Australian Public Access Network Association Inc.

 

Minutes of APANA Annual General Meeting 2008

 

Held at 20 Miles Platting Road, Eight Mile Plains

(Brisbane), Queensland.

 

Saturday 9 August 2008

 

Meeting chaired by Marc Walters.

Minutes taken by Jeff Toll.

 

1.Welcome/Opening

 

   Meeting declared open at 13:24 AEST

 

2. Credentials Report.

 

   Attendance

 

       10 members present

 

       Marc Walters                         Hunter(President)

       Matthew Geier                        ICR

       Dean Hollister                       Perth

       Lynn Phillips                        Brisbane

       Jim Leech                            Brisbane

       Jeff Toll                            Perth(Secretary)

       Harry Gina                           Brisbane

       Pauline Sheppard                     Brisbane

       Doug Young                           Brisbane

       Tony Messina                         Brisbane

       Elizabeth Sharp                      Brisbane(arrived mid meeting)

 

   Apologies

 

       Vic Andrich                          Perth

       Carolyn Baird                        Hunter

       Helen Donaldson                      Hunter

 

   Proxies received

 

       None

 

3. Minutes of 2007 Annual General Meeting

 

      The minutes were accepted by the meeting

 

4. Business arising from the 2007 Annual General Meeting.

 

      Doug Young asked if there had been anymore progress

      towards APANA shell accounts. The answer was

      no.

 

5. Correspondence to Annual General Meeting.

 

       Inward: Nothing

 

       Outward: Notice of 2008 AGM, Agenda, Nomination of Office Bearers

 

 

6. Annual Report.

 

       President

 

           As tabled

 

       Secretary

 

           As tabled

 

       Treasurer

 

           As tabled

 

   Regional Reports

 

       ACT

 

           No Report received

 

       Brisbane

 

           Written & verbal report submitted by Pauline Sheppard.

 

       Hunter

 

           As tabled

 

       ICR

 

           Verbal report by Matthew Geier: Quiet and not much happening

 

       Melbourne

 

           No Report received

 

       Perth

 

           As tabled

 

       South Australia

 

           As tabled.

 

       Sydney

 

           No report received.

 

   The meeting unanimously resolved to accept the Annual Report and

   Financial Reports. Moved by Marc Walters. Seconded by Jeff Toll

 

7. Election of Office Bearers

 

   The Chairman announced the following candidates elected unopposed:

 

       President: Marc Walters

       Treasurer: Carolyn Baird

       Secretary: Jeff Toll

 

8. General Business

 

   Doug Young asked how current APANA IP

   addresses are used and allocated and about the

   possibility of promoting ECN dialups much more.

 

   General discussion of services APANA can provide

   and future directions of APANA.

 

9. Meeting closed at 14:06 AEST