Internet Society of Australia
A Chapter of the Internet Society
ABN 36 076 406 801Minutes of Annual General Meeting, 9 December 2009
The Annual General Meeting of the Internet Society of Australia was held on Tuesday 9 December 2009 at the Sebel & Citigate Albert Park, 65 Queens Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004. The meeting commenced at 8:00am. 1. Welcome Mr Tony Hill was Chair and welcomed members attending and on teleconference, and listed the items on the agenda. He noted that the Annual Reports and Accounts are available on the Society's web pages at: http://isoc-au.org.au/AGM2009/FinancialReport2008-09.pdf Apologies: No apologies were received. 2. Notice of Meeting Motion: "That the notice of the Annual General Meeting 2009 be taken as read." MOVED Narelle Clark SECONDED Gerry White. PASSED. 3. Quorum A quorum for the meeting was established with 14 people present in person, 1 by teleconference and 4 proxies, for which proxy forms were open for inspection. Motion: "That the 4 proxies be accepted at the AGM." MOVED Cheryl Langdon-Orr, SECONDED Robert Gregory. PASSED. 4. Executive Director's Report The Executive Director, Holly Raiche, presented her report for the year and was thanked for her work on behalf of ISOC-AU. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT 2009 MEETINGS AND EVENTS This year, ISOC-AU held a reception for the ISOC President and CEO Lynn St Amour, to coincide with the ICANN meeting in Sydney in June. The meeting, generously hosted by Maddocks, included other ISOC staff attending the ICANN and provided ISOC-AU members and guests with an opportunity to hear of ISOC goals and strategies, and meet with ISOC global staff. ISOC-AU also held a dinner for Rajnesh Singh, Chairman Pacific Islands Chapter, Internet Society and ISOC's Regional Manager for South and Southeast Asia DIRECTORS' ACTIVITIES The Directors held two face-to-face strategy meetings this year - the first in March and the second in May. The meetings reviewed progress against Strategic Plan Goals, including ISOC-AU relationships both internationally (with ISOC and ISOC Chapters particularly) and nationally, input into relevant national and international policy debates, increasing awareness of ISOC-AU and strengthening our funding base. Progress on achieving the goals is reviewed at each Board meeting. Directors have attended numerous meetings during the year both internationally and nationally. Internationally, Directors participated in the ICANN meetings in Cairo, Mexico and Sydney and the IGF meeting in Hyderabad. Nationally, Directors met with the Minister of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), attended meetings convened by the Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA), the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) board, the Telstra Consumer Consultative Council, the Communications Alliance Consumer Council, the au Domain Administration Board, au Community Domains, the National ICT Industry Alliance, and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner. The Executive Director and another Director also gave evidence of a Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network and met with representatives from Prime Minister and Cabinet on the ALRC review of the Privacy Act 1988. ISOC-AU has also become involved in aspects of e-security, participating in the Government's e-security awareness week planning and its 'Over the Horizon' event. ISOC-AU is also a member of the Australian Computer Society e-security taskforce that, as its first task, developed responses to the government's Internet filtering trials. ISOC-AU is also a member of the working group developing the IIA e-security code of practice. DBCDE FUNDED ACTIVITIES ISOC-AU received DBCDE funding under the Telecommunications Consumer Representation Grants program. Under that funding, ISOC-AU held three meetings. The first meeting was held in Fremantle jointly with the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, on 'Broadband Availability: Using Broadband and the Internet'. The meeting included presentations by representatives of Telstra and Westnet, and included wide ranging discussion on the way participants used broadband and the Internet. The second meeting was held in Melbourne on 'National Broadband Network: What It Will Mean For You'. The meeting included presentations on the Government's proposed NBN, the technical issues involved and issued raised by an NBN for consumers, service providers and the industry. The third meeting was held on Sydney on 'Unacceptable Content on the Internet: What Problem? Whose solution?' The meeting began with a panel of speakers and included discussion on the government's proposals on internet filtering and other issues on Internet content. SUBMISSIONS ISOC-AU made a submission to auDA on competition policy and jointly with auDA to DBCDE on IPv6 readiness, on NBN issues to the DBCDE Expert Task force and later, on Regulatory reform for the NBN and to the Senate Select Committee Inquiry on the NBN, to ICANN on Domain Name Tasting Expiry and amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement, to the US NTIA Inquiry on the Joint Project Agreement between ICANN and the NTIA, and to the Australian Law Reform Commission on its recommendations arising from its review of the Privacy Act 1988. SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS Our Platinum sponsor Cisco has very generously continued its support for the next year. Google has also very generously continued their support of ISOC-AU as a Silver sponsor. Our Enterprise and Foundation members are also valued supporters of ISOC-AU. We also very much appreciate the important in-kind support from Maddocks, Optus, and PPS. ADMINISTRATION The Directors would like to formally record their gratitude for the work of the Honorary President Tony Hill, the Honorary Vice President Narelle Clark, the Honorary Secretary Kevin Karp and the Honorary Treasurer Cheryl Langdon-Orr. 6. Resolution: Executive Director's Report Motion: "that the Executive Director's Report be taken as read." MOVED Narelle Clark, SECONDED Gerry White. PASSED. 7. Resolution: Adoption of Accounts Motion: "that the profit and loss accounts, the balance sheet, the report of the directors and the auditor's and director's reports of the Society be received and adopted." MOVED Tony Hill, SECONDED Holly Raiche. PASSED. 8. Resignation and Election of Directors Ross Kelso, Jerry Leeson, and Gerry White retired. There were 4 vacancies and 5 nominations: Rob Forsyth, Douglas Ross Kelso, Jeremy Leeson, Skeeve Stevens, and Gerald K. White. Pursuant to Article 48.2 of the constitution of the Society, the number of candidates for election as directors is greater than the number of vacancies on the Board, a ballot was held for election of the candidates. Rob Forsyth, Douglas Ross Kelso, Jeremy Leeson, and Gerald K. White received the majority of votes. Motion: "That Rob Forsyth, Douglas Ross Kelso, Jeremy Leeson, and Gerald K. White be appointed as directors." MOVED Tony Hill, SECONDED Holly Raiche. PASSED. 9. Other Business Motion: "That the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting 2008 be approved." MOVED Paul Brooks, SECONDED Holly Raiche. PASSED. The meeting closed at 8:39am. Signed as a correct and complete record of the above meeting. Tony Hill President, ISOC-AU