8th August 2006

Minutes of the .au Community Domains Board Meeting

8th August, 2006

1:00pm, Sydney

Present:  Tony Staley, Paul Harcombe, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Jo Lim, Leonie Parkinson

Observer:  Paul Szyndler (DCITA)

 

1.  Continuous Disclosure

There were no matters to be disclosed.

 

2.  Confirmation of Minutes

The minutes of June 2006 meeting were confirmed.

 

3.  Finance Report

The board noted the June accounts.
Action:  LP to source quotes for auditing the 2006 accounts.

 

4.  GM Report

The following issues were noted:

  • Grant addendum agreement

 

Was tabled and will be signed by auDA and auCD.

Revised budgets reflecting additional funding expenditure approved.

 

  • LP Employee Agreement

Was tabled and signed.

 

  • Product development

LP advised that the How to Kit and the Community Site in a Box were successfully developed and tested on Koonwarra and Wyndham test communities and that they would be launching their community websites next week at the Melbourne and Perth Roadshow events respectively.

  • Marketing & Promotions

The Board agreed that the launch of the Community Geographic Domain Names went well and LP advised that auCD have already received 2 applications and over 130 communities that have registered their interest.

  • Stakeholder Advisory Group

LP advised that all suggested members had been invited to be members of the Stakeholders Advisory Group with half yet to confirm their acceptance.


It was agreed that TEDICORE (Telecommunications and Disability Consumer Representation) should also be invited to be a member as they represent the interests of disabled telecommunications consumers and promotes equity and accessibility to groups not necessarily represented by the other invited stakeholder groups.

Action:  LP to invite TEDICORE and follow up on invitations.  LP to convene first meeting post the August Roadshow events.

 

5. Policy

JL advised that auDA has published the policy and guidelines for the Community Geographic Domain Names. The published policy clarifies that auCD does not play a role in policy setting or complaints handling and dispute resolution.

 

6. Board Correspondence

No correspondence was received.

 

7. Other Business

  • The Board noted communication received from the Online and Communications Council Standing Committee’s New South Wales proxy .

JL advised that the issues raised in the communication were actually auDA’s rather than auCDs and will be tabled at the next auDA Board meeting.

 

8. Next Meeting

The next board meeting is to be held on Monday 30th October, 2006 at 10am at auCD office in Melbourne.