2002 AGM Minutes
MINUTES of the annual general meeting of members of Canadian Internet Registration Authority held at the Centre Mont-Royal, Montreal on May 28, 2002 at 1:00 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 declared that notice of this meeting had been duly given to all CIRA members in good standing on April 24, 2002 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.
After introducing the other members of CIRA's Board, the Chair turned the podium over to Director Tim Denton who announced the formation of the Canadian Association of Internet Registrars.
2. Agenda: The Chair noted that the agenda was distributed with the notice of the meeting.
3. 2001 AGM Minutes: There being no corrections or additions to the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on December 6, 2001, the Chair noted that the minutes stood as approved.
4. 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 which included: the growth of the registry, price reduction, the launch of dot-us registrations and its effect on the dot-ca registry, the strategies and marketing projects initiated by the Marketing and Branding Committee of the CIRA Baord, CIRA's relationship with ICANN, the implementation of CIRA's Dispute Resolution Policy and Rule and the 2002 Board of Directors Election
5. Report of the President: Bernard Turcotte, CIRA's President, reported on CIRA operations during the past year relating to: the release of expired domain names for re-registration, communications and marketing, customer service and technical infrastructure.
6. Report of the Treasurer (financial statements): The Treasurer, Andrew Bjerring, presented the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, a copy of which can be viewed on CIRA's web site.
7. 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, 2001.
8. Appointment of Auditors: It was moved by Robert Hall, seconded by Marcel Naud and carried, that Kriens~Larose LLP be appointed Auditors 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.
9. Questions from Members: Members raised questions about: CIRA compliance with web-site accessibility standards, implementation of internalized domain names, problems with registration renewal notices, the commitment by UBC as part of the transition of the registry to spending part of the transition fee on Internet related research and the amount reported in CIRA's financial statements for software contracts.
10. Adjournment: At 2:25 pm it was moved by Robert Hall, seconded by Keith Nunn, and unanimously carried, that the meeting be concluded.