Vice President's Report to Council 17/10/03
Version 1.0 - 10 October 2003
For: Council on 17 October 2003
Status: Accepted at Council Meeting 17 October 2003
Status: Public
This report covers the period from 16 August to 17 October 2003
Admin Committee
- Attended two meetings
Sale of Domainz
- Arranged run on Insurance for former Directors
- Attended hand over function on 5 September 2003
- Scrutiny of final audited settlement date accounts
Governance & Constitutional Committee
- Attended one meeting in Wellington
International Affairs Committee
- Implemented international travel approval procedures
- Participated in one conference call and considerable e-mail discussion
Legal & Regulatory Committee
- Chaired a meeting (in Wellington after Council)
Spam
- Chaired full day meeting in Wellington of Spam TF
- Meeting with Consumers Institute and subsequent follow-up
- Several meetings with MED
- Handled several media inquiries re spam issues
- Liaison with CAUCE-NZ (Chris Patterson)
- Arranged meeting with Minister
Patents
- Attended one face-to-face and two teleconference meetings
- Supported Patent Watch proposal
Crimes Amendment Act
- Media interviews
- Arranged digital copy of legislation
- Advisory to various lists
Digital Copyright
- Nothing since last Council
Terrorism Bill
- Nothing since last Council
Enum
- Working with Grant Forsyth and office on an Enum workshop/seminar
Media
- Article for Netguide on Spam
- Liasion with TVNZ Holmes Show on spam story
- Several radio interviews
Final SRS Report - published on 8 September 2003
Strategic Planning
- Meeting with Simon Riley to revise draft plan
- Added on extra sections to draft plan and reformatted
- Attended consultation workshops in Wellington and Auckland and due to Presidential sickness presented draft plan
- Worked with Simon Riley to summarise feedback and revise plan
E-mails
- Still far too many
David Farrar
Vice-President
