Council Minutes 28/01/00

MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE COUNCIL HELD AT CORNISH SUITE, WEST PLAZA HOTEL, WELLINGTON, JANUARY 28th 2000

1. WELCOME

Peter Dengate Thrush opened the meeting at 9:15am and welcomed those present.

2. PRESENT

Peter Dengate Thrush (Chair), Frank March (Secretary), Keith Davidson (Treasurer), Jim Higgins, Liz Dengate Thrush, John Vorstermans, Don Stokes, Richard Bourne, Mark Harris, Jennifer Northover, Brenda Leeuwenberg, Deb Struthers, Andrew Mason, Jean Park, Howard Frederick, John Hine, Sue Leader (Executive Director).

3. IN ATTENDANCE

Gail Cornell (Executive Assistant), Patrick O'Brien, CEO Domainz (for the duration of his report) ,Gavin Adlam, ISOCNZ Lawyer (until Lunch),

4. OBSERVERS

Chris Streatfield, James Scott (Nominee for Domainz Board from 1:00pm)

5. APOLOGIES

Absent: Jim Shaw, Roger de Salis. Lateness: David Farrar

MOVED: (Chair) That the apologies be accepted.

CARRIED

6. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

MOVED : (Chair) That the minutes of the Council Meeting held November 26 1999 be signed as a true and correct record.

CARRIED

7. NEW COUNCIL

MOVED : (Chair) that the Council records with deep appreciation its gratitude to Jim Higgins for his 3 years of service as Chair of ISOCNZ, the sacrifices he has made during that period, and recognises the great value to the Society and the Internet in New Zealand of his contribution.

Jim has been the Chair of the Society for three quarters of the Society's existence, having taken over from inaugural chair Roger Hicks. (See full text of speech attached)

CARRIED BY ACCLAMATION

Councillor Higgins responded noting that he had enjoyed the time, and the current standard is reflective of the quality of the councillors. He gave thanks for the support he received from councillors and said that it had been "magic" working with them.

• The Chair welcomed the new councillors, noting that a full Induction session had taken place the previous day comprising a tour of the ISOCNZ Office and of the Domainz office.
• The Chair noted that he expected high standards of conduct within Council meetings and would follow professional procedures of one chance to speak per Councillor, Movers of motions would have right of reply with seconders also having right of reply, and no ad hominen attacks acceptable.

7. INDUCTION SESSION - ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

09:30 Cr Farrar arrives

Council was addressed by the Society's Solicitor, Gavin Adlam, on the legal aspects of their position. A general summary of the differences between members and council was given. The report is attached.

8. DOMAINZ REPORT - Patrick O'Brien

Domainz CEO's slide presentation .

10:00 Cr Leeuwenberg leaves to return 11:00.

Point of Order by Cr Park regarding an offensive and unprofessional remark made by the Domainz CEO. A retraction and apology was sought from the Domainz CEO and received.

Issues discussed included:

• The nature of international competition for domain names which may force prices down;
• Possible added value products which Domainz could offer;
• The possible impact of Government restriction of registrations to NZ residents;
• Possible impact of a very low charge for Domain Name registration;
• The likelihood that long term or 'lifetime' registrations would not be available for some time;
• It was noted that .eu has been launched.
• It was suggested that when Schedule A is finalised it should be made available to members. Noted that this was a matter for Council to decide.
• There was some discussion about the level of financial detail that should be provided to Council and the members. Suggested that the proposed ISOCNZ/Domainz Relationship Working Group should report back to Council on this matter.

Chair thanked Domainz CEO for his presentation and suggested that more time be allocated at a later date for a look at the impending changes. Domainz CEO advised that the council needed to decide beforehand what information they wanted and in what form. Chair advised that the new Relationship Working Group be charged with this question.

11:00 Break for morning tea.

9. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

• The Chair suggested that a media release be made after each council meeting. General discussion noted that it would not be practical to wait for the minutes to be approved before any release were made.

MOVED: (Chair /) " That a press release be made when deemed necessary by the Chair and the Executive Director."

CARRIED

• The Executive Director advised that a response had been received from ICANN regarding the ISOCNZ offer to host this year's meeting. ICANN have decided on Africa and Yokohama for the year 2000 but New Zealand would be considered for 2001.
• Merit Proposal - the Executive Director reported back on the issue.

ACTION: Executive Director to write to Joe Abley to ascertain situation with alternative to Merit.

10. PRESENTATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Executive Director spoke to her report as circulated.

• The Executive Director invited all councillors to visit the office to see the recent improvements, small meetings can now be held there if necessary. The Executive Assistant was introduced to new councillors and a brief outline of her work was given. The Executive Director asked that letters of thanks be drafted for a number of parties.

• Bruce Miller has been contracted to develop the database used for membership, due to this improvement detailed reports will soon be available.

MOVED: ( Chair ) "That letters of thanks be written on behalf of the council of ISOCNZ to Actrix, and Luit and Jan Bieringa.

CARRIED

ACTION: Executive Director to write to Actrix and the Beijing's expressing the Council's thanks.

• The Executive Director informed the council of the work carried out by Lyudmyla Arkhypova on our accounts, a desk and PC have been provided by 2020 Trust for Lyudmyla who also works for 2020 and (e)-Vision
• The $5000 sponsorship for NetDay2000 has been made. ISOCNZ will not receive as much kudos this year as the day is to be known as Telecom Net -Day but this is still important.
• Advised that this is a time of uncertainty for the Society as we do not currently know the policies of the new government.
• The Executive Director highlighted the need for more publicity for the Internet Code of Practice.

There was general discussion. Cr March advised that a disputes board modeled on the Advertising Standards Authority was too expensive to run for the Internet Code of Practice, but the council is aware of issues here. Executive Director advised that e-mail discussion on this topic between Cr Northover and Cr Higgins would be forwarded to Cr March.

ACTION: Executive Director forward copies of ASA correspondence to Cr March

• The Executive Director discussed the two ICANN meetings later in the year. Advised that discussion would be necessary on who should be sent to these meetings as there are Budget implications. Chair advised that this issue would be covered later under the report from the International Affairs Committee.
• The Executive Director pointed out that the business cards supplied at this meeting to councillors are very plain as there may well be changes to the Society's logo in the not too distant future. These cards were made to be used through any such changes.
• Chair asked who would be in charge of any re-branding. The Executive Director advised that this was a matter for the Council to decide.
• 0867 communication with the Minister and working group would be ongoing. Cr Harris advised that a permanent Private Secretary had not yet been appointed to the new Minister.
• UniForum - the Executive Director reported on discussions with UniForum re co-operation Conference in June. Cr Higgins advised the council of his involvement on the UniForum Board and advised that close links could be advantageous here as back to back conferences could be arranged. He signaled that UniForum was not sure of its own continued existence but a board meeting was due next week at which this may be decided.
• The Executive Director advised that our communication strategy (e-mailing lists) would involve a change of software currently being undertaken by Actrix. She asked Cr Vorstermans to speak to this and he advised councillors of the greater flexibility of the new system. No longer using major-domo. Archives will be available, rather than receiving all e-mail. Councillors will be able to change their mailing status themselves, from a Web page (URL is listed at the bottom of all e-mail). The Executive Director advised that the mirroring of e-mail was instantaneous in the archives. Chair suggested that a letter of welcome be sent to all councillors with instructions of use for new e-mailing lists.
• Cr Higgins advised that the concept under which the e-mail lists were originally set up has changed. They were intended for discussion and not for general comment. Cr Higgins suggested that we need a Web page set up that could have items of interest posted to it by Executive Director. Anyone wishing to have an item posted would direct them firstly to the Executive Director.
• There was general discussion. Who would decide what is of interest to the council, people should be encouraged and a balance should be found. Could a second list be created for information, received in digest form? Some people see some e-mails as many as four or five times.
• Cr Vorstermans stated that the council list should be for council business only. Cr Higgins suggested we need an acceptable use policy. Cr March suggested this be given to the Policy committee.

ACTION: Policy Committee to develop Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Council's internal mailing lists.

• Executive Director advised that the society had been asked to comment on the outcome of the last census questionnaire, But as the questions put in this census had been very obtuse comment had not been possible.
• There was general discussion on collection of information and statistics in reference to the Internet. Cr March advised that the next general census was not due until March 2002. As matters arising from the Internet are moving at a much greater pace no useful information would be available for the Council. In general the lack of current accurate statistics is a problem. The government also not having this information is a serious problem. Cr March suggested approaching another body e.g. AG McNair as they can supply good and up-to-date information. The society should be lobbying on this issue.
• The Executive Director asked what questions ,if any, ISOCNZ should be funding especially given that questions are regularly received from business. Cr Harris stated that this information is available to any others as much as to ISOCNZ and it is not the Society's job to do their work for them. Cr Stokes advised that the Internet Society used to publish monthly reports and maybe ISOCNZ should consider doing the same. Chair asked if this issue should be given to a committee.
• Executive Director advised that the media policy is working. ISOCNZ is seen to have important comments to make and experts available to make them, but more could be done.
• Cr Northover suggested that a policy on media be created. Chair advised that the current system is that if a comment is requested it would go first to the Executive Director then to the Chair and finally to the board. There was general discussion. It was suggested that this procedure needed formalising. Who should talk to whom and about what. What should ISOCNZ have positions on.

ACTION: Policy Committee to develop full Media Policy

• Cr Liz Dengate Thrush brought up the matter of, disputes resolution which had been investigated with Cr Northover. When the Code of Practice has been signed by a company the problems are reduced. Outside of this how should disputes be handled. Possibility of a hotline being set up. Matters arising would be filtered down through Code of Practice and Committee. It was suggested that Executive Director be the "one stop" for all complaints.

MOVED: (Chair/) "That Executive Director's report be adopted.

CARRIED

11. PRESENTATION FROM THE TREASURER

Cr Davidson advised the council that the figures regarding the membership subs are not accurate as they need to be split between individual and corporate members.

Comment was requested on financial relationship with Domainz.

Cr Higgins advised that the board of Domainz reported a dividend to its shareholders of $60,000. Chair asked if ISOCNZ needed a working group to decide the best method of transferal of monies. At present there is not a policy on dividends and maybe there should be especially to ensure that the taxation situation is accurate. tax.

There was general discussion and it was decided that the Admin committee and the Chair look into this and that IRD or tax experts were consulted. There was concern as it had been believed that this issue was settled. Funding of ISOCNZ is important.

The Domainz Relationship WG will work on appropriate method of transferring money.

ACTION: Admin Committee to consult with tax and/or IRD experts and then create policy on making dividends from Domainz.

MOVED: (Chair/) "That the report of the Treasurer be accepted."

CARRIED

12. COMMITTEE REPORTS

Chair suggested that in the future the committee reports be available at least one week before each council meeting.

a. ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

Frank March (Chair), Keith Davidson, Mark Harris, Sue Leader,

Cr March spoke to the Administration Committee report as circulated.

Director's Fees (see report)

The Admin Committee has approved the increase as detailed in the Director's Institute papers. The Chair suggested a Motion be put. Cr March advised that this was not necessary, the Admin committee was delegated the task for decision. Cr Farrar asked how often the Domainz Board meets. Cr Higgins advised six times a year with weekly meeting between the Chair and the CEO.

Honoraria Review

Crs March, Davidson, and P Dengate Thrush declare an interest and Chair is transferred to Cr Bourne.

12:15 Cr Mason leaves to return in 1 1/2 hours.

The Secretary and Treasurer noted that their workload has decreased considerably with Executive Director taking a lot of it. There was general discussion. Concern was expressed that the committee chairs are taking on an increasing load. It was suggested that Honorariums should be more evenly distributed. Also it was re-iterated that Honorariums are not salary but just a token to compensate for time spent on council business. Clarification was made that only one Honorarium would be made per person even if two offices were held simultaneously.

Cr P Dengate Thrush advised that the quarterly review should be voted on. It is not set in stone and will be voted on quarterly.

There was general discussion on how council performance should be measured. Is open forum the best place for this discussion? It was agreed that the amount of work involved deserved some restitution. Quarterly reviews would make sure that the amount were kept in line.

Cr March advised that he numbers were not arbitrary but based on an estimate of 1 working day per week.

There was general discussion on the matter of performance again. Cr Bourne (Chair) noted that the Committee Chairs could be removed, at any time, by the Chair so there was not a problem here.

12:25 Crs P Dengate Thrush , March, and Davidson declare their interest and leave the room.

After further discussion a series of Motions to replace the original motion were put.

MOVED: (L Dengate Thrush/Leeuwenberg) "THAT the Administration Committee be empowered to decide on the process of Performance Reviews for Officers

CARRIED U

MOVED: (Harris/Vorstermans) "THAT Chairs of Council Standing Committees be paid an annual honorarium of $3000 with no Performance Review as they can be removed by the Society's Chair for non-performance"

CARRIED U

MOVED: (Northover/Leeuwenberg) "THAT the Chair of the Society's annual honorarium be increased to a maximum of $20,000."

CARRIED U

MOVED: (L Dengate Thrush/Northover) "THAT the remaining honoraria be adjusted as following:

i) the Secretary's honorarium be removed (currently $5000 p/a) [NB The Secretary is also the Chair of the Admin Committee];

(ii) the Treasurer's honorarium be reduced to $3000 p/a (currently $5000);

(iii) if a Councillor holds two positions s/he will receive only one honorarium, and Working Group Convenors do not receive an honorarium".

CARRIED U

12:50 Crs P Dengate Thrush, March, and Davidson return. Cr P Dengate Thrush reassumes the chair

Electronic votes

Noted that although it is not appropriate to make the Council or Committee mailing lists public as they are working for a, all results of Council e-voting are part of the formal record of Council proceedings. In future they will be tabled at each face to face meeting so that they form a part of the formal Minutes which are accessible to members.

ACTION Executive Director to go back twelve months and add the council electronic votes for noting in the Minutes.

12:55 James Scott arrives.

There was general discussion about the need for a retrospective Honorarium for Cr Higgins .

13:00 Cr Higgins declared his interest and left the room accompanied by the Observers.

MOVED: (Secretary/Chair) "THAT this Council recognise the substantial extra personal contribution made over the past two terms by the previous Chair, Jim Higgins, because of the significantly expanded responsibility and workload associated with the major changes in international Internet governance. This recognition will take the form of an ex gratia payment at a level to be recommended by the Administration Committee"

CARRIED U

ACTION: Admin Committee to recommend appropriate ex gratia payment to former Chair.

13:10 Break for lunch

13:40 The meeting reconvened and Item 12 was adjourned as Domainz Directors Candidates were in attendance.

13. ELECTION OF DOMAINZ BOARD DIRECTORS

Cr March took the Chair as P Dengate Thrush was a candidate for the Board. He advised the meeting of the procedure for the afternoon.

Cr March advised that the composition of the board was a matter for the board to discuss. A roll-over of the entire board at any one time was not recommended. There was general discussion. It was suggested that two board members have terms of 2 years and the third of 1 year, and that there be no other changes. Chair advised that he was keen to address the issue of the outside directors. Cr March advised that this would follow the election of the 3 ISOCNZ members. It was decided that the voting would follow a 5 minute presentation of each candidate followed by a question and answer session by panel.

MOVED: (March/L Dengate Thrush): "THAT the composition of the Domainz Board of Directors remain at five members with three Directors selected from the ISOCNZ membership."

CARRIED

MOVED: (March/L Dengate Thrush): "THAT the two highest polling Directors serve for a two year term and the third for a one year term, subsequently all terms being for two years."

CARRIED

After discussion it was decided to using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) method for the election. The Executive Assistant was appointed as Scrutineer and Crs March and Farrar as assistants. The Candidates (see Admin Committee report) made their presentations and answered questions.

13:45 Cr Northover leaves to return

It was decided that Cr March could accept the written vote from Cr Northover as she had been present for most of the meeting and this should be considered an early vote.

13:55 Cr Mason returns.

Election of Domainz board members.

(Return to Item 12)

b. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

P Dengate Thrush spoke to the report of the International Affairs Committee as circulated at the meeting.

ICANN/APTLD Meetings

Noted that the Budget for these meetings was deferred from the Executive Director's report.

• ISOCNZ needs to establish a position on the Membership at Large Committee (MAC)
• Concern about possible government attitude shift in relation to ccTLD's

MOVED: (Higgins/Mason) "THAT the budget as presented in the Executive Director's Report for two people to go to both the Seoul APTLD and Cairo ICANN meeting be approved"

CARRIED (Abstention P Dengate Thrush )

• Cr Higgins noted that the Executive Director is the official Administrative contact for .nz with IANA and as such exercises the Council's vote. Last year this vote was almost not counted as it was so late because of the short times allowed for the consultation process. The International affairs committee to look into this.

ACTION: Executive Director to read the backlog of Names Council email as soon as possible

ACTION: International Affairs Committee to write a paper on Names Council candidates and email to Council as soon as possible.

East Timor

The Chair suggested that one way we might offer assistance to war torn East Timor was in relation to hosting or assisting with the delegation for East Timor (.tp) as the Timorese no longer wish to use the Indonesian ccTLD.. Cr Higgins warned that if ISOCNZ got involved with this there would probably be some negative response from ISOCNZ critics. Chair advised that we would be investigating only at this stage.

MOVED: (Chair /) "THAT the report from the International Affairs Committee be adopted."

CARRIED

(RETURN TO ITEM 13)

13. ELECTION RESULTS FOR DOMAINZ BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Cr March announced that P Dengate Thrush and Jim Higgins were elected for a term of two years each, and James Scott for a term of one year. The result was received with acclamation.

MOVED: (March/Hine) "THAT the ballot papers be destroyed"

CARRIED

MOVED: (Farrar/Higgins) "THAT this Council records a vote of thanks to the outstanding services of the outgoing Directors"

CARRIED U with Acclamation

15:10 Coffee

15:20 Cr Northover returns.

15:25 Meeting reconvened.

(RETURN TO ITEM 12)

MOVED : ( Chair/Cr Harris) "Executive Director to prepare a Glossary Sheet of common acronyms for Councillors"

CARRIED

ACTION: Executive Director to prepare a Glossary Sheet of Acronyms and distribute to Councillors

MOVED: (Chair/Harris) "THAT the status of two external Domainz Board Directors be two year terms as for ISOCNZ member Directors and that they be given notice that one is to end at the end of this Financial Year (March 31 2000) and the other to end one year later (March 31 2001).

CARRIED

ACTION: Admin Committee to decide which outside Director should receive notice of reappointment first ; to write to both outside Directors giving notice for March 31 2000, and March 31 2001

c. POLICY COMMITTEE

J. Northover, L. Dengate Thrush, R. Bourne

Internet Code of Practice (ICoP) Complaints Board

Cr Northover summarised the September 1999 Strategic Planning Session discussion on how ISOCNZ should deal with ICoP complaints. Under consideration is a pool of five technical and five public members to draw upon with the Complaints Chair to decide who to utilise for a particular issue/conflict with a total of five members per '"panel". (See report of Strategic Planning Session.)

Cr Northover advised that in regard to a question from Cr Park only ISP's would be affected and only those who had signed.

E-Commerce Standards Authority Proposal

Regarding the media release from this proposed body - while Domainz "may" assist with funding that is a hope on their part not a negotiated fact. Both Crs Higgins and P Dengate Thrush indicated that they had had early discussions with Glen Wiigs (head of Advertising Standards Authority) but no decisions had been reached, and certainly no financial commitment. The Executive Director has also been approached by Wiigs as a follow on from Cr Northover's meeting with him in relation to a model for the ICoP Complaints Board.

The Internet Society (ISOC)

Development of a paper on the set up of a federation or alternative is ongoing.

Policy Papers Adopted Last Meeting

Cr L Dengate Thrush prepared two policy papers: one on policy development and the other on committee structures which were adopted by the November 1999 Council Meeting. All Councillors should familiarise themselves with their content.

Cr Frederick advised that ISOCNZ might consult policy development being carried out elsewhere, for example there was a LINZ software policy survey which might be relevant.

ACTION Cr Frederick to provide copy of LINZ results software policy survey.

Offensive Names Policy

Noted that the CEO of Domainz requested in his presentation that ISOCNZ revisits the "Offensive Names Policy"

ACTION: Policy Committees - revisit Offensive Names Policy with a view to discarding in light of international changes.

Chair pointed out that decisions made by committee still needed ratification form the board before being accepted.

Moderation Of Domains Policy

Cr Higgins advised that a written moderation policy was needed for the moderation of .mil. A new moderator for 'mil has been notified to Domainz and Executive Director (Peter Williams) . Cr Harris is still the moderator for .government (national sector).

There was general discussion about concern with the process. Cr Harris brought to the attention of the council the interest being taken in this matter by government. It was suggested that this subject should be investigated by the Policy Committee before discussion. Cr March expressed concern at the policy vacuum in which ISOCNZ is operating with regard to the current government. Cr P Dengate Thrush advised that we need to formalize our relationship with the new government.

History on Moderation of Certain Domains:

Moderation is at the instigation of the community of interest, not the .nz deleguee. Council only has power to ratify a moderator not appoint one. The Moderator sets the Policy for moderation in their domain, but we need a copy for posting

MOVED: (Chair/) "THAT ratification of Moderator status is the task of the Policy Committee"

CARRIED

ACTION: Policy Committee write to all moderators asking for a written copy of their moderation polices for web site.

ACTION Executive Director place moderators names and contacts on web site, add policies when available.

Leading and Trailing Hyphens Policy

The CEO of Domainz requested that this policy be approved. The Policy Committe recommends the adoption of a Policy which states:

MOVED: (Higgins/Chair) "THAT the "Leading and Trailing Hyphens" Policy be ratified"

CARRIED

A Budget for the Policy Committee will be presented to the next meeting.

MOVED: ( Chair/Cr Higgins ) "That the report from the Policy Committee be accepted."

CARRIED

d. THE COMMITTEE WHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS EDUCATION & RESEARCH

(And which has several suggested names - Information and Events (in Policy Document adopted Nov 99) and Social and Economic Impact (Suggested by the Chair) No report as Cr Leeuwenberg is the only remaining member from 1998-99 Council.

e. 0867 WORKING GROUP

P Dengate Thrush spoke to the report circulated at the meeting. One issue is "Is 0867 working properly, are there any complaints?" Members should be polled for data on causes. The other is whether 0867 breaches KiwiShare. The Executive Director is going to the Commerce Commission to read through submissions to the Commission of Inquiry.. The Inquiry reports in 2-4 weeks.

ACTION Executive Director go to Commerce Commission to read the 0867 papers

MOVED: (Chair/) "THAT the 0867 Working Group Report be received"

CARRIED

f. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Cr Vorstermans spoke to the report previously circulated and advised that there was nothing urgent being carried out currently by the technical committee.

MOVED: ( Chair/) "THAT the Technical Committee Report be received"

CARRIED

14. GENERAL BUSINESS

a) Council Meeting Timetable

There was general discussion about the holding of half day monthly council meetings many Councillors have to take annual leave currently. Thursday evenings and Friday afternoons were decided upon.

Executive Director advised the council that late June had been suggested for the AGM. This was partly due to the fact that year end will be on 31 ^st March and the council should allow 2 months before the company accounts would be ready.

ACTION: ALL - urgently email Executive Director with any conflicts with proposed Thursday night schedule.

ACTION: Executive Director email Council list with Council Meeting timeline as soon as possible.

b) Methods of Electronic Participation

Cr Frederick offered facilities for allowing Internet access to the next AGM. There was General Discussion on the use of electronic participation for the next AGM.

MOVED: (Chair/) "THAT a Working Group on be established with a brief to define the Methods of Electronic Participation; other items which need addressing; look at costings; and co-ordinate with the Constitution review Working Group on any changes needed to the By-Laws. This group will report to the Admin Committee"

CARRIED

Membership of Working Group is Harris (Convenor), Bourne, Frederick, Hine, Vorstermans, and Executive Director.

ACTION: Harris - Meeting of Electronic Participation Working Group to be advised,

c) Committee Structures

It was decided that the committees should retain their current set up but new councillors should be assigned to each. Structure

There was general discussion on the current situation. Should ISOCNZ get more involved in education and information gathering. Do these issues fall under the terms of the articles of association?

Policy is implicit and runs through everything, but the council should be careful that ISOCNZ was not set up as a body to create policy ! There are other bodies around already providing information who may be doing it better.

16:50 Cr Leeuwenberg leaves.

d) ISOCNZ/Domainz Relationship Working Group

A two month timetable was suggested for getting ISOCNZ's relationship with Domainz back on track. Improvement would be seen by the next AGM.

ACTION: Executive Director - Domainz Relationship Working Group to meet as soon as possible.

MOVED: (Higgins/Mason) "That Cr Harris be re-appointed as the Shareholders Representative

CARRIED

e) Industry Advisory Group (IAG)

Cr Higgins expressed his concern that the council member appointed by the corporate members (Industry Advisory Group) be selected as this had not been implemented before.

ACTION: Executive Director follow up her December letter inviting Corporate members to form the IAG and appoint a Councillor.

f) Committee structures discussion.

ACTION : International Affairs Committee /Chair - look to aligning committee structures with ICANN model.

g. Working Groups

Internet Foundation Working Group - members: L Dengate Thrush, Frederick, Bourne, Hine, Higgins

ACTION Executive Director - send Cr Hine copy of wording of Domainz Model from AGM

Meeting closed at 17:15.

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