Notice of auDA 2003 Annual General Meeting
The Board of Directors of the au Domain Administration Limited (auDA), is pleased to invite you to attend its 2003 Annual General Meeting.
Date: Thursday 27 November 2003
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Hotel
Intercontinental, 117 Macquarie St, Sydney
Agenda
- Motion to approve the Minutes of the auDA 2002 AGM
- Report from the Chair on activities and progress
- Acceptance of the 2002–2003 audited accounts
- Special resolution to terminate the membership of Guy & Associates - refer to Explanatory Memorandum (Item 4)
- Resignation from the Board of those Directors retiring by rotation.
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Elections for new Directors to the Board, with voting by:
- Supply Class (1 Director)
- Demand Class (2 Directors)
- Representative Association Class (1 Director)
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Special resolutions to amend the auDA Constitution - refer to
Explanatory Memorandum (Item 7)
- Clarify membership as personal right and prohibit voting agreements
- Introduce a 3 month qualifying period for voting rights
- Require candidates to be proposed or seconded by members of same class, and limit members to proposing or seconding one candidate
- Clarify procedure for terminating non-financial members' membership
- Other Business
- Close of Business
Board Election
The AGM will elect 4 Directors to the Board, to replace 5 Directors who must retire in accordance with clause 19.3 of auDA's constitution. The retiring Directors are Kim Davies, Peter Dean, David Keegel, Peter Nissen and Josh Rowe.
The Directors elected will serve for a term of two years.
The vacancies which will become available are:
- one (1) Director elected only by the Supply Class Members;
- two (2) Directors elected only by the Demand Class Members;
- one (1) Director elected only by the Representative Association Class Members.
Retiring Directors may re-contest these vacancies.
Candidates Standing for Election
| Candidate | Class | Proposed by | Seconded by |
| Bennett Oprysa | Supply | Web City | Enetica |
| Larry Bloch | Supply | IntaServe | TPP Internet |
| Kim Davies | Demand | Greg Watson | Maddocks |
| James Guy | Demand | Fleur Hinton | James Guy |
| Joshua Rowe | Demand | Joshua Rowe | Kim Davies |
| Karl Schaffarczyk | Demand | Brett Zezulka | Ian Bergman |
| Liz Williams | Demand | Bruce Arnold | Peter Dean |
| Scott Gardiner | Rep Assoc | The Institute of Patent and Trademark Attorneys of Australia | Phillips Ormonde & Fitzpatrick |
| Chad Gates | Rep Assoc | Australian Retailers' Association | Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
| Peter Nissen | Rep Assoc | Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee | Council of Australian University Directors of IT |
Statements submitted by candidates are available online.
Voting at the AGM
You cannot vote at the AGM unless your membership fee has been paid. Membership for the AGM closed on 13 October 2003.
Proxy
For members who cannot attend the meeting but still wish to vote, a Proxy Form (PDF) with instructions is available. All paid up 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 AEDT, Monday 24 November 2003.
They should be sent to:
auDA Proxy
107 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053
or faxed to 03
9349 5711
