Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801

Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 14 July 2008

The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm AEST on 14 July 2008 and took place by 
way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of 
the Society. 

1. Welcome 
1.1 Attendance: Gunela Astbrink, Tony Hill, Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, 
    Jerry Leeson, Holly Raiche, Gerry White 
1.2 Apologies: Narelle Clark, Andrew McRae, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Jeremy Malcolm  
1.3 Absent: Paul Brooks

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting
    Accepted as updated, Moved: GW, second: KJK - passed 

3. Actions Arising/Carried Over from the Minutes 
 3.1 HR to follow up sponsorship lead passed on from Board members. 
     Ongoing 
 3.2 HR to arrange for email to be sent to ISOC members who have 
     indicated that they wish to be a member of ISOC-AU - ongoing 
 3.3 PB to email summary of CommsAlliance activity to Secretary - 
     ongoing 
 3.4 HR to coordinate discussion of the membership processes including 
     following individuals HR, CLO, KL, KJK, & JM   
 3.5 HR to contact KL to ensure that KL sends invoices to HR, KJK, & 
     CLO. HR to send all work requests to KJK, CLO and KL 
 3.6 PB to contact Internode (Simon Hackett) regarding upgrade of 
     membership - ongoing
 3.7 Treasurer to report on whether improved financial reporting 
     (historical and predictive) - ongoing
 3.8 Treasurer to finalise with Auditor reporting of financial actuals - 
     ongoing
 3.9 HR to liaise with CLO & NC to determine easiest way to generate 
     future budgets - ongoing
3.10 August F2F to resolve how financial reports are to be maintained 
     and generated. 
3.11 Secretary to contact parties that have expressed interest to 
     become board members before emailing to IAMEMS requesting nominations for 
     new board members. - ongoing

4. New and Carried Over actions 
 4.1 HR to follow up sponsorship lead passed on from Board members. 
     Ongoing 
 4.2 HR to arrange for email to be sent to ISOC members who have 
     indicated that they wish to be a member of ISOC-AU - ongoing 
 4.3 PB to email summary of CommsAlliance activity to Secretary - 
     ongoing 
 4.4 HR to coordinate discussion of the membership processes including 
     following individuals HR, CLO, KL, KJK, & JM   
 4.5 HR to contact KL to ensure that KL sends invoices to HR, KJK, & 
     CLO. HR to send all work requests to KJK, CLO and KL 
 4.6 PB to contact Internode (Simon Hackett) regarding upgrade of 
     membership 
 4.7 Treasurer to report on whether improved financial reporting 
     (historical and predictive) 
 4.8 Treasurer to finalise with Auditor reporting of financial actuals 
 4.9 HR to liaise with CLO & NC to determine easiest way to generate 
     future budgets 
4.10 August F2F to resolve how financial reports are to be maintained 
     and generated. 
4.11 Secretary to contact parties that have expressed interest to 
     become board members before emailing to IAMEMS requesting nominations 
     for new board members. 
4.12 HR to circulate budgets for current financial year
4.13 GA & HR to submit Operations Request to PPS for creation of 
     Disability mailing list

5. Reports 
5.1 Executive Director's Report 
  5.1.1 Acceptance of ED report 
   - Written report accepted as circulated via email.

   - Modifications to be incorporated into future reports on the 
     relevance of meeting attended to ISOC-AU and to the furthering of the 
     development of the Internet in Australia. 

   - Extended discussion held on the formation of ACCAN

   - Motion: Express our preference that the objectives of ACCAN 
     reflect the organisations remit to address "communication issues including 
     telecommunications and the internet". Moved GW, second RK, passed

   - The Board noted:  Congratulations to the government for raising the 
     broadband issue and the importance of using broadband to deliver the 
     Internet
 
5.2 Treasurer's Report 
  5.2.1 Acceptance of Treasurer's report 
        - No report presented. 

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 
        - None reported

6. Membership Issues

7. SIGs Report 
7.1 IPv6 SIG 

7.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) 

7.3 Accessibility & Usability 
    - New mailing list being established, HR & GA to submit Operations 
    Request to PPS 

8. Discussion 
8.1 Meetings Attended 

9. Any Other Business (4 min) 

10. Next Meeting 
The meeting closed at 7:15pm. 
Tele-conference to be held on 14th August, 2008. 
 
11. Confirmation 
Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. 

Tony Hill, 
President, ISOC-AU