Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 9 July 2007
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm EST on 9 July 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, Tony Hill, Ross Kelso, Kevin Karp, Holly Raiche, Gerry White 1.2 Apologies: Gunela Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Andrew McRae, Cheryl Langdon-Orr 1.3 Absent: Jerry Leeson, Jeremy Malcolm 2. Minutes of Previous Meeting Accepted: moved RK, seconded GW 3. Actions Arising from previous Minutes 3.1 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. Not Done 3.2 GA and HR to liaise on developing application for auDA Foundation grant - On Hold pending recovery of GA 3.3 All directors to review Strategic Plan for next Board meeting - Done to be carried over 3.4 HR to circulate Strategic Plan, showing changes discussed at Board meeting - Done to be carried over 3.5 TH/HR to develop media release re Google membership - superseded by Google announcement 3.6 HR to update and coordinate input to update ISOC-AU 13 point plan - Done 4. New Actions 4.1 Secretary to request Treasurer to distribute finances report when her workload permits. 4.2 Secretary with Treasurer regarding dispatching of this years renewal notices. 4.3 HR to send date of AFR article referring to IPv6 and Web 2. 4.4 GW to prepare a timeline for lobbying training for directors. 4.5 KJK to email to HR "ISOC-AU What's in it for me?" document 4.6 HR to circulate a request for comments on date of next meeting tentatively scheduled for 20th August, 2007. 4.7 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 4.8 GA and HR to liaise on developing application for auDA Foundation grant - On Hold, Not Done 4.9 All directors to review Strategic Plan for next Board meeting - Done to be carried over 4.10 HR to circulate Strategic Plan, showing changes discussed at Board meeting - Done to be carried over 4.11 TH to convene meeting of remuneration subcommittee. 5. Reports 5.1 Executive Director's Report 5.1.1 Acceptance of ED report - Written report accepted as circulated via email. 5.1.2 Acceptance of the Report to DCITA on the TCCM Funding 5.2 Treasurer's Report - No report presented, report to be distributed when possible. Secretary to request Treasurer to distribute report. 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 5.4 Sponsorship - No report presented. 5.5 Remuneration Sub-Committee - Email received from Kate Lance formally accepting offer previously emailed to her. 5.6 Director's Representations - No reports presented. 6. Membership Issues - Secretary to liaise with Treasurer regarding dispatching of this years renewal notices. 7 SIG Reports 7.1 IPv6 SIG - Organisation of the IPV6 summit is progressing well - ACT Govt is moving to repeating sponsorship of summit. - IPV6 is being noticed in the general IT industry. - Geoff Houston has reviewed his projection of exhaustion of the IPV4 address pool to be now indicating early 2010. 7.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) - No report presented. 7.3 Accessibility & Usability - No report presented. 8. Discussion 8.1 Strategic Plan - Review any progress made on achieving tasks as per the Strategic Plan - GA wished to emphasise the importance of ISOC chapters to extend the effectiveness of raising sponsorship through their own immediate board level contacts. - HR to distribute 10 point (used to be 13 point) strategy document to all directors in editable format for comment by Directors. 9 Any Other Business - No other business. 10. Next meeting The meeting closed at 6:47pm. The next meeting will occur by teleconference at 5:45pm AEST on 20th August, 2007 11. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill, President, ISOC-AU