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WAIA Special Meeting & Annual General Meeting 2001
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The Western Australian Internet Association is pleased to
announce it's Annual General Meeting for 2001. Elections
will be held for vacant positions in the WAIA Committee as
per the WAIA constitution. Have your say on Internet
industry matters by nominating.

The Annual General Meeting will be held at:

                Tuesday, August 21 2001
                8:00pm
                Mercure Hotel
                10 Irwin St
                Perth WA 6000

Entry is free for members, $5.00 for non-members, but voting is
limited to financial WAIA members. If you wish to join WAIA,
facilities will be there on the night (however you will be unable
to vote if you have not been a financial member for at least 30 days
prior to the AGM).

The AGM will feature the elections of the WAIA board and various
reports, and then follow with social time for members to network
and meet one another.

This is a good opportunity to network amongst other Internet users
and professionals, and learn more about WAIA.


Special Meeting
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A Special Meeting has also been called to vote on changes to the
WAIA constitution. This meeting is being held at 7.00pm, immediately
before the AGM. To see the proposed new constitution, please visit
http://www.waia.asn.au/Documents/WAIA_Const_changes.txt


Nominations
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To nominate yourself for the WAIA committee, please send a 100 word
nomination statement to committee@waia.asn.au before 5.00pm August 14
2001.

There are five positions available:

        2 x Internet Carriage Provider,
        2 x Corporate Member,
        1 x Individual Member

The class you are eligible for depends on your WAIA membership
category.
If you are unsure of your category please email louise@waia.asn.au.

In classes where there are more nominations than there are positions
vacant, elections will be held of all financial WAIA members in the
contested class that are present (in person or by proxy) at the AGM.
If you wish to vote via proxy, you must give your voting authority to
a person present at the AGM in writing to the WAIA secretary prior to
the commencement of the meeting.

A standard proxy form can be found located on the WAIA website, at:
http://www.waia.asn.au/Documents/voting.proxy.form.html


More Information
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For more information, please contact the committee via email at
committee@waia.asn.au. After the close of nominations, positioning
statements will be viewable on the website in the week prior to the
AGM.


About WAIA
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The WA Internet Association (Inc.) if a non-profit volunteer-driven
organisation which aims to support, encourage and develop the Internet
in Western Australia. Along with public policy development and
education, WAIA maintains the WA Internet Exchange -- a major network
interconnect point for Internet providers in Australia.

The WAIA website is located at http://www.waia.asn.au