2001 AGM Minutes

MINUTES of the annual general meeting of members of Canadian Internet Registration Authority held at the Inn on The Park, Toronto on December 6, 2001 at 1:30 p.m.

1. Opening the meeting: Maureen Cubberley, the Chair of CIRA, called the meeting to order and acted as chair of the meeting, and John Demco, Secretary of CIRA, acted as secretary of the meeting.

The Chair confirmed that there were 93 members in good standing present in the meeting room and 29 members in good standing participating online, making a grand total of 122 members present in person at the meeting.

The Chair declared that notice of this meeting had been duly given to all CIRA members in good standing on November 5, 2001 in accordance with CIRA's By-law No. 1, there was a quorum present and that the meeting was duly constituted for the transaction of business.

2. Agenda: The Chair noted that the agenda was distributed with the notice of the meeting.

3. Report of the Board of Directors: The Chair delivered the report of CIRA's Board on major CIRA initiatives and events during the past year.

4. Report of the President: Bernard Turcotte, CIRA's president, reported on CIRA operations during the past year.

5. Report of the Treasurer (financial statements): The Treasurer, Andrew Bjerring, presented the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, a copy of which can be viewed on CIRA's web site.

6. Report of the Auditor: Thomas Kriens of Kriens~Larose LLP, CIRA's auditor, delivered the auditor's report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.

7. Appointment of auditors: It was moved by Bob Goschalk, seconded by Brian McCuaig and carried, Robert Miron and Stephanie Fewster abstaining, that Kriens~Larose LLP be appointed auditor of CIRA, to hold office until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are duly appointed and that the board of directors be authorized to fix the remunerations of the auditors.

8. Questions from Members: Members raised questions about a number of matters including: recursive name inquiries, CIRA participation in the Internet Hotline initiative, quarterly financial reporting by CIRA, member participation in CIRA decision-making, potential for directors' conflict of interest, the Canadian Presence Requirements for registrants, resolution of conflicts between registrars, rights in domain name registrations and the CIRA domain name dispute resolution process.

9. Adjournment: At 3:25 pm it was moved by Bob Goschalk, seconded by Brian McCuaig, and unanimously carried, that the meeting be concluded.