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Executive Director's Report to Council 27/04/00

ISOCNZ Executive Director

Report To April 27 2000 Council Meeting

For this meeting I am adopting the Chair's reporting method of noting Diary, and adding Action Items status because of time pressures.

DIARY

  • Monday April 3 - Meeting with Pigeon House Communications Consultants
  • Monday April 3 -TV Two (Queer Nation) Interview
  • Wednesday April 5 - Meeting with Tiopira Hape re Maori research project
  • Thursday April 6 (afternoon) - Thursday April 13 (morning) - off sick [Strategic Planning: Roles and Responsibilities work]
  • Monday April 17 - NZ Standards Association meeting (with ITANZ and NZCS) re Seminar tour
  • Tuesday April 18 - Meeting with Peter Dengate Thrush, Jim Higgins, and Carl Armstrong re closer ties between ISOCNZ and UniForum and co-venture on this year's UniForum Conference
  • Tuesday April 18 - Meeting with Ross Johnston re Education and the Web proposal for ISOCNZ
  • Tuesday April 18 - Meeting Peter Dengate Thrush and Frank March re Strategic Planning: Roles and Responsibilities work
  • Wednesday April 19 - Meeting with Pigeon House Communications Consultants
  • Wednesday April 19 - Briefing meeting with Clear Communications' Grant Forsyth and 0867 Working Group
  • Thursday April 20 - Meeting with Executive Assistant re start planning Summit

ACTION ITEMS FROM COUNCIL MEETING - MARCH 31 2000

  • Draft Minutes - emailed outApril 13 to ISOCNZ Chair and Secretary.

Status: awaiting Chair's sign-off

  • Requests for electronic copies of reports to add to Council Minutes.

Status: outstanding: March 31 Meeting: ISOCNZ Chair's Report; Domainz CEO's report - Executive Summary; International AffairsCommittee - various (Peter Dengate Thrush); ISOCNZ-Domainz Relationship Working Group (Peter Dengate Thrush). January 28 Meeting: ISOCNZ Chair's Report; Treasurer's report; possibly some Committee and Working Groups Minutes from January.

  • ThinkQuest : Status: Wayne Leong notified that he has been endorsed by Council as their representative for ThinkQuest - meeting to come
  • ccTLD Secretariat - wrote to the Executive Committee of the ccTLD stating that although .nz had been embarrassed by the change to the original agreement, we would be submitting a tender. Noted that before that could happen I was undertaking a Structural and Resourcing Review which I expected signoff on by the weekend of Saturday April 8, after which a tender would be put forward.

Status - no sign off as Peter Dengate Thrush unable to make Admin Committee meeting Saturday 8 th ; matter discussed at meeting with Peter Dengate Thrush and Frank March (Tuesday April 18), Peter Dengate Thrush to provide feedback on report of Executive Director - no feedback received; final decision deferred for to Admin Committee - no Admin Committee meeting yet. Further correspondence from ccTLD which implies major change to political situation -

REQUEST Council move "In Committee" to discuss.

  • End of Year Accounts - all councillors notified several times that expense claims had to be in by March 31 so that the Finance Officer could close the books in order to get to the Auditors in time.

Status - most expenses filed. (Outstanding: Cairo ICANN meeting travel - Peter Dengate Thrush.) First draft on final accounts sent to treasurer for comment today.

  • Honoraria Reviews - signoff from Chair ISOCNZ (for Committee Chair's) and Chair, Admin Committee (ISOCNZ Chair) received on April 22 for March 31 Honoraria payments.

Status: Cheques prepared by Finance Officer April 25 and they will be brought to Council meeting for signing.

  • Director's Fees Rise

Status: Domainz CEO formally notified of date and totals

  • Internet Code of Practice Complaints Board draft.

Status: circulated to members and ICoP mailing list for comment April 5.

  • "Offensive Words" policy draft.

Status: electronic version received April 16, circulated April 25

  • Sample Moderator's Agreement to be circulated to Moderator's for comment for two weeks.

Status: Unknown - whose Action Item unclear.

  • Status of all recommendations from Executive Director's March 31 report for action by International Affairs Committee - no meeting held yet.
  • Status of all recommendations from Executive Director's March 31 report forTechnical Committee unknown
  • Political Liaison "Information Pack" collation .

Status: no material received for action

  • Office space - ties in with other work areas not signed off yet
Status: no action
  • Summit - in the ten working days I have had since the last Council Meeting I have not had time to do more than hold an initial planning meeting with the Executive Assistant.

    Status - revised timeframe required

Other Issues arising during the month for Council consideration or information

  • Suggestion that ISOCNZ defer the June Conference (normally held before the AGM) and incorporate our Conference formally with UniForum's October Conference.
  • NZ Standards Association with ISOCNZ, ITANZ and NZCS NZS4444 (Information Security) Seminar tour - I am arranging a speaker for the June 9 (Wellington), June 13 (Auckland) and June 14 (Christchurch) sessions.
  • The Hon Paul Swain (Minister of Information Technology) wishes to meet with representatives of the Society about issues pertaining to ICANN once he returns to work - probably early June.
Sue Leader
Executive Director

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