Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 2 February 2010
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm AEDT on February 2 2010 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Welcome 1.1 Attendance: Gunela Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Robert Forsyth, Robert Gregory, Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Jerry Leeson, Andrew McRae, Holly Raiche 1.2 Apologies: Paul Brooks, Tony Hill 1.3 Absent: Gerry White 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting Accepted minutes of Previous Meeting December 21, 2009, Moved: RF, second: RK, passed 3. Actions Arising/Carried Over from the Minutes 3.1 HR to pursue to request briefing from Nick Gruen for the Web 2.0 report, done. Do we issue to hold an event with an invitation to Nick Gruen? 3.2 HR to follow up with Michael Griffith regarding publication of public blog initiative, done. 3.3 HR to report to Board on progress of RAA work possibly in regular ED report - done 3.4 HR distribute information on RAA amendments to iamems seeking additional comments - ongoing. 3.5 HR to confirm with Drew both that ISOC-AU will not have financial obligations but confirm ISOC-AU’s ongoing interest in and support for an IETF meeting in Australia plus we should incorporate a tele-conference with Drew at the next Board F2F strategy session. Ongoing. 3.6 RG to provide text on history project. Once text available, KL to add to SIG. Then HR to draft text for SIG page and liaise with KL for link to SIGS on home page. Done. 3.7 GW and HR and to distribute MYOB to PPS to put on their server. Ongoing 3.8 HR to send out either a receipt for those members who have paid or a reminder to those who have not. Ongoing. 3.9 GW to prepare summary of comparison between worldwide and Australian internet filtering for consideration of Board. Ongoing. 3.10 HR to adjust minutes to change reference from KK to KL. Ongoing 3.11 HR to distribute the final report of the IPv6 Summit organising committee to the Board 4. New and Carried Over actions 4.1 HR to contact Nick Gruen to arrange a possible future event. 4.2 HR to explore opportunity to hold a broader user based forum on the NBN which should have a fund raising benefit for ISOC-AU. 4.3 HR distribute information on RAA amendments to iamems seeking additional comments 4.4 HR to confirm with Drew both that ISOC-AU will not have financial obligations but confirm ISOC-AU’s ongoing interest in and support for an IETF meeting in Australia plus we should incorporate a tele-conference with Drew at the next Board F2F strategy session. HR to investigate new funding sources especially from within Government. 4.5 KL to add history project to SIG. Then HR to draft text for SIG page and liaise with KL for link to SIGS on home page. 4.6 PPS to put MYOB software on their server. 4.7 HR to send out either a receipt for those members who have paid or a reminder to those who have not. 4.8 GW to prepare summary of comparison between worldwide and Australian internet filtering for consideration of Board. 4.9 HR to adjust minutes to change reference from KK to KL 4.10 HR to distribute the final report of the IPv6 Summit organising committee to the Board 4.11 HR to distribute list of NBN issues and NC to distribute her report to Board with a view to preparing a distribution of issues to iamems. With HR and NC to prepare a submission for NBNCo deadline of February 12 especially liaising with consultant from RF. 4.12 HR to prepare ACCAN grant application due March 18 or (unlikely) alternately February 18 4.13 HR to chase up the content filtering letter to determine if ISOC-AU can participate. 4.14 HR to distribute a final wording for the iiNet meeting to be made by TH 5. Reports 5.1 Executive Director's Report 5.1.1 Acceptance of ED report - ED Report distributed via email. 5.2 Treasurer's Report - Treasurer's report distributed via email. - 4 payments to be co-authorised. Accept report, Move: RG, Second: AMcR, passed 5.3 Revenue Sub-committee - No report presented. 5.4 Sponsorship - No report presented. 5.5 Remuneration Sub-Committee - No report presented. 5.6 Employment Sub-Committee - No report presented. 5.7 Director's Representations - NC & KK attended the filtering meeting. 6. Membership Issues 7. SIGs Report 7.1 IPv6 SIG 7.1.1 Committee to re-convene in February to plan for next year 7.1.2 People encouraged to spread the word on final address allocations being made as down to less than 10% available final address space. 7.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) 7.2.1 Nothing to report 7.3 Accessibility & Usability 8. Discussion 9. Any Other Business 9.1 Calendar - Confirmed strategy day to be held March 2nd Sydney to be hosted at Google - All directors to submit corrections to HR so that new calendar can be issued 9.2 ACCAN grant - HR, NC and GW to meet regarding preparation of submission. 9.3 Content filtering - NC reported back on content filtering meeting held. 9.4 iiNet decision. - RG presented wording for statement to be presented by TH at the forthcoming Thursday meeting. 9.5 ISOC Grant project - GA presented a verbal on the project. 10. Next Meeting The meeting closed at 7:15pm. Tele-conference to be held on 6th April, 2010. 11. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Narelle Clark Vice-President, ISOC-AU