Notice of Annual General Meeting - 2012

The Board of Directors of .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA), is pleased to invite you to attend its 2012 Annual General Meeting.

Date: Monday 12 November 2012
Time: 4.00 pm
Venue:   Maddocks. Angel Place, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney 2000


Purpose

  • Report the activities of auDA
  • Elect Directors to the Board of auDA to replace those retiring by rotation

Following the close of the meeting, the Board invites members to participate in a discussion of proposed changes to the auDA Constitution

The Board also invites members to stay for drinks and networking after the AGM

Agenda

  1. Motion to approve the auDA AGM 2011 Minutes
  2. Report from the CEO on activities and progress
  3. Acceptance of the 2011–2012 audited accounts
  4. Resignation from the Board of those Directors retiring by rotation
  5. Elections for new Directors to the Board:

    Supply Class (two Directors) - four nominations received
    Demand Class (two Directors) - three nominations received

  6. Other Business
  7. Close of Business

Board Election (Agenda Item 5)
The AGM will elect four Directors to the Board, to replace four Directors who must retire in accordance with clause 19.3 of auDA's Constitution. The retiring Directors are Marty Drill, Kim Heitman, Cheryl Langdon-Orr and Dwayne Varey

The Directors elected will serve for a term of two years. The vacancies which will become available are:

  • two (2) Directors elected only by the Supply Class Members
  • two (2) Directors elected only by the Demand Class Members

Retiring Directors may re-contest these vacancies.

Candidates Standing for Election

 Candidate  Class  Proposed by  Seconded by 
 James Deck  Supply  1 ESA  1300WebPro
 Erhan Karabardak  Supply  2 IMB  Sarar P/L
 Joe Manariti  Supply  Get Started P/L  3 SWiM
 Dwayne Varey  Supply  Uber Global P/L     4 Velocit
 Stuart Benjamin  Demand     Bruce Tonkin  Holly Raiche
 David Cake  Demand  Kim Heitman  5 EFA
 Cheryl Langdon-0rr     Demand  ACCAN  Craig Ng

1 Education Services Australia
2 Independent Mortgage Brokers Pty Ltd
3 SWiM Communications
4 Velocit Business Systems Pty Ltd
5 Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc

Select Candidate Statements, to view the information

Voting
You cannot vote at the AGM unless you qualify to vote under clause 16.1 of auDA’s Constitution and your membership fee has been paid

Proxy
For Members who cannot attend the meeting but still wish to vote, a Proxy Form (PDF) with instructions is available. If you have any trouble accessing the proxy form, please email Jacki O'Sullivan

All qualifying Members have the right to appoint a proxy and the proxy does not need to be a Member of auDA

Proxy forms must be received by 5pm AEDST on Thursday 8 November 2012. Late proxy forms will not be accepted

Forms must be mailed or faxed to:

auDA Company Secretary
c/- Robert Gregory, Maddocks Lawyers
Postal Address:   140 William Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Fax Number: 03 9288 0666