Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Directors' Meeting, 21 December 2009
The meeting commenced at 5:45 pm AEDT on December 21 2009 and took place by way of teleconference in accordance with the Articles of Association of the Society. 1. Welcome 1.1 Attendance: Gunela Astbrink, Narelle Clark, Rob Forsyth, Rob Gregory, Tony Hill, Kevin Karp, Ross Kelso, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Holly Raiche 1.2 Apologies: 1.3 Absent: Paul Brooks, Jerry Leeson, Andrew McRae, Gerry White 2. Executive Elections Activity held out of order at end of meeting RK Took chair President: Tony Hill Nominated KK, and seconded GA, no other nominations - elected unopposed Vice President: Narelle Clark Nominated TH, seconded KK , no other nominations - elected unopposed Hon Secretary: Kevin Karp Nominated GA, seconded NC, no other nominations - elected unopposed Hon Treasurer: Cheryl Langdon-Orr Nominated TH, seconded KK, no other nominations - elected unopposed (CLO advised that she accepts on the basis that the Treasurer's responsibilities migration plan be implemented early in 2010). TH resumed the chair. 3. Minutes of Previous Meeting CLO assumed chair. Accepted minutes of Previous Meetings November 3rd and 23rd, Moved: RG, second: RK, passed. 4. Actions Arising/Carried Over from the Minutes 4.1 HR to pursue invitation to Nick Gruen - ongoing 4.2 HR to follow up with Michael Griffith regarding publication of public blog initiative - ongoing 4.3 HR and CLO to report to Board on progress of RAA work - ongoing. 4.4 HR to confirm with Drew both that ISOC-AU will not have financial obligations but confirm ISOC-AU’s ongoing interest in and support for an IETF meeting in Australia. 4.5 RG to provide text on history project. Once text available, KL to add to SIG. Then HR to draft text for SIG page and liaise with KL for link to SIGS on home page. 4.6 CLO to distribute MYOB software to GW and HR and then to PPS to put on their server - closed 4.7 HR to send out invoices to individual members, either as receipt for those who have paid or reminder to those who have not - closed 4.8 HR to liaise with KL for NBN page under Activities - closed. 4.9 Material on Directors should be put on website on 'About Us'. HR to liaise with KL - closed 4.10 GW to prepare summary of comparison between worldwide and Australian internet filtering for consideration of Board - ongoing. 5. New and Carried Over actions 5.1 HR to pursue to request briefing from Nick Gruen for the Web 2.0 report 5.2 HR to follow up with Michael Griffith regarding publication of public blog initiative 5.3 HR to report to Board on progress of RAA work possibly in regular ED report 5.4 HR distribute information on RAA amendments to iamems seeking additional comments. 5.5 HR to confirm with Drew both that ISOC-AU will not have financial obligations but confirm ISOC-AU’s ongoing interest in and support for an IETF meeting in Australia plus we should incorporate a tele-conference with Drew at the next Board F2F strategy session. 5.6 RG to provide text on history project. Once text available, KL to add to SIG. Then HR to draft text for SIG page and liaise with KL for link to SIGS on home page. 5.6 GW and HR and to distribute MYOB to PPS to put on their server. 5.7 HR to send out either a receipt for those members who have paid or a reminder to those who have not. 5.8 GW to prepare summary of comparison between worldwide and Australian internet filtering for consideration of Board. 5.9 HR to adjust minutes to change reference from KK to KL 5.10 HR to distribute the final report of the IPv6 Summit organising committee to the Board 6. Reports 6.1 Executive Director's Report 6.1.1 Acceptance of ED report - Report distributed via email. - Future reports are to include progress on RAA work 6.2 Treasurer's Report - Report distributed via email at start of meeting. - Request was made to have the treasurer's report available to the Board prior to the commencement of future Board meeting. - The report was accepted. 6.3 Revenue Sub-committee - No report presented. 6.4 Sponsorship - No report presented. 6.5 Remuneration Sub-Committee - No report presented. 6.6 Employment Sub-Committee - No report presented. 6.7 Director's Representations TH assumed chair. 7. Membership Issues 8. SIGs Report 8.1 IPv6 SIG 8.1.1 No report given 8.2 S&E (Skills & Expertise) 8.2.1 Nothing to report 8.3 Accessibility & Usability 8.3.1 No report given 9. Discussion 9.1 Review of progress by Director's in pursuit of their goals defined at the Strategy Day No review held 10. Any Other Business 10.1 Strategy meeting to be held on 2nd March, 2010 11. Next Meeting The meeting closed at 7:05pm. Tele-conference to be held on 2nd February, 2010. 12. Confirmation Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill President, ISOC-AU