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Minutes of Directors' Meeting 15 November 2004

The meeting commenced at 5:50pm AEST on 15 November August 2004 and
took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of
Association of the Society.

1. Attendance

Narelle Clark, George Fong, Tony Hill, Ross Kelso, Kate Lance, Cheryl
Langdon-Orr, Adam Creed, Jeremy Malcolm, Gunela Astbrink (joined 6.05pm)

Apologies
Andrew McRae, Craig Ng, Peter Ziebell, Gerry White 

2. Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes were held over until the next meeting.

3. Actions Arising from the Minutes

- Discussions with TSA are continuing
- Tony has spoken to an advisor of Senator Coonan re the prospect of
  her talking to Directors
- Kate has responded to ATUG agreeing that ISOC-AU be a supporter of
  their 2005 Conference

4. Reports

4.1 Executive Director's Report
Executive Officer's report discussed and accepted.

4.2 Financial Reports
Reports discussed and accepted
Cheryl to have Auditor correct place of business on page 1 of his report.

5. Membership Issues

Tony to again follow up Cisco.
Cheryl has sent reminder letters to current non- renewals
Emphasis needs to be placed on a serious membership drive early next year.

6. Discussion

6.1 Meetings attended
21 Oct: Tony Teleconnections Conference
24 & 26 Oct: Cheryl ACIF mtgs
28 Oct: Tony, Gunela, Ross Brisbane TCCM
4 Nov: Tony Pearcey Colloquium 
8 Nov: Cheryl & Craig AuDA
12 Nov: Tony Aarnet Trans-Pacific demonstration 

7. Any Other Business

7.1 TSA 

A response has been delayed awaiting settlement of audited accounts
covering off liabilities, however all required information is now
available and expected to be completed by 1 December.

7.2 AGM

Scheduled for 6pm, Tuesday 30 November at the offices of Maddocks in
Sydney.  A pre-meeting to discuss the AGM format and TSA proposal will
be held at 3.30pm same day.

Directors anticipated to attend AGM and pre-meeting in Sydney: Gunela
Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Adam Creed, Tony Hill, Kate Lance, Cheryl
Langdon-Orr, Craig Ng

Attendance as yet uncertain: George Fong, Gerry White, Andrew McRae
Unable to attend: Ross Kelso, Jeremy Malcolm, Peter Ziebell

Kate to encourage all members and sponsors unable to attend AGM to
otherwise seek teleconference details.

7.3 DTF

Now scheduled for 16 March 2005 (re-scheduled later to 6 April).

7.4 PIR Board Nomination 2005/07

Kate to pull together a completed nomination of Chris Disspain and
submit before COB today (US time).

7.5 APNIC

The idea of a possible MoU arose from the recent Brisbane TCCM, however
in the past APNIC have not favoured adopting such a national focus.

7.6 International Council of Women

Gunela is attending a meeting next Thursday at which she may note that
we retain interest in supporting the proposal involving the
International Council of Women.

8. Next Meeting

Meeting closed at 6.55pm.  Next meeting Monday 13 December at 5:45 pm AEST.

9. Confirmation

Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting.

Tony Hill President, ISOC-AU

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