Minutes of Directors' Meeting 26 August 2002

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

Minutes of Directors' Meeting 26 August 2002

The meeting started at 5:45pm AEST on 26 August 2002 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society.

1. Attendance
Attendance: Gunela Astbrink, Anne Greiner, Tony Hill, Ross Kelso, Kate Lance, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Andrew McRae, Jeremy Malcolm, Gerry White
Apologies: Narelle Clark, George Fong
Absent: Galen Townsen
Tony Hill chaired the meeting.

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting
Proposal to accept the draft minutes for July as a true and correct record (with correction to some spelling). Proposed: Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Seconded: Jeremy Malcolm, carried unanimously.

3. Actions Arising from the Minutes
Discussed as listed in agenda for this meeting, and noted as actioned with the following points noted.
- Tony Hill to follow up on small ISPs to join as members
- Gerry White referred us to www.ourcommunity.com.au for some possible information re public liability insurance.
- Pending Items are
1. Consideration of potential Director Candidates (everyone)
2. Look at twiki.org re collaborative software (KL)
3. Check with ATO re are we on an Integrated Client Account (AG/TH)
4. Report to members on Electronic Consent Symposium (AG
5. George Fong to explain more about Organisational representation advice from Maddocks.

4. Reports

4.1 Executive Director's Report
- Circulated by email earlier and the main points were discussed at the meeting.
4.2 Treasurer's Report
4.2 Treasurer's Report - had been circulated by email earlier and was read and discussed at the meeting. Accepted by resolution - Proposed: Tony Hill, Seconded: Kate Lance, carried unanimously.

5. Membership Issues
- New renewals from updated Membership List, which Tony Hill is to provide
- New Enterprise member (referral from Gunela Astbrink): Australian Communication Exchange (www.aceinfo.net.au), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to empowering those who are Deaf or have a hearing, speech or communication impairment, to obtain access to the telephone and other telecommunication networks.

6. Resolutions on Notice
- Nil

7. Discussion

7.1 Discussion with CEO of AusRegistry
Simon Delzoppo joined us at 6:30pm, to introduce himself and talk about AusRegistry, as the .au Registry for auDA, and their building of high-level architecture etc.
Points covered included:
o Went live on July 1st, with built software modified to purpose.
o Transition was phased over 3 months with existing Registries.
o Then after a few minor hiccups, with connectivity from the Registrars (currently n=14).
o Runs 13 name servers worldwide.
o So competition is "up and running" and we have "a stable DNS for .au"
o Competition is enhanced by the real-time updates, leading to quick resolution and updates, as well as competitive pricing.
o .au however needs a strong position in the Global Internet, AusRegistry will help this via marketing and education initiatives. Of particular note is the fact that they are treating all the ccTLDs in the .au space equitably and indeed have started the advertising campaign with a push for .id.au (see current full page advertisement run e.g. in SMH p56 on 25/08/02).

7.2 AGM Progress
- Audit and elections: paperwork for Auditor has been copied and sent
- Consideration of potential Director Candidates remains on everyone's 'to do list'
- AGM to be linked with our next Forum in Victoria Dec 3, "Designing the Future".

7.3 Other issues listed in Agenda
- BAG - follow up if any meeting etc is to happen (Ross Kelso thinks not) - AusAid CPDS grant closes very soon, Directors have not had time to consider any application (may do so before close of) but doubtful.
- Next forum: ENUM/Standards in Melbourne linked with AGM date of Dec 3 "Designing the Future" venue Maddocks.
- Next Community Networking Conference - an international conference will now be held in Victoria in 2003.
- Spam and Wireless Broadband updates - Jeremy Malcolm to take over Spam issues and Tony Hill Wireless Broadband while Galen Townson is over seas.
Kate Lance on leave in September - from the 8th for 2 weeks. Tony Hill will deal with mail in this time.

8. Any Other Business
- Tony Hill reported on convergence of ACA with ABA and how it will impinge on the Internet; ISOC-AU will prepare a brief for ACA on Internet Technology.
- ACIF representative from ISOC-AU: Resolved to be Tony Hill with 2 alternates Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Jeremy Malcolm. Proposed: Gunela Astbrink, Seconded: Ross Kelso, carried unanimously.
- Tony Hill will be visiting the CSIRO Centre for IT Research Group at North Ryde in Sydney and will copy directors on details etc.
- Call for submission for the Telstra Broadband Grant (online submission) closes on September 18th - Video Conferencing Online Facility was discussed as a submittable concept.
- Possibility and dates etc for a F2F meeting were discussed and will continue online. Discussion to include 'Standards where to from here?'

9. Next Meeting
September 23rd 2002 (later changed to September 30th). Meeting closed 7:00pm.

10. Confirmation
Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting.
Tony Hill
President, ISOC-AU