Notice of auDA 2004 Annual General Meeting
The Board of Directors of .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA), is pleased to invite you to attend its 2004 Annual General Meeting.
Date: Monday 8 November 2004
Time: 10.00 am
Venue: Parmelia Hilton Hotel, 14 Mill Street, Perth WA 6000
Purpose
The purpose of this meeting is to:
- Report the activities of the Board
- Report on progress to achieving the objectives of auDA
- Ratify an increase in Independent Directors' Fees
- Accept the resignation of the current Auditor and appoint another partner in the same firm
- Elect Directors to Board of auDA to replace those retiring by rotation
Agenda for the AGM
- Motion to approve the auDA AGM 2003 Minutes .
- Report from the CEO on activities and progress.
- Acceptance of the 2003–2004 audited accounts.
- Approval by ordinary resolution of Independent Directors fees.
- Approval by ordinary resolution of change of Auditor.
- Resignation from the Board of those Directors retiring by rotation.
- Elections for new Directors to the Board:
- Supply Class (2 Directors) - 2 nominations received, no election required
- Demand Class (1 Director)
- Representative Association Class (2 Directors) - 2 nominations received, no election required
- Any Other Business.
- Close of Business.
Accounts
2003-2004 Accounts are now online.
Ordinary Resolutions
Independent Directors' Fees (Agenda Item 4)
Purpose of Resolution
To ratify an increase in
the amount payable to the independent Directors for the next 12 months from
$45,000 to $60,000.
The Resolution
"To ratify the Board’s resolution
made at its meeting in October 2004 to increase the amount payable to the
independent Directors appointed under Article 18.2(f) to an amount not
exceeding the sum of $60,000 in aggregate per annum such amount to be
distributed amongst the said directors at the discretion of the Board .''
Change of Auditor (Agenda Item 5)
Purpose of Resolution
Following the resignation
of Mr R W Meagher as a partner of Auditors Meagher Howard Wright, to accept
his resignation as Auditor and appoint in his place Mr K J Wright a partner
of Meagher Howard Wright.
The Resolution
”To reflect the change of
nominated auditor to the company from Meagher Howard Wright, it is resolved
to accept the resignation as auditor of R W Meagher and the appointment as
auditor of K J Wright.”
Board Election
The AGM will elect 5 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 Peter Shilling, Ric Da Paz, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Kim Heitman and Greg Watson.
The Directors elected will serve for a term of two years.
The vacancies which will become available are:
- two (2) Director elected only by the Supply Class Members;
- one (1) Directors elected only by the Demand Class Members;
- two (2) 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 |
Enetica Pty Ltd |
Web City Pty Ltd |
|
Peter Shilling |
Supply |
NetRegistry Pty Ltd |
TPP Internet Pty Ltd |
|
Peter Fawkes |
Demand |
Michael Clancy |
Ben Gelin |
|
Cheryl Langdon-Orr |
Demand |
Bruce Tonkin |
Greg Watson |
|
Kimberley Heitman |
Rep Assoc |
Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc |
WA Internet Association Inc |
|
Greg Watson |
Rep Assoc |
Internet Industry Association |
Internet Society of Australia |
Statements submitted by candidates are available online.
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. 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 AEDT, Wednesday 3 November 2004.
They should be sent to:
auDA Proxy
107 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053
or faxed to 03 9349 5711
