Chair's report 26 April 2005
Agenda item 4
IWF BOARD MEETING
26 April 2005
CHAIR’S REPORT
My antepenultimate report …
CHAIR’S ACTIVITIES
Since the last Board meeting, I have conducted the last of the one-to-one discussions which I have had with all non-industry Board members on their role as Board members. Also I visited the IWF’s Parliamentary corridor event and spoke at the very successful Parliamentary lunchtime reception when we launched our Annual Report and, on behalf of the organisation, I made presentations to LINX, ISPA and Peter Dawe OBE.
Other recent speaking commitments have been a lecture on communications regulation at Harrow College and a presentation on media literacy at an Ofcom/IPPR seminar.
It is part of my role as Chair to act as a link between the Board and the Chief Executive and his staff. As usual this quarter, therefore, I have had monthly meetings with Peter and made my quarterly visit to the IWF offices and I have chaired the quarterly Executive meeting.
Another part of my role is to keep in contact with and be accessible to the stakeholders who have an interest in the IWF’s work. In the last quarter, I have attended a BT Parliamentary reception, the Ofcom annual reception, an IWF dinner for mobile interests, the ISPA annual awards ceremony, an ITSPA Parliamentary reception, and a EURIM Parliamentary reception.
A further part of my role is to keep abreast of technological and regulatory developments in the wider communications industry. In the last quarter, I have attended an ISPA Parliamentary meeting on Internet content, an Ofcom consultation meeting on its draft Annual Plan, an OII/IPPR seminar on digital inclusion, a lunch discussion with the BBC Director-General, and an IEE lecture on fibre to the home.
BOARD AWAY DAY
We have agreed to have an ‘away day’ on 19 July 2005. Following consultation with the Vice-Chairs and the Chief Executive, I should like to propose the following arrangements for this event:
- We should use a venue which permits a less formal seating arrangement than the usual Board format.
- We should conduct our own deliberations without the need for an external facilitator.
- We should focus on a small number of strategic issues with a background paper on each issue being circulated in advance.
- We should have two issues for discussion: the IWF’s communications strategy and the future use of the Internet.
- We should conclude the day with a dinner and have an informal discussion with an invited guest.
- We should invite to the dinner the Chair of the Ofcom Content Board Richard Hooper.
I would invite the Board to endorse these recommendations.
ROGER DARLINGTON
15 April 2004
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