43pl-2 #13
Invitation to those who have signed the 43pl-2 contracts …

… to attend some closed meetings that we are holding to
• Understand and catalogue individual and collective expectations of 43pl companies so that we can measure over time how well the activities are meeting the needs
• Seek views on what CRCSI 2010-18 should and shouldn’t do, how can it be a success for you, and how can the CRCSI measure how successful it is being?
• Anything you want to raise in regard to the CRCSI, 43pl, and how to engage. [If you have something you want to raise, please let us know by 5 March so we can best consider and address the issues]
• Promote interaction amongst 43pl-2 companies
More information … flyer-2010-43pl-2-roadshow

Please rsvp to Jane Inall at jinall@crcsi.com.au so we can cater adequately.

Brisbane 15 March 9:30-11:30am
Sydney 16 March 10-12noon
Melbourne 17 March 10-12noon
Adelaide 18 March 10-12noon
Perth 19 March 10-12noon
Other centres will be visited in the next round of visits.

43pl #12

43pl-2
At a meeting this morning the steering committee (the incoming 43pl-2 Interim Board) approved
1] the execution of the CRCSI-2 foundation contract, based on the contributions committed through those companies (thank you) which have to date sent in their executed Deed papers.If you have yet to submit your Deed papers please do so by Monday. On Tuesday the CRCSI-2 will be presented to the Commonwealth to see if we can commence on 1 January.

2] the submission of several nominations (we are allowed up to eight) to the CRCSI-2 Steering Committee for consideration as CRCSI-2 Board Directors. This followed a call for nominations from 43pl-2 companies and discussions by the 43pl-2 Steering Committee (the incoming 43pl-2 Interim Board) :
In alpha order the 43pl-2 representative director nominees are
• Tony Burns, Land Equity International
• Paul Harris, NGIS
• Malcolm McCoy, Vekta (formed from QASCO & Survey21)
• Scott Ramage, AAMHatch
In alpha order the independent director nominees are
• Sir Rod Eddington, Infrastructure Australia
• Tina McMeckan, Various directorships
• Gary Nairn, Consultant
• Mike Quinn, Innovation Capital

43pl-1
1] At a meeting this morning the 43pl-1 board agreed to 43pl-1 executing the necessary wind up documents:
Commonwealth Termination Deed and the CRC Deed of Wind Up and Transition
2] Those companies not joining 43pl-2 but which hold 43pl-1 units should sign the documents previously circulated (and attached) to retain their 43pl-1 rights within the new CRC.

The CRCSI central office will be closed from 24 December and open on the 4 January. The WA office is closed and will reopen on 4 January. Further information from www.crcsi2.com.au

We wish all participants of 43pl-1&2 an enjoyable and safe Christmas break and may 2010 be a very successful year.

Mark Judd & Tony Wheeler & Mike Ridout

PS Kim Carr media release on R&D tax concession …Under the new R&D Tax Credit, companies can invest with certainty knowing they can claim a tax offset of at least 40 per cent of their expenditure on R&D activities, rising to 45 per cent for companies with a turnover of less than $20 million. The R&D Tax Credit will allow small innovative firms to get an immediate contribution towards their R&D spend even if they are not yet turning a profit.More info, and the link, is attached should you feel inclined to comment

43pl-2 #11

CONTRACTS
Last Thursday the foundation contracts were distributed to the Prime Contact [only] of each 43pl-2 company for execution and return by 9 December. A number have been received already, thank you.

If you missed the roadshow or have a query on how the contracts fit together, check out the explanation at http://crcsi2.com.au/43pl/43pl-2-roadshow-nov09/.

NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS TO THE CRCSI-2 BOARD
Those who sign up can nominate people as potential CRCSI-2 board directors. There will be one 43pl-2 representative seat and four independent seats (including the Chair and the CEO). Two other seats will be for Government and Research and Education College respectively.

Feel free to send any nominations by 12th December to Mel Plumb mplumb@crcsi.com.au and the 43pl-2 Board will review them on the 16th and come back to the membership if nominations exceed our allocation (eight) and finalise the list by the 18th December.

43pl-2 #10

Dear 43pl-1 and 43pl-2 company (prime contacts and other staff members)

AGREEMENTS
We have completed the first round of 43pl roadshows to explain the contracts. Many thanks to those who attended and who provided input. A few amendments have been suggested, and we will also check that the documents are harmonised with the CRCSI-2 agreements.

This will see a new version of the 43pl documents being released for execution on Thursday 26 Nov [or soon thereafter] for execution and return asap before 9 December. Instructions will come with that email.

CRCSI BOARD DIRECTORS
CRCSI-2 will have a skills-based board. 43pl has the opportunity to nominate up to 8 candidates to be considered for the CRCSI-2 Board for the “SME representative” director seat.  Please give thought to who you might want to nominate. Nominations will need to be accompanied by a bio-sketch up to 2 pages maximum. Feel free to forward these by reply email or discuss with Mike Ridout. The Interim 43pl-2 Board will consider nominations from the signed up 43pl-2 membership and come back to you if there are clarifications required.  More information in the next Communique.

The following  extract from the Partcipants Agreement describes the skills requirements for the CRCSI-2 Board.

Schedule 3 – Governance
1.           Establishment
1.1          As at the Commencement Date, the Board will initially comprise no more than seven Directors, including an independent Chair and an Executive Director (CEO), and at least two of the Directors will be independent (in addition to the Chair and the Managing Director), as follows:
(a)          An independent Chair with considerable experience in managing boards, with financial, governance and stakeholder management experience;
(b)          A Director with strong experience in corporate governance, audit and risk management, and finance and preferably with experience in one or more of the applications areas;
(c)          A Director with extensive federal and or state government experience and knowledge;
(d)          A Director with intellectual property management and capital raising experience and experience in one or more applications areas;
(e)          A Director with current involvement and commercial experience in the spatial information industry, ideally with a current role in surveying, imagery-related activities, spatial infrastructure, software development and/or web services;
(f)           A Director with extensive experience in the academic sector and national and international research; and
(g)          An Executive Director (CEO) covering an appropriate selection of the skill sets above.