Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 18 June 2007
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm EST on 18 June 2007 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Welcome 1.1 Attendance: Greg Adamson, Gunela Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Tony Hill, Ross Kelso, Kevin Karp, Jerry Leeson, Jeremy Malcolm, Andrew McRae, Holly Raiche, Gerry White 1.2 Apologies: Cheryl Langdon-Orr 1.3 Absent: 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting Gerry should be listed as an apology not an absentee. Accepted: moved JM, seconded KJK 3. Actions Arising from previous Minutes 3.1 ED to make regular ISOC-AU related Chapter information contributions to ISOC news media, and to do so on an ongoing basis. Done 3.2 HR to follow up PIR nomination with ISOC and re-submit Chris Disspain Done 3.3 HR to liaise with NC to takeover administration of IAMEMS mailman list. Done 3.4 The contact details for members/sponsors is to be circulated by CLO for the purpose of updating contacts - to be clarified 3.5 TH to schedule a meeting of the remuneration sub-committee proposal is 9am Thursday 17th May - Done 3.6 HR to forward proposed Revenue Sub-committee action items arising from the Strategy table to KJK for incorporation into a subsequent meeting of the Revenue sub-committee - Done 3.7 KJK to formulate a list of criteria for a new Director, distribute to the board for approval with a view to distributing to IAMEMS requesting volunteers to fulfil the role. Not Done 3.8 KJK to incorporate into future Board agenda's report items for Remuneration and Director's Representations Reports - Done 3.9 CLO to prepare report on recent developments in APRALO for distribution to IAMEMS - Done 3.10 GA and HR to examine what is required for Accessibility TCCM - Done 4. New Actions 4.1 KJK to formulate a list of criteria for a new Director, distribute to the board for approval with a view to distributing to IAMEMS requesting volunteers to fulfil the role. 4.2 GA and HR to liaise on developing application for auDA Foundation grant 4.3 All directors to review Strategic Plan for next Board meeting 4.4 HR to circulate Strategic Plan, showing changes discussed at Board meeting 4.5 TH/HR to develop media release re Google membership 4.6 HR to update and coordinate input to update ISOC-AU 13 point plan 5. Reports 5.1 Executive Director's Report 5.1.1 Acceptance of ED report 5.1.2 Acceptance of the Report to DCITA on the TCCM Funding - it was due 8 June but ED has spoken to DCITA, advised them of the change in ED and they are comfortable with receiving the report after the Board meeting - particularly since ED advised them that all the activities have been completed, so the only task is to write the final report. - Written report accepted as circulated via email. 5.2 Treasurer's Report - Written Financial reports accepted as circulated via email. 5.3 Revenue Sub-committee 5.3.1 each Board member to meet with Kevin and Holly to discuss possible contacts and strategies for fund raising campaign - Revenue committee - no report presented. 5.4 Sponsorship - Thanks expressed to Google for payment of sponsorship. - Sponsorship committee - no further report presented 5.5 Remuneration Sub-Committee - Verbal report presented by Tony Hill noting that acceptance is being awaited from Kate Lance regarding commissioning of web site maintenance. 5.6 Director's Representations 5.6.1 TH - launched 10year vision statement for NICTIA on 21st May 2007 5.6.2 GA - Personal Connectedness project within TCCC, ISOC-AU will not be able to participate. 6. Membership Issues - CLO requires renewal of the password for the membership administration site. 7 SIG Reports 7.1 IPv6 SIG - Organisation of the IPV6 summit is reporting well - 11 International keynote speakers have expressed interest 7.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) - No report presented. 7.3 Accessibility & Usability - Meeting - HR has written report on the meeting. - GA said the 6 June SIG meeting went very well, that there was very good discussion from a range of perspectives. The need is to keep the momentum up for continuing dialogue through list discussion, etc. CLO said the auDA Foundation (www.audafoundation.org.au) grants program has been advertised. The emphasis is on seed funding for projects (so the amounts will be relatively small) for projects that will be carried on. The closing date for applications is 31 July 2007. This would be one mechanism for continuation of this SIG work. 8. Discussion 8.1 Strategic Plan - Hold events: TCCM Accessibility meeting - completed 8.2 IPv6 summit - summit scheduled for 19-21 November in Canberra - work on planning summit progressing well 8.3 Strengthen relationship with ISOC-ISOC chapters. - Tony to give presentation at PacINET meeting in August on NICTIA Strategy/Action Plan 8.4 CLO reported adding items for agenda for meeting she is attending in Puerto Rico on ISOC involvement with ICANN 8.5 Submissions on issues of importance - auDA Names Panel - submission completed 8.6 Meetings attended. 9 Any Other Business 9.1 Media releases - It was noted that ISOC-AU has not released media statements recently. The next media release should be to announce Google sponsorship of ISOC-AU. This will be developed with Tony meets with Google at the end of the month. 9.2 ISOC-AU 13 point platform to be revisited/updated (including reference to NICTIA plan) for release 10. Next meeting The meeting closed at ?:??pm. The next meeting will occur by teleconference at 5:45pm AEST on 9th July, 2007 11. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill, President, ISOC-AU