Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 10 March 2009
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm AEDT on 10 March 2009 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Welcome 1.1 Attendance: Gunela Astbrink, Paul Brooks, Narelle Clark, Robert Gregory, Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Jerry Leeson, Andrew McRae, Gerry White 1.2 Apologies: Tony Hill 1.3 Absent: 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting Accepted minutes of Previous Meeting February 3 , Moved: RK, second: GW, passed (Abstention: JL) 3. Actions Arising/Carried Over from the Minutes 3.1 In future, the ED should include in her report suggested action items arising from the report 3.2 HR, CLO and RG to discuss the outcomes/recommendations of HR's meeting with ACMA (see ED Report) and make draft recommendations to the Board/members on ISOC-AU involvement with the issue - carried over 3.3 HR to follow up with Tanner's advisor on attending a Board teleconference meeting - done, adviser to attend April Board meeting 3.4 Subcommittee to plan the meeting on NBN TCCM to include GW, NC and RK, strategy day moved to March 25 - done 3.5 "unacceptable" TCCM Subcommittee to plan the meeting to include GW and CLO, AMcR to confirm venue - carried over 3.6 ISOCAU involvement with IETF meeting. HR (with CLO) to clarify any ISOC-Au exposure to financial risk with ISOC and seek a written MoU on ISOC-AU's involvement - carried over. 3.7 TH referred to the item in the Maddocks newsletter of Identity Jacking and would like it to be placed on the ISOC-AU website, with proper attribution. RG to locate the item and email HR with details, with HR to arrange for the item to be put on the website - carried over. 3.8 HR to liaise with GW to progressively refine format of ED report prior to distribution to Board for consideration at Board meeting - done. 3.9 SIG page to be added onto the website in particular a disabilities resources page for the Disability SIG to be discussed at strategy day - carried over 3.10 HR to liaise with ISOC HK at fothcoming ICANN Mexico meeting - carried over 3.11 HR to distribute a draft thought document based on the Digital Economy consultation paper - done 3.12 RG to prepare thoughts of Digital Signatures given his recent experience obtaining his own digital certificate - done 4. New and Carried Over actions 4.1 In future, the ED should include in her report suggested action items arising from the report 4.2 HR, CLO and RG to discuss the outcomes/recommendations of HR's meeting with ACMA (see ED Report) and make draft recommendations to the Board/members on ISOC-AU involvement with the issue 4.3 HR & TH to plan the strategy day moved to March 25 4.4 "unacceptable" TCCM Subcommittee to plan the meeting to include GW and CLO, AMcR to confirm venue - carried over 4.5 ISOCAU involvement with IETF meeting. HR (with CLO) to clarify any ISOC-Au exposure to financial risk with ISOC and seek a written MoU on ISOC-AU's involvement 4.6 TH referred to the item in the Maddocks newsletter of Identity Jacking and would like it to be placed on the ISOC-AU website, with proper attribution. RG to locate the item and email HR with details, with HR to arrange for the item to be put on the website - carried over. 4.7 SIG page to be added onto the website in particular a disabilities resources page for the Disability SIG to be discussed at strategy day - carried over and to be made strategy day discussion item 4.8 HR to liaise with ISOC HK at fothcoming ICANN Mexico meeting 4.9 HR to follow up with ConsultelBWP, COSBOA and Primus 4.10 HR & CLO to examine producing actuals vs predicted reporting on financials 4.11 HR to prepare an item re: ICANN Sydney meeting for March strategy day. 4.12 HR forward ICANN resolution regarding IPv4 address exhaustion to the IPv6 Tech list. 4.13 Strategy day discussion to be held on topic of director's representation made on behalf of ISOC-AU at the meeting of other prganisations. 4.14 GA, CLO, HR & KJK to look at preparing a submission ISOC-AU funding proposal for the ISOC Community Grants Program with rapid turn around. First meeting to be held by Tuesday and report to the board. Subsequent decision to be made by Board on strategy day. 5. Reports 5.1 Executive Director's Report 5.1.1 Acceptance of ED report - Written report accepted as circulated via email. Moved: GW, Seconded: CLO, passed - HR to follow up with ConsultelBWP, COSBOA and Primus 5.2 Treasurer's Report 5.2.1 Acceptance of Treasurer's report - Written report accepted as circulated via email. Moved: RK, Seconded: RG, 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 - PB's filtering papers to be provided to CLO as a brief for the forthcoming meeting in Melbourne 6. Membership Issues - Membership form online is currently experiencing technical problems. PPS is examining. 7. SIGs Report 7.1 IPv6 SIG 7.1.1 Nothing to report. 7.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) 7.2.1 Nothing to report 7.3 Accessibility & Usability 7.3.1 Nothing to report. 8. Discussion 8.1 Meetings Attended Ross Kelso 9 Feb - meeting with ACCAN representatives 23 Feb - Executive Mtg, as Chair 8.2 Review of progress by Director's in pursuit of their goals defined at the Strategy Day 8.2.1 PB's preparation of papers is a partial achievement of his KPI'a 8.2.2 RG doesn't have any KPI's and needs to be allocated them at the forthcoming strategy day 9. Any Other Business 9.1 GA has requested to "discuss a possible ISOC-AU funding proposal for the ISOC Community Grants Program" 9.1.1 GA, HR, CLO and KJK to look at preparing a submission. 9.2 HR to attend ATUG meeting this coming Friday on behalf of ISOC-AU. 10. Next Meeting The meeting closed at 7:12pm. Tele-conference to be held on 7th April, 2009. 11. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Narelle Clark Vice-President, ISOC-AU