Present: Peter Dengate Thrush (Chairman, .nz), Jaeyoun Kim (.kr), Jonathan Shea (.hk), Ian Chiang (proxy for Ai-chin Lu, .tw).
In attendance: Don Hollander (General Manager), Keith Davidson, Jordan Carter (APTLD Secretariat).
Apologies: Shariya Haniz Zulkifli (.my), Yumi Ohashi (.jp), Chris Disspain (.au), Richard St Clair (.nu).
Opened: 1.26pm
1. Minutes of the Previous Meeting
Jaeyoun Kim (.kr) / Ian Chiang (.tw)
THAT the minutes of the APTLD Board Meeting held on 25 March 2006 in Wellington New Zealand be received and adopted as a true and correct record.
Carried U
2. Matters Arising from the Minutes
The Constitution ought to reflect proper titles for the Board’s Officers. The Board agreed to ask the Constitution Committee to review the titles of Board Officers, and to propose to members a constitutional amendment to be considered by the members in time for the next meeting. This relates to the description of officers at clause 14.5 of the Constitution.
There were no other matters arising from the minutes.
3. General Manager Appointment
Peter Dengate Thrush / Jaeyoun Kim (.kr)
THAT a committee of Peter Dengate Thrush, Chris Disspain and Jonathan Shea be formed, and authorised to negotiate an agreement with Don Hollander, who has been appointed to the position of APTLD General Manager, AND THAT the Committee report progress back to the Board no later than 20 July 2006.
Carried U
Note: the Committee will seek legal advice on how best to proceed with the engagement process, taking the incorporation of APTLD under Malaysian law and Don’s New Zealand residency into account.
4. General Business
A communiqué has been prepared and will be released shortly.
Strategic Planning
This planning process needs to be under way for an output to the September meeting in Sri Lanka. The General Manager and Secretariat will report to the Board on planning options shortly. The Sri Lanka meeting should discuss the broad thrust of the strategy, with the Board later adopting the final plan.
Secretariat Services
InternetNZ is contracted to be the Secretariat. The term expires at the end of 2006 and the Board needs to resolve how to proceed – whether to open a tendering process, or some other approach. There was a discussion of the implications and what the process might require.
The Board agreed that by the end of July, it will make a decision as to what process will be followed regarding Secretariat arrangements.
IDN Committee
The Board noted a significant amount of activity in the IDN area, and decided to request the Committee to keep the Members up to date with IDN activity.
APTLD Training Committee
Jonathan Shea asked that Jaeyoun Kim be added to the APTLD Training Committee, and the Board agreed that this be done.
General Manager on APTLD Lists
The Board agreed to add the General Manager to all APTLD email lists, and appointed him ex-officio a member of all Committees.
Meeting closed: 1.49pm
Next meeting: To be determined.
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Peter Dengate Thrush, CHAIRMAN