Inaugural/minutes/20051214

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Inaugural General Annodex Foundation members meeting 14th Dec 2005

On Wednesday 14th Dec 2005 we had a first open general Annodex Foundation meeting on #anxfoundation and at the James Squire Brewhouse in Sydney for the local Sydney crowd. (Start at 19:05 Close at 22:55)

The agenda:

  • What is the foundation?
  • Steps to incorporation
  • Discussions on the constitution
  • Other issues
  • Election of inaugural committee


Attending members: Chris Ford (ctford), Silvia Pfeiffer (ginger), Pia Waugh (greebo), Chris Lindenmuller (grizzli), Zen Kavanagh (illi), Jeff Waugh (jdub), Jean-Marc Valin (jmspeex), Conrad Parker (kfish), Mike Smith (MikeS), David Badham (ozbadman), Andre Pang (ozone), James Purser (purserj), Jan Schmidt (thaytan), Ryan Verner (xfxf)

Lurking members: ctd j^ rillian

Attending visitors: benno MotherLUG thomasvs TongMaster

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Summary:

  • What is the foundation?
    • magnet for open standards and open source implementations of annodex work
    • manages Annodex trademark (as soon as contributed by CSIRO)
    • basic rules are codified in the [constitution]
  • Steps to incorporation
    • 21st Nov 2005 name registration with Department of Fair trading; reserved until 21st Feb 2006
    • tax-exempt
    • discussion of potential to become charity
  • Discussions on the constitution
    • membership fee: stay at $0 for now, but leave clauses in constitution
    • election procedure: open and online today, but next election in June 2006 over Web interface will be private
    • composition of committee: chair is a less dictatory name than president, but should have casting vote
    • advisory panel privileges: training is not a good idea; information and priviledged access to committee are enough
    • section 9.2 resignation should be immediate
    • section 28.1 committee meetings should be allowed to be virtual
    • section 1 and 45 add electronic means of person identification (digital keys)
    • need for honorary membership questioned but not ultimately resolved
  • Other issues
    • flyer for advisory panel "recruitment": no volunteers; ginger will investigate
    • financial year is Australian financial year
    • state in the constitution that committee members represent themselves, not their employer
    • discussion on whether 40% committee membership from one company results in 2 or in 3 members was not finalised
    • discussion if a committee members changes affiliation and this breaks the 40% clause, they should step down
  • Election of inaugural committee, summary of returning officer thaytan: 
Chair - Jeff Waugh (Canonical Ltd, Australia)
Vice Chair - Conrad Parker (CSIRO, Australia)
Treasurer - James Purser (WIN Television, Australia)
Secretary - Silvia Pfeiffer (CSIRO, Australia)
Ordinary Committee Members - 
 Andre Pang (Rising Sun Research, Australia)
 Zentaro Kavanagh (Illiminable Software, Australia)
 Mike Smith (Fluendo S.L., Spain)
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