AGM Minutes - 15 November 1995

The 1995 Annual General Meeting of The Internet Society of New Zealand Inc. was held at the James Cook Centra Hotel, Wellington, on 15 November 1995.

Present: Roger Hicks (Chair) and approximately eighty members of the Society.

Apologies: Peter Bridges, Jamie Clark, John Clark, Rex Croft, David Ewing, Steve Haddock, Giles Heron, Nick Kean, Phillip Lindsay, Brendan Murray, Rob Pascoe, Kim Scheinberg, Neil Scott, Paul Squire, Anand Venktraman, Richard Vowles.

Meeting opened: 4.00pm.

Apologies

Motion: That the apologies be accepted
J. Vorstermans/C. Jackson Carried U

Chairperson's Report

Motion: That the Chairperson's report be received.
K. Spagnolo/D. Hollander Carried U

Financial Statement

Motion: That the financial report be received.
I. Mitchell/S. Lyall Carried U

Budget for the 1996/97 Financial Year

Motion: That this initial budget be adopted.
I. Mitchell/J. Hine Carried - Against: 2, Abst.: 5

Membership Dues

Motion: That the membership dues for the coming year are $1000 for Organisational Members, $50 for Individual Members and $25 for Associate Members (all figures exclusive of GST).
I. Mitchell/D. Hollander

Amendment: That the Organisational Membership be on a multi-level basis, with a maximum of $1000 and a minimum of $200.
J. Higgins/R. Donaldson Lost - For: 25, Against: 42, Abst.: 14

Amendment: That the categories of organisational member and the appropriate level of subscription for them be dealt with within three months.
R. Harrington/T. Albertson Carried - Against: 2, Abst.: 3

The motion was then put and Carried U

Terms of Elected Council Members

Motion: That the highest-polling eight Council Members serve for two years and that the next seven highest-polling serve for one year.
D.Neal/ Carried - Against: 2

Election of Council Members

The following nominations were received from the floor:

Motion: That we close nominations.
J. Higgins/D. Neal Carried U
Votes were then received on paper.

Election of Auditor

Motion: That Carol Corlette be the society's auditor.
C. Jackson/L. Probert Carried - Abst.: 1

Other Business

Motion: I move that a general vote of thanks be passed to the organising committee for their work and that the incoming committee consider, given the constraints of time and budget, that at an appropriate time a plaque be erected providing due recognition of the enormous effort put into the formation of the group by the committee at large, in particular by the Chairman and Secretary. May I also suggest that this plaque be prominently displayed at whatever office ISOCNZ establishes and that a similar monument be established, with the same conditions, in cyberspace.
D. Hollander Carried - Abst.: 2

Lin Nah asked whether the society logo used at the meeting was official. Jim Higgins replied that that was for the incoming council to make a decision on.

Meeting closed: 5.10pm