Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 5 May 2009
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm AEDT on 5 May 2009 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Welcome 1.1 Attendance: Paul Brooks, Robert Gregory, Tony Hill, Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Jerry Leeson, Andrew McRae, Holly Raiche 1.2 Apologies: Gunela Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Gerry White 1.3 Absent: 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting Accepted minutes of Previous Meeting April 7 , Moved: CLO, second: RK, passed 3. Actions Arising/Carried Over from the Minutes 3.1 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 - ongoing. 3.2 "unacceptable" TCCM Subcommittee to plan the meeting to include GW and CLO, AMcR to confirm venue. Proposal is for TCCM and Strategy Day have been moved to May 18 - done 3.3 ISOC-AU 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 - ongoing 3.4 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 - done 3.5 SIG page to be added onto the website in particular a disabilities resources page for the Disability SIG to be discussed at strategy day - ongoing 3.6 HR to liaise with ISOC HK - ongoing 3.7 HR to follow up with ConsultelBWP, COSBOA and Primus 3.8 HR & CLO to examine producing actuals vs predicted reporting on financials - ongoing 3.9 HR to prepare an item re: ICANN Sydney meeting - ongoing 3.10 Strategy day discussion to be held on topic of director's representation made on behalf of ISOC-AU at the meeting of other organisations - ongoing 3.11 RG to formulate an Australian Internet History project sub-committee - ongoing 4. New and Carried Over actions 4.1 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 - consultation to be held at TCCM meeting on 18th. 4.2 ISOC-AU 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 - ongoing 4.3 HR to check with GA & KL re: SIG page to be added onto the website in particular a disabilities resources page for the Disability SIG to be discussed at strategy day - ongoing 4.4 HR to liaise with ISOC HK 4.5 HR to follow up with ConsultelBWP and COSBOA 4.6 HR & CLO to examine producing actuals vs predicted reporting on financials 4.7 HR to prepare an item re: ICANN Sydney meeting... Sunday 21st 5pm-7pm followed by dinner afterwards Tuesday 23rd 7pm onwards ISOC Chapter & members meeting Thursday 25th proposed ISOC event with an ISOC-AU dinner to be sponsored by an ISOC-AU sponsor 4.7.1 AMcR to endeavour to scope out this event especially re Google involvement 4.7.2 RG to investigate with Maddocks. 4.7.3 CLO to inform via iamems Local attendees can register at syd.icann.org, HR to follow up with CLO if not completed promptly by CLO. 4.8 Strategy day discussion to be held on topic of director's representation made on behalf of ISOC-AU at the meeting of other organisations 4.9 RG to formulate an Australian Internet History project sub-committee 4.10 HR to keep membership informed that no adjustment to membership dues will be made, provided current levels of member support continue. 4.11 HR to approach David Havyatt re: membership of IPv6 SIG 4.12 CLO to distribute information the board re Snr Kate Lundy's "public sphere initiative". 5. Reports 5.1 Executive Director's Report 5.1.1 Acceptance of ED report - Written report accepted as circulated via email - Accepted 5.2 Treasurer's Report 5.2.1 Acceptance of Treasurer's report - Brief verbal report presented - Accepted 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 6. Membership Issues 6.1 HR has requested: "ISOC-AU dues - we should have considered this at the April meeting", CLO has requested that dues not be adjusted due to current economic circumstance. The board agreed that no adjustment to the membership dues would be made. TH believed that it is important to keep membership informed that the Society is travelling securely through the crisis but relies upon continued support from membership to stay secure. 7. SIGs Report 7.1 IPv6 SIG 7.1.1 Further discussion is being held to determine date of the summit. 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 8.2 Review of progress by Director's in pursuit of their goals defined at the Strategy Day 9. Any Other Business 9.1 Dealt with in IETF discussion 9.2 GA has requested: "To discuss policy of Directors representing ISOC-AU on external bodies with regard to sitting fees." to be discussed at next Face to Face on May 18 9.3 HR has requested: "ISOC-AU dues - we should have considered this at the April meeting" - this has been recorded in the Membership Issues section 9.4 HR has requested: "ICANN meeting - events with ISOC and ICANN (I can talk to this)" - resolved under action items 9.5 HR has requested: "Possible ISOC-AU submissions - list for the NBN and for the Joint Project Agreement (I have sent out emails about both)" 9.6 CLO made comments on the posts that have appeared on Snr Kate Lundy's web page - action item for CLO to distribute information the board. 10. Next Meeting The meeting closed at 6:49pm. Tele-conference to be held on 2nd June, 2009. 11. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill President, ISOC-AU