auDA AGM 2008 Minutes
Monday 20 October 2008, 12 noon
Sofitel, 249 Turbot Street, Brisbane
Chair: Tony Staley
Secretary: Elspeth Ross
Returning Officer: John Higgins
Apologies: Bennett Oprysa, Alex Woerndle
Introduction and Welcome by the Chair.
Motion (moved TS, seconded CN): The Notice of AGM is to be taken as read. Carried.
Quorum (7 members) present. Meeting declared open.
Secretary advised that 19 proxies were received: 0 Supply Class, 19 Demand Class.
1. AGM 2007 Minutes
Motion (moved TS, seconded JR): Approve the minutes of the AGM 2007. Carried.
2. Report from the Chair on auDA Activities and Progress
Report delivered by the CEO (Attachment A).
3. 2007-2008 Audited Accounts
Motion (moved TS, seconded CLO): Accept the audited 2007-2008 accounts. Carried.
4. Resignation from Board of Retiring Directors.
Kim Heitman (Demand), Cheryl Langdon-Orr (Demand), Marty Drill (Supply) and Bennett Oprysa (Supply) resigned from the Board. Bennett Oprysa did not stand for re-election.
5. Election of new Directors to the Board.
Election supervised by John Higgins, Hayes Knight and Elspeth Ross, auDA.
a. Supply Class (2 positions)
Nominees: Marty Drill and Dwayne Varey
Elected: Marty Drill and Dwayne Varey
b. Demand Class (2 positions)
Nominees: Jeremy Feiglin, Kim Heitman and Cheryl Langdon-Orr
Elected: Kim Heitman and Cheryl Langdon-Orr
TS thanked Bennett Oprysa for his active participation and significant service on the board over the past 2 years.
6. Close of Business
The meeting was closed at 12.25pm.
Attachment A - CEO Report on auDA Activities and Progress
Chris Disspain gave a brief overview of the last 12 months and highlighted the auDA goals for the next 12 months.
A major panel exercise was run on industry structure. The final report will be reviewed by the auDA Board 20 October 2008.
An independent Security Review was conducted on .au and the second level domains by Bernard Turcotte, ex-CEO of CIRA (the ccTLD manager of .ca). The results of the Security Review have been considered by the Security and Stability Advisory Committee who have now reported to the auDA Board. No major issues were highlighted on the security front with a few minor items which will be dealt with over coming months.
The Cyberstorm Exercise was held in March. Countries participating were Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK & Canada. Cyberstorm is due to be held next in 2010 and we will participate again.
auDA’s 3 year Strategic Plan was published and is available on the website. It deals with the issues we are planning to handle over the next 18-36 months. The Plan was subject to significant public consultation with major stakeholders.
Completed knowledge base document in the event of a major catastrophe.
Market research is being conducted on SME’s who have registered a domain name within the last 6 months. The results will shape our education campaigns over the next 2 years.
auDA plans for the next 12 months:
Working to improve the regulatory environment.
Working to improve liaison with all stakeholders especially government and registrars. .
Working to improve the panel process which will be reviewed.
Registrant’s appeals process to be launched next year.
Review registry and registrar contingency actions plans. .
Review member and board structures to ensure best service is maintained to the internet community.
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