regularly
5. Membership Issues
. Look to providing individual invoices and membership cards for 2004 membership year
. Next meeting consideration of membership fees for 2004
. consideration of youth membership arrangements, possibly an online forum, to be considered at a later directors meeting
Action item: Craig and Narelle could investigate contact with university students
6. Resolutions on Notice
Nil.
7. Guest Speaker
At 6:30: Bronte Adams attended, discussion on broadband now and in future:
. BAG setup in Feb 2002, met four times
. International advisors input was valuable
. Industry consultations by BAG, with very useful input
. Timing of BAG investigations was in parallel with RTI
. Excellent support from Department and NOIE officers
. International and domestic peering issues
. Key results: commitment to national approach, focus on effective use of broadband, actions by government itself, measurement and ongoing implementation, emphasis on functioning and competitive market
. Shift in attitude to establishing a government role in relation to broadband, health and education as well as research interests
. Attaching new large expenditure to broadband was not seen as an option
. Effective use: measurement and benchmarking, identifying the different needs of various users
. Implementation
8. Discussion
- ICT Alliance - Narelle
. Narelle has provided a report by email
. Opportunity for briefing on BAG
. ATUG has been discussing relation between services sector and NAFTA, potential for cooperative activity with ISOC-AU and ATUG- SPAN Monthly Meeting focusing on Internet business models - Tony
. Tony circulated a written report- Chinese Delegation - no further questions to be answered -
Action item: Tony to proceed with letter of invitation- ACA ENUM workshop
. Invitation for ISOC-AU members and directors to participation- Schedule of consumer consultation meetings
. Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne- ISOC Board - Tony
. Tony to followup nomination procedures- non-profit sector access to broadband
. agreed to proceed as discussed
9. Any Other Business
. ACIF CAC - Cheryl to provide a written report, at least two action areas for ISOC-AU.
10. Next Meeting
Meeting closed at 7:30pm. Next meeting 24 March 2003.
10. Confirmation
Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting.Tony Hill
President, ISOC-AU