Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 03 February 2005
The meeting commenced at 5:50pm AEST on 03 February 2005 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Attendance Narelle Clark, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Kate Lance, Ross Kelso, Kevin Karp, Tony Hill, George Fong, Andrew McRae, Adam Creed, Craig Ng, Jeremy Malcolm. Apologies: Gunela Astbrink, Gerry White. 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting Minutes of the last meeting were accepted - Moved George Fong/Seconded Cheryl Langdon-Orr. 3. Actions Arising from the Minutes George Fong - had contacted Neighborhood Cable about sponsorship/membership. Following up with others. Working on the IPv6 Seminar in Ballarat but a bit late in progress. Andrew McRae has followed up with Fred Baker. 4. Reports (15 min) 4.1 Executive Director's Report circulated via email Accepted; Moved Tony Hill/Seconded George Fong. Actions arising: Jeremy Malcolm to follow up on Comslaw initiative. 4.2 Financial Reports Cheryl Langdon-Orr outlined the Treasurer's Report, circulated via email. Accepted; Moved Narelle Clark/Seconded George Fong. Actions arising: CLO to send an invoice to Telstra. 5. Membership Issues None arising. 6. Discussion Meetings attended: CCNR - Kate Lance attended the CCNR meeting in Melbourne on the 1st February in Melbourne. DCITA is funding discussion on submissions to a world summit to be held in Tunis at the end of 2005. Summary workshops in Sydney and other cities. DCITA will collate information and use it to present to the Minister. Actions Arising: Tony Hill to initiate dialogue to engage NICTIA about Internet Governance. IPv6 Summit - Tony Hill attended an IPv6 summit in Washingto DC between the 8th - 10th December 2004. The meeting tracked the adoption of IPv6 protocols into defence equipment purchase policies by 2008. Planning to hold another session Ipv6 Coalition Summit May 2005. Actions Arising: to discuss and solidify ISOC-AU's policy position regarding IPv6 in light of the above. CLO - 27th January - CLO attended the ACAC Teleconference. ABC Radio - George Fong has a weekly slot on ABC for South West Victoria. Agreed that other directors could cover occasional slots on specific topics. AUUG - Tony to speak at the AUUG event as part of the Linux conference in April 2005 in Canberra. VoIP and IP Comms Summit - ISOC-AU will lend its name to the event. 7. Any Other Business ISOC-AU forums in March. Craig Ng suggested that we have more regular forums. Possible AuDA discussion. ISOC board nominations solicited: Actions Arising: Tony to consider nominating for a delegate's position. Briefing from ICT Outlook Group to go to NICTIA group. NICTIA, ADFA, CRCs etc will present on the outlook for ICT in Australia. Defence Industry Focus Group on Tuesday 8th February - Tony to give a briefing on IPv6. Narelle - from chapter-delegates, Tsunami disaster support. Action: Narelle to promote these initiatives to the membership. 8. Next Meeting Meeting closed at 7:15pm. Next Meeting 5.45pm AEST 16th March 2005. 9. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill, President, ISOC-AU