auDA Board

About the auDA Board

The auDA Board is constituted as per Section 5 of the auDA Constitution. The Board is made up of six (6) directors appointed by the Nomination Committee and four (4) directors, approved by the Nomination Committee and elected by the Associate Members.

The Board is currently in an interim arrangement, awaiting the appointment of the Nomination Committee.

Board Observer protocol

The Department of Communications and the Arts (DoCA) has a role as a non-voting observer of the auDA Board.

Details of this arrangement can be found in the following documents:

• Letter to auDA: Department of Communications and the Arts non-voting observer role on the auDA Board
• Letter to DoCA: DoCA’s Non-voting Observer Role on the auDA Board

Board Committees

The Board has established the following standing committees:

Security and Risk Committee

• Suzie Ewart (Chair)
• Joe Manariti
• James Deck
• Nigel Phair
• Damian Smith

Governance Committee  

• Sandra Hook (Chair)
• Erhan Karabardak
• Grant Wiltshire
• Holly Raiche

Chairman’s Committee (Incorporating Finance and Audit)

• Chris Leptos (Chair)
• Sandra Hook
• Suzie Ewart

Advisory Committees

The Board has established the following Advisory Committees:

• Member Constitutional Advisory Committee
  Established to review and make recommendations on potential reforms to ensure auDA's Constitution reflects the organisation's purpose and values
• Security and Stability Advisory Committee
  The role of the SSAC is to advise and inform auDA on all matters pertaining to the security and stability of the .au domain space: in review

auDA Director remuneration schedule

Effective 27 October 2014

Remumeration for Independent Directors (including the Chair) is capped at $150,000 per annum.

This currently allocated as follows:

Chair
Annual remuneration: $70,000

Independent Director
Annual Remuneration: $40,000

Elected Director
Fee per meeting (Board only*): $1,000

Under clause 5h. of the auDA Constitution remuneration of directors is approved by ordinary resolution of the members of auDA in general meeting. The last review of director remuneration was in 2014 and was approved by member vote, with 100% of supply class votes and 93% of demand class votes.

Past Directors