>From the auDA Member's list:

| .au Domain Administration (auDA) to open Board meeting to the public
| 
| Internet users interested in the future of the Australian Internet will be
| able to attend auDA's first public Board meeting
| 
| August 3, 2006: auDA's first public Board meeting will follow a milestone
| EGM which is set to change the structure of auDA's membership classes and
| elected Board members according to the CEO of auDA, Chris Disspain.
| 
| The EGM and the Board meeting will be held in Melbourne on Monday August 14
| at the offices of Maddocks Solicitors, Level 6, 140 William St, Melbourne.
| The EGM will start at 11.00 am and be followed immediately by the Board
| meeting.
| 
| Mr Disspain said the open Board meeting will give any interested member of
| the internet-using public the opportunity to see how the Board of
| Australia's Domain Name Regulator operates.
| 
| "We are excited to be able to give anyone interested in the future of the
| Australian Internet an insight into how the .au domain name system's
| self-regulatory process is carried out and strongly encourage those
| interested to attend," he said. 
| 
| "The Board meeting will also serve to highlight auDA's ongoing commitment to
| openness and consultation with Australian Internet users - after all, the
| Internet does ultimately belong to them."
| 
| Mr Disspain said one of the first items on the agenda will be a discussion
| of the EGM results. 
| 
| Constitutional amendments to be considered by voters at the EGM include
| changes to auDA membership classes by abolishing Representative Association
| class, an increase in the number of independent directors to be elected to
| the board (from two to three), permission for elected directors to be
| remunerated for their services and permission for the casting of electronic
| votes at future meetings. 
| 
| Other key items on the board meeting agenda include:
| 
| - the further development of .au domain name policy, 
| 
| - updates on auDA Foundation activities and the status of community
| geographic domain names such as nsw.au and vic.au
| 
| ENDS