AGM Minutes - 2001
Monday 26 November 2001, 1.30pm
The Bank Room. Sebel Hotel. 394 Collins Street. Melbourne 3000
| Chair: | Tony Staley |
| Co-Chair: | Greg Watson |
| Secretary: | Jo Lim |
| Returning Officer: | Chris Disspain |
Apologies:
Greg Crew, David Keegel, Michael Malone, Iain Morrison, David Thompson
- Introduction and Welcome by the Chair
Motion (moved Tony Staley, seconded KD):
The Notice of AGM is to be taken as read
Carried
Quorum (7 members) present. Meeting declared open - AGM 2000 Minutes
Motion (moved TS, seconded LW):
Approve the minutes of the AGM 2000
Carried - Report from the Chair on auDA Activities and Progress.
Report delivered by the CEO. Summary of key activities during 2001:
auDA is now the .au delegate, and all 2LD delegates except Robert Elz have agreed to transfer their delegations to auDA
Name and Competition Panels and Dispute Resolution Working Group completed work in June and auDA is in the process of implementing their recommendations – new domain name policy, registry RFT, registrar EOI, auDRP, generic names auction
auDA has 2 full-time staff and has relocated to Carlton. The auDA web site has been redesigned
AUNIC is being hosted by Optus following the termination of the NetRegistry contract because of security breaches
A significant amount of auDA’s time and resources goes to handling increasing numbers of consumer queries and complaints, especially about com.au resellers and org.au service levels
auDA participated in ICANN, ccTLD and APTLD activities
New and ongoing activities for 2002:
auDA expects to announce the outcome of the registry tender and commence the test-bed within the next month
New domain name policy and auDRP will be introduced once the test-bed is completed
auDA will facilitate development of an industry Code of Practice
A technical standing committee will be established to monitor technical developments in the DNS
A new Advisory Panel will be established to consider the creation of new 2LDs
auDA will conduct a review of its membership arrangements
auDA will continue its involvement in ICANN, ccTLD and APTLD activities - Report from the Chair of the Financial Committee
Report delivered by the CEO
auDA is currently running at or below its budget estimates. Under the new regime, auDA will receive funding from 3 primary sources apart from membership fees:
auDA Domain Name Fee (per registration/ renewal)
Registry Licence Fee (annual)
Registrar Licence Fee (annual)
Motion (moved Tony Staley, seconded CC):
Accept the 2000-2001 Accounts
Carried - Resignation from Board of Retiring Directors
Iain Morrison (Rep Assoc), Erica Roberts (General) and David Thompson (Demand) resigned from the Board
Tony Staley (The Chair) thanked the retiring directors for their personal commitment and contribution to auDA - Election of new Directors to the Board
Election supervised by John Higgins, Hayes Knight and Craig Ng, Maddock Lonie & Chisholm
Supply Class (1 position)
Nominees: Peter Dean, Jacqui Maiolo, Ron Stark
Elected: Peter Dean
Demand Class (2 positions)
Nominees: Kim Davies, Ian Johnston, David Lindsay, Tom Muecke, Joshua Rowe
Elected: Kim Davies, Joshua Rowe
Representative Associations Class (1 position)
Nominees: Ray Herbert, David Keegel, Peter Nissen
Elected: Peter Nissen
General (1 position)
Nominees: David Keegel, Ian Johnston, David Lindsay, Tom Muecke
Elected: David Keegel - Other Business
In relation to the process followed by auDA to award contracts, members were advised that all contracts worth $20,000 or more will be subject to multiple quotes or tender - Close of Business
Meeting closed at 2.30pm