43pl Communiques

September 2nd, 2010
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Dear All

Some news…


1 - The Board of 43pl is now confirmed as:

  • Tony Wheeler (Chair)
  • Jim Curnow (SA)
  • Chris Earls (WA)
  • Ed Garvin (NSW & ACT)
  • Jack de Lange (Qld)
  • Simon Jellie (New Zealand and International) - synopsis below
  • Rob Rowell (Vic & Tas) - synopsis below

with Mal McCoy as a Standing Invited Observer (to assist in communications into the CRCSI Board).

At the last board meeting directors recorded in the minutes a tribute to the outstanding efforts put in over the previous 9 years by Mark Judd to the CRCSI and 43pl:

“the Board formally thanked him for his years of leadership and involvement in 43pl since its inception. The Board praised his continued levels of enthusiasm and expressed their appreciation for the amount of voluntary time he has devoted to 43pl, noting the crucial role he played in establishing 43pl and in the successful rebid for CRCSI-2, in which 43pl was a critical success factor.”

Thanks Juddie …

2 - 43pl membership - The following companies were accepted into 43pl in the recent intake and Mel Plumb will follow through on the paperwork:

3 - Invoices for 43pl membership

These will be raised in August.

4 - Conference 23 & 24 November Melbourne (free, members only)

All 43pl companies are welcome to put forward ideas for what is to be covered at the Annual Conference and also potential speaker names.

We will have the “43pl Soapbox hour” as per previous years…

Put the dates into the diary - this is a real highlight of the CRCSI year and plenty of networking and discussion time is allowed for along with seminal presentations and internal CRCSI meetings…

5 - Intellectual Property

43pl Companies are reminded to review and consider and observe the IP clauses and procedures within any CRCSI projects in which they get engaged.

If any questions can be addressed through Graeme Kernich gkernich@crcsi.com.au

Innovation Minister Kim Carr launched ‘”Intellectual property Explorer” last week. This free tool is designed for small businesses to help them manage their IP. It could be of interest and use to CRCSI participants. www.intellectualpropertyexplorer.com

6 - Next 43pl Board meeting will be on 15 September and members are welcome to raise items of business either through their regional directors or direct with Mike Ridout or Mel Plumb.

Regards

Mike Ridout

Simon Jellie,  e-Spatial Limited – Owner and Managing Director

Simon founded e-Spatial in 1998 to focus on the integration of location into business operations and workflows. Using his background as a Surveyor and Photogrammetric Engineer and 25 years experience in digital spatial data, Simon now concentrates on emerging technologies, data quality and maintenance processes.

e-Spatial is now primarily an Information Technology company specialising in the specification, design, development and integration of solutions, particularly based around location intelligence (spatial) and its associated data.

Capabilities include:

· Expertise and experience in architecting, designing, developing and maintaining web based (intranet and internet) mapping applications for central government agencies, such as NZ Police, NZ Fire Service, NZ Transport Agency, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Te Puni Kokiri

· Specialist skills in spatial database modelling and design and spatial query design and optimisation

· Industry knowledge, expertise and experience in the development of applications and processes to support the matching of property to parcel relationships.

· Industry knowledge, expertise and experience in build, management and maintenance of reference (typically national) spatial data sets in spatial databases

· Spatial ETL workflow expertise and experience using SAFE FME , SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and Oracle Spatial.

· Expertise and experience in the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) – particularly with respect to the OGC interoperability standards and spatial metadata

· Expertise and experience in the management and delivery of imagery based data, through the implementation and on-going management of the VueNZ hosted imagery service.

· Leading edge industry knowledge, expertise and experience in address modelling and the build and maintenance of solutions that use an address framework to underpin business applications.

Simon is also a member of the NZ Institute of Surveyors admission panel for the GIS, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing disciplines.

Robert Rowell

Rob is the managing director and owner of Insight GIS. Insight GIS is an information technology company that provides spatial information software and services. Established in 1989, Insight GIS has a long and successful track record of implementing and developing spatial solutions (especially in green field sites). Insight GIS is a strategic partner of Pitney Bowes Business Insight (MapInfo) and a HP Technology Partner (TRIM EDMS).

Rob has over 25 years experience in the spatial industry, with the last 20 spent owning and managing Insight GIS. Rob has held a number of positions within the Tasmanian IT / SI industry including : Tasmanian Chair of AURISA, serving on the committee of TASICT (Tasmania’s peak IT industry group) and is a member of the Tasmanian Government’s Digital Industry Advisory Council (DIAC). DIAC was established by the Premier to provide advice to government on ICT.

He has a Bachelor of Surveying (UTas) and is a licensed surveyor. Rob is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). He remains a member of TASICT and is also a member of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute.

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.

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