Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 11 December 2006
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm EST on 11 December 2006 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Welcome 1.1 Attendance: Narelle Clark, Tony Hill, Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, Kate Lance, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Andrew McRae, Jeremy Malcolm, Peter Nissen, Gerry White 1.2 Apologies: Greg Adamson 2. Election President: Tony Hill Nominated KK, and seconded NC, no other nominations - elected unopposed Vice President, Narelle Clark Nominated TH seconded CLO , no other nominations - elected unopposed Hon Secretary Kevin Karp Nominated GW seconded CLO, no other nominations - elected unopposed Hon Treas Cheryl Langdon-Orr Nominated TH seconded RK, no other nominations - elected unopposed 3. Minutes of Previous Meeting Accepted: moved CLO, seconded KK 4. Actions Arising from previous Minutes 4.1 Must keep on pursuing sponsorship - canvas member networks for potential sponsors, check out new areas, not just infrastructure - All Directors - ongoing 4.2 Revenue Sub-Committee to follow up sponsorship initiative with Sensis, Austrade & Optus representatives - ongoing 4.3 GA to investigate new member enquiry re contact was via a Designing the Future conference (Duncan MacAuslan ACMA, referred via Paul Brooks), CLO to discuss with Paul tomorrow (14/11/06) - Done 5. New Actions 5.1 KK to send out letters to invited directors. 5.2 KK to send out appropriate letters to ED applicants. 5.3 KK to invite Karen Rose (ISOC Director Education & Training) to next board meeting. 5.4 ED Selection Sub-Committee to meet and complete interview process. 6. Reports (25 min) 6.1 Executive Director's Report - Verbal report accepted as circulated via email. 6.2 Treasurer's Report - Financial reports accepted as circulated via email. 6.3 Revenue Sub-committee - Revenue committee - no report presented. 6.4 Sponsorship - Sponsorship committee - Discussion on re-establishment of contact with Telstra 7. Membership Issues - None 8 SIG Reports 8.1 IPv6 SIG - IPv6 Summit - outcomes - Verbal Report on excellent outcome presented by TH. - ITOL IPv6 for e-Business - progress - Verbal Report on progress presented by TH. 8.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) - Verbal report presented by KK. 8.3 Accessibility & Usability - No report presented. 9. Discussion 9.1 Appointment of two directors to fill the vacancies - Gunela Astbrink, Adam Creed, Jerry Leeson, George Fong? Motion: Invitation to be issued to GA & JL to become directors of the board and the board welcomes the further interest of George Fong and Adam Creed. Moved GW seconder CLO - carried unopposed. 9.2 Recruitment and transition process for new ED. Motion: Agreed to short list from the applications that have been submitted and letters to be sent to all applicants, advising them of outcomes (either to proceed to interview or not). Moved GW seconder CLO. Motion: Sub-committee be established to evaluate/interview ED job applicants and to consist of TH, NC, & KK. Moved GW & seconded RK. A discussion was held on suitable transition dates and processes. 9.3 Meetings Attended - Kevin Karp - 17 November - 2006 Andrew Olle Media Lecture - Presentation by Sen Helen Coonan (DCITA Minister) on the Internet and the Media - Ross Kelso - 29 & 30 November TCCC (in lieu of Gunela) - Andrew McRae - Cyberlaw GPL3 seminar 10 Any Other Business 10.1 None 11. Next meeting The meeting closed at 7:00pm. The next meeting will occur by teleconference at 5:45pm AEST on 15th January, 2007 with a subsequent meeting on 19th February, 2007 12. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill, President, ISOC-AU