Council Motions 27/04/00

MOTIONS OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND INC HELD AT THE MUSEUM HOTEL ON 27 APRIL 2000

Meeting opened: 4:15pm

00/39 (Moved: Higgins/Mason) THAT the meeting move into committee to discuss the audio recording of Council Meetings

CARRIED
Opposed: L Dengate Thrush, Harris

00/40 (Moved: Chair/March) THAT the meeting move out of committee.

CARRIED U

00/41 (Moved: Chair/Harris) THAT Council Meetings be audio taped;

• That the tape to be available for internal administration purposes to staff and members of the Council;
• That a copy be posted to the member's area of the web site; and
• That during a Council Meeting by raising a "Point of Order - Taping", recording will be turned off, to be turned on again by decision of Council.

CARRIED
Opposed: Higgins

00/42 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the Apologies be received.

CARRIED U

00/43 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the Minutes of the March 31 2000 as amended be accepted as a true and correct record.

CARRIED
Abstention: Vorstermans

Chair's Report - Oral

00/44 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the Chair's oral report be received.

CARRIED U

Executive Director's Report

00/45 (Moved: Higgins) Point of Order - Taping5:08pm

00/46 (Moved: Chair) That the recording be restarted 5:12pm

00/47 (Moved: Higgins/Hine) THAT a formal approach be made to UniForum to hold a jointly branded Conference at the proposed October date and venue.

CARRIED U

ACTION: Cr Harris and Executive Director to meet next week with UniForum re jointly branded Conference.

00/48 (Moved: March/Chair) THAT ISOCNZ does not hold a Face to Face Conference in conjunction with the AGM 2000 providing the report back from the meeting on a jointly branded Cofnerence with UniForum is satisfactory.

CARRIED
Opposed: L Dengate Thrush

00/49 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the meeting move in committee to deal with the section of the Executive Director's report pertaining to the ccTLD Secretariat tender.

CARRIED U

00/50 (Moved: Chair/) Point of Order - Taping (Noted that when the meeting moves in committee the recording is turned off automatically)

CARRIED U

00/51 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the meeting move out of committee

00/52 (Moved: Chair/) (Moved: Chair) That the recording be restarted6:01

00/53 (Moved: Chair/Harris) THAT the original tender be confirmed;

• that the Council protest the manner in which this has been handledand note that it will be formally seeking an explanation at the nextccTLD Constituency meeting; and

• that the tender comply as far as possible with the tender format provided by the AdCom

CARRIED U

Clarification sought by Cr Park as to who was to do the work and itwas agreed that the Chair would complete the tender.

ACTION: ISOCNZ Chair to prepare ccTLD Secretariat Tender document and write letter in line with motion 00/53 by April 28

00/54 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the Executive Director's report be received.

CARRIED U

Treasurer's Report

00/55 (Moved: Harris/L Dengate Thrush) THAT in the absence of the Treasurer, the Treasurer's report be tabled.

CARRIED U

Report of the Chair of Domainz Board:

00/56 (Moved: Higgins) Point of Order - Taping

00/57 (Moved: Chair) That the recording be restarted 7:07

00/58 (Moved: Chair/De Salis) THAT the report from the Domainz Board Chair be received.

CARRIED
Abstention: Higgins, Park

Admin Committee Report

00/59 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the meeting move into committee to discuss Recommendation One for a new staff position of Administration Manager and that the Executive Director and Executive Assistant leave the meeting"

CARRIED U

00/60 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the meeting move out of committee

CARRIED U

00/61 (Moved: Hine/Stokes) THAT the Council accepts in principle the need for more assistance;

• That the Treasurer be asked to comment on the budget;
• That full job descriptions are required;
• That a finite time limit is required for resolution.

CARRIED
Abstention: March, Chair

ACTION: Admin Committee Chair and Executive Director to resolve before next council meeting

00/62 (Moved: Vorstermans/Park) THAT the Council strongly values the work of the Executive Director

CARRIED U

00/63 (Moved: Chair/Park) THAT Recommendation Two be adopted, namely:

"2.Council E-Meeting

• Council must adjourn between face to face meetings
• Recommend splitting Council list into:
• Announce - items for urgent attention only and notices of meeting (via Executive Director, Chair or Secretary)
• Info - interesting tidbits - all councillors can post
• Discuss - material councillors want to talk about until there is a concensus for a motion for the next face to face meeting.Process would be to email the Executive Director, Chair, or Secretary with notice of motion
• Council is only called into E-session by the Chair or by application to the Chair and announcement is on Council-announce"

CARRIED U

ACTION: Executive Director to arrange for change of Mailing Lists

00/64 (Moved: Chair/) THAT Recommendations Three, Four, and Five lie on the table.

CARRIED U

00/65 (Moved: Higgins/Chair) THAT isocnz-l be renamed.

LOST
For: Higgins; Abstention: L Dengate Thrush, Mason, Frederick

00/66 (Moved: Park/Chair) THAT a two line disclaimer be added to the isocnz-l list unless this contravenes recommendations in the forthcoming draft Communications Policy.

CARRIED
Opposed: Stokes

ACTION: Executive Director to refer Motion 00/66 to Policy Committee and advise Executive Assistant to action motion if appropriate

Policy Committee - Oral Report

00/67 (Moved Chair) THAT the oral report of the Policy Committee be received.

CARRIED U

"Impact" Committee - Oral Report

00/68 (Moved: Frederick) Point of Order - Taping

00/69 (Moved: Chair) That the recording be restarted

00/70 (Moved: Chair/)THAT the report of the "Impact" Committee be received.

CARRIED U

Technical Committee Report

00/71 (Moved: Hine/) Foreshadowed motion: THAT the Council of ISOCNZ instruct the Board of Domainz to include aWHOIS server as specified in the policy set out in http://www.isocnz.org.nz/members/whoispolicy.html with the roll out ofthe new system; including, if necessary, that the roll out be delayed until such a WHOIS service is available.WITHDRAWN BY MOVER

00/72 (Moved: Vorstermans/Mason) THAT the Chair of ISOCNZ immediately convey to the Board of Domainz that they are to:

• inform the public that the WHOIS is available, providing a sample of the output, with a request for comment, and
• give an indication that if industry comment justifies it an alternative will be implemented; and
• THAT the Council censures Domainz for implementing a WHOIS format different from the Policy decided by the Council.

CARRIED
Abstention: Higgins, Stokes

ACTION: ISOCNZ Chair to write immediately to Domainz Board regarding Motion 00/72

00/73 (Moved: Chair/Hine)THAT the report of the Technical Committee be received.

CARRIED U

Domain Model Review Working Group Report

00/74 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the report of the Domain Model Review Working Group be received and the Working Group be thanked for all their work and effort to date.

CARRIED U

0867 Working Group - Oral Report

00/75 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the Chair of the 0867 Working Group and the Executive Director take up the issues of the 0867 battle and its effects upon our members with:

• a competition lawyer
• the communications consultants
• Consumers Institute

with a view to making a public statement.

CARRIED U

00/76 (Moved: Chair/)THAT the report of the 0867 Working Group be received.

CARRIED U

ACTION: Chair of the 0867 Working Group and the Executive Director to meet asap to action motion 00/76

ORBS Working Group - Oral Report

00/77 (Moved: Chair/) THAT the oral report of the ORBS Working Group be received.

CARRIED U

00/78 (Moved: Chair/March) THAT the date of the National Summit on International Internet Governance be changed to June 23 2000.

CARRIED U

ACTION: Executive Director to circulate date for proposed Director's Training session once confirmed.

Meeting closed: 10:00pm

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