2002 AGM Motions and Election Results
DRAFT MOTIONS AND ELECTION RESULTS FROM THE 2002 AGM OF INTERNETNZ RECONVENED AT 11:00 AM ON JULY 6 2002 AT THE OFFICE OF THE SOCIETY
AGM02/77 MOVED : (President/Harris) "THAT the Apologies be sustained"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/78 MOVED : (Streatfield/ Treasurer) "THAT the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 21-22 June 2001 be accepted as a true and accurate record of that meeting"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/79 MOVED : (Dengate Thrush/Harris) "THAT the meeting receives with great pleasure the President's report on Council Activities for the year"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/80 MOVED: (?/?) "THAT nominations be closed"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/81 MOVED : (President/Stokes) "THAT John Rumsey, Jonathan Ah Kit and the Executive Director be appointed scrutineers"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
The following motions were part of the pre-AGM online voting process and were also voted on by those present at the AGM who had not previously voted online.
AGM02/82 MOVED : (Streatfield/Hobbs) (Online Motion 1 - Change to rule 15)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
To be inserted in the Section 15. RULES as paragraph 15.8 (or numbered accordingly if other amendments are further inserted)
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"15.8 Any interpretation of these rules, required for the proper conduct of the Society, shall be addressed to the Admin Committee, comprising at a minimum the Officers of the Society, for a ruling. The Admin Committee may refer the matter to external expert advice. If the ruling requires an amendment to be made to these rules, the decision will be an interim decision pending approval of the Constitutional amendment made under Section 15 of these rules."
LOST
For: AGM: 0, Online:17, Total: 17
Against: AGM: 13, Online: 19, Total: 32
Abstained AGM: 0, Online: 2, Total: 2
AGM02/83 MOVED : (Streatfield/Hobbs) (Online Motion 2 - Change to Termination of Membership)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
To be inserted in the Section 4. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP as sub-paragraph 4.1. a (or numbered accordingly if other amendments are further inserted)
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"4.1.a Any Member who resigns their membership in the Society will not be eligible for re-subscription to the Society as laid out in Section 3 of this Constitution for a minimum of one year to take effect from the date of resignation."
LOST
For: AGM: 0, Online: 10,Total: 10
Against AGM: 9, Online: 27, Total: 36
Abstained AGM: 1, Online: 1, Total: 2
AGM02/84 MOVED : (Streatfield/Hobbs) (Online Motion 3 - Council Members)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
To be inserted in Section 6. COUNCIL
Under Vacancies on Council as paragraphs 6.9 and 6.10 (or numbered accordingly if other amendments are further inserted)
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"6.9. Council Members or Officers will have been deemed to have resigned their position if they fail to attend three consecutive properly notified meetings. The date of resignation will be the date of the third consecutive meeting that the Councillor or Officer failed to attend. Vacancies occurring under this paragraph will be filled by Member ballot in an electronic by-election unless there is less than 3 months left on the term of office.
a. The definition of "Meetings" for the purposes of paragraph 6.9 will mean any meeting of, or on behalf of, the Society, to which the Councillor or Officer by dint of their position would normally be expected to attend.
b. The term "properly notified" for the purposes of paragraph 6.9 means any meeting called with proper notice and to which the Councillor or Officer has received correct timely notification, but excluding meetings, emergency or otherwise, called with less than 48 hours notice.
6.10. Council Members or Officers who resign their positions, either directly or as a consequence of paragraph 6.9, shall not be eligible for nomination to an elected position in the Society, either in elections or by-elections, for a period of one year to take effect from the date of resignation."
LOST
For: AGM: 0, Online: 15, Total: 15
Against AGM: 7, Online: 23, Total: 30
Abstained: AGM: 1, Online: 0, Total: 1
AGM02/85 MOVED: (Farrar/Heath) (Online Motion 4 - Removal of IAG Council Members)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT
To remove the clause which provides for one member of Council to be appointed by the Industry Advisory Group.
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"That section 5.3 of the constitution be deleted."
Section 5.3 is "5.3 The IAG shall have the right to appoint one person to sit on Council. The appointed person shall be notified to the Secretary not less than 21 days prior to the AGM. The IAG-appointed Council Member must be a financial individual Member of the Society."
CARRIED
For: AGM: 10, Online: 35, Total: 45
Against AGM: 0, Online: 2, Total: 2
Abstained: AGM: 0, Online: 1, Total: 1
AGM02/86 MOVED : (Farrar/Heath) (Online Motion 5 - To Reduce Council from 20 to 14)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
SUMMARY OF AMENDMENT
To reduce the size of the Council of InternetNZ from 20 to 14
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"That section 6.2 of the constitution be amended by replacing "20" with "14".
And that a transitional section 6.9 be added to the constitution, such clause to last only until the conclusion of the 2004 AGM which states Council shall reduce in size from 20 to 14 by
a) not filling any vacancies amongst Councillors until the size of Council is 14 or less, and
b) limiting the number of Councillors elected at each AGM to a maximum of five unless more are required to make a full council of 14. Any numbers in addition to the five would be for a one year term only."
CARRIED
For: AGM: 1, Online: 33, Total: 34
Against: AGM: 9, Online: 4, Total: 13
Abstained: AGM: 0, Online: 1, Total: 1
End of Online Motions.
AGM02/87 MOVED : (Northover/March) "THAT the Treasurer's report not be received until the wording is changed to reflect a less subjective approach and until typographical errors have been corrected."
CARRIED
For: 19, Against 3 (Treasurer plus his two proxies)
Abstained 2 (Riley, Rose)
AGM02/88 MOVED : (Streatfield/Harris) "THAT Grant Thornton are reappointed as auditors"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/89 MOVED : (Harris/Streatfield) "THAT the Audited Annual Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2002 be accepted"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/90 MOVED : (P Dengate Thrush/Parkin) "THAT the International Travel budget be increased by $20,000, of which $10,000 is tagged to allow more attendance to Regional Meetings, to be funded from the contingencies budget of the Domain Name Commissioner."
CARRIED
Against: Treasurer
AGM02/91 MOVED : (Streatfield/March) "THAT the Budget as amended be adopted"
CARRIED
(acclamation)
Abstention: Parkin
AGM02/92 MOVED : (Treasurer/President) " THAT Beverly Irvine is thanked for her exceptional role as Administration Manager during the year"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
(Acclamation)
AGM02/93 MOVED : (Treasurer/President) "THAT when any gift is proposed of over $75 that explicit council approval be sought and that any accounting and tax issues be determined before the presentation of the gift, be it monetary or not
CARRIED
Against Northover
Abstained Riley
AGM02/94 MOVED : (Parkin/P Dengate Thrush) "THAT the voting papers be destroyed"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
AGM02/95 MOVED : (Northover/Ah Kit) "THAT the Internet2 Steering Group be thanked for their efforts to establish the Next Generation Internet Capability Study"
CARRIED
Abstained: Harris
AGM02/96 MOVED: (President/Harris) "THAT the Executive Directors Report be accepted"
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
There were two Notified Policy Motions to be voted on at the AGM.
AGM Notified Policy Motion #1 MOVED: (Streatfield/Hobbs)
The policy this amendment seeks to modify viz.:
AGM01-71 (MOVED: March/Frederick) "THAT the Chair of ISOCNZ shall not be on the Board of Domainz, nor shall other officer holders in ISOCNZ hold office in Domainz; Councilors of ISOCNZ can be on the Board and can hold office in Domainz"
was approved at the 2001 AGM. With the instigation this year of the electronic pre-voting (and still not decided that there will be an online participation option) there is a strong likelihood that many Members of the Society may not attend in person. The Officers of the Society are now only elected by the Members so with that in mind I feel the matter should be placed before all Members for a vote although not strictly falling into the category of a Constitutional Amendment.
Motion
Update to policy on relationship between the Council of the Society and wholly-owned subsidiary commercial entities.
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"That Officers of the Internet Society of New Zealand Incorporated (InternetNZ) are barred from concurrently holding a seat on the Board of Directors of wholly-owned subsidiary companies." ]
AGM02/97 MOVED : (March/Treasurer) "THAT notified Policy Motion #1 does lie upon the table"
CARRIED
Against P Dengate Thrush, Treasurer
Abstained Riley
AGM Notified Policy Motion #2 MOVED: (Streatfield/Hobbs)
To be added to the approved policies adopted at the 2001 AGM concerning the structure of the WGs and Standing Committees of the Society.
PRECISE AMENDMENT
"That members of Committees of the Council of the Internet Society of New Zealand Incorporated are responsible in the first instance to the Chair of the Committee in which they participate. In the event of a dispute arising between members of a Committee the Committee Chair will attempt to resolve the dispute. If the dispute is between a member and the Chair of the Committee, or the Committee Chair is unable resolve a dispute the matter will be addressed to the Admin Committee. The Admin Committee will attempt to resolve the dispute and make a recommendation accordingly. If the matter cannot be resolved by the Admin Committee the matter will be addressed to the Council who will rule on the matter. In the exceptional event that the dispute arises within the Admin Committee the matter will be addressed directly to Council. The Council ruling on the matter will be final."
AGM02/98 MOVED : (Rose/March) "THAT notified Policy Motion #2 does lie upon the table"
CARRIED
Against Stokes, Northover, Treasurer
Abstained Riley
ELECTION RESULTS 2002
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TREASURER |
Chris Streatfield | |
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Election Results |
Harpham, Perce |
Online: 15 |
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Streatfield, Chris |
Online: 14 |
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COUNCILLORS |
All candidates declared elected. The former IAG seat remains vacant. | |
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Nominated for pre-AGM online voting: |
Bert Felt |
Bert Felt |
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Jordan Carter |
Jordan Carter | |
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Bill Parkin |
Bill Parkin | |
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Nick Wallingford |
Nick Wallingford | |
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Michael Wallmannsberger |
Michael Wallmannsberger | |
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Nominations were reopened at the AGM for 3 vacancies. Nominated from the floor of the AGM: |
Grant Forsyth |
Grant Forsyth |
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