Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
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Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 16 March 2005

The meeting commenced at 5:50pm (Sydney Time) on 16 March 2005 and took
place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of
Association of the Society.

1. Attendance
Gunela Astbrink, Adam Creed (joined 6.17pm), George Fong, Tony Hill,
Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, Kate Lance, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Jeremy Malcolm,
Andrew McRae (joined 6.17pm), Craig Ng.

Apologies: Narelle Clark, Gerry White.

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting
Minutes of the last meeting were accepted - Moved Gunela
Astbrink/Seconded Ross Kelso.

3. Actions Arising from the Minutes
Cheryl: Send a sponsorship invoice to Telstra > Pending.
Jeremy: Sort out Comslaw application with Kate > Completed.
Tony: initiate dialogue to engage NICTIA about Internet
Governance. > Ongoing.
- discuss and solidify ISOC-AU's policy position regarding
IPv6; paper circulated about Summit proposal > Ongoing
- consider nominating for an ISOC board position; agreed in
negative > Completed
Narelle: promote Tsunami disaster support initiatives to the
membership > Completed
George: progress sponsorships
- iPrimus; reasonably optimistic > Ongoing
- IBM; no movement > Ongoing
- Neighbourhood Cable; under consideration > Ongoing
- Ampwest Communications; no further word > Ongoing
Gunela: Organise Philip Smith (APIA, APRICOT) to speak at 
teleconf in 2005; has approached him again > Ongoing

4. Reports
4.1 Executive Director's Report circulated via email.

4.2 Financial Reports
Cheryl Langdon-Orr outlined the Treasurer's Report,
circulated via email.
Actions arising: CLO to action term deposit as per her report.

5. Membership Issues
Kate has arranged for CCNR to become a foundation member.

6. Discussion
6.1 Meetings attended:
Tony Hill:
- 08 Feb: ADIESA's Network Focus Group
- 16 Feb: ICT Alliance mtg
- 17 Feb: ACIF mtg
- 03 Mar: Ac3 innovation showcase
- 07 Mar: DCITA mtg
- 10 Mar: CASE, Invest Australia
- 15 Mar: ISOC-AU networking event
Cheryl:
- 08 Feb: ACIF CAC teleconf
- 10 Feb: CAC teleconf
- 14 Feb: AuDA board mtg
- 22, 23 Feb: CAC mtg
George:
- Ballarat mtg with DIMIA on skills & immigration
into regional areas

6.2 Face-to-face strategy meeting: Sydney 5 April,
commencing 10.30am, Maddocks Level 28; known apologies from
Andrew & Gerry; other Directors to either attend in person
or via teleconference.  Agenda items: IPv6; ICT skills;
Youth (invite Emil for lunch?); membership & sponsorship

6.3 ICANN At-Large Structure Application: Agreed that Adam
to submit now.

7. Any Other Business
Kevin to attend meeting next week on professionalism in ICT
industry. Please pass onto Kevin any ideas for agenda items.

8. Next Meeting
Meeting closed at 6.40pm. Next Meeting 5.45pm AEST 11th
April 2005.

9. Confirmation
Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting.

Tony Hill,
President, ISOC-AU

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