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2010—2001 Board of Trustees Resolutions
Resolution 2010-1: Approval of Minutes of the 76th Board meeting
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 76th Board meeting of the Internet Society held December 4th and 5th, 2009 in Amsterdam are approved.
Resolution 2010-2: Approval of Minutes of the 77th Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 77th Board meeting of the Internet Society held February 2, 2010 are approved as revised.
Resolution 2010-3: Confirmation of Electronic Vote
RESOLVED, that the electronic vote to approve the 2010 IAB slate consisting of the following individuals is approved:
Andrei Robachevsky
Bernard Aboba
Hannes Tschofenig
Olaf Kolkman
Ross Callon
Spencer Dawkins
Resolution 2010-4: Thank Fred Baker for his service on the IAOC.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees extends its sincere thanks to Fred Baker for his service to the IETF community as an ISOC Board appointee to the IAOC from January 2007 to March 2010.
Resolution 2010-5: Thank Nick Trio for his service on the AC
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees extends its sincere thanks to Nick Trio for his long and excellent service on the ISOC Advisory Council.
Resolution 2010-6: Welcome the rejuvenated US Washington DC Chapter.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the rejuvenated US Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society, which was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting.
Resolution 2010-7: Accept the proposed PIR By-law change
RESOLVED that the proposed PIR By-law change is accepted.
Resolution 2010-8: Appointment of Directors for the PIR Board
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board appoints Erik Huizer and Amitabh Singhal to the PIR Board of Directors for the period starting at the beginning of the mid-year 2010 PIR Board meeting and ending at the end of the day before the start of the mid-year 2013 PIR Board meeting.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board appoints Glenn Ricart for an additional year effective at the end of his current term to the PIR Board of Directors to complete the term of Kuo-Wei Wu.
Resolution 2010-9: Thank Kuo-Wei Wu for his service on the PIR board.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees extends its sincere thanks to Kuo-Wei Wu for his important service on the PIR board.
Resolution 2010-10: Form a committee to review the nominations and elections process and timetable
RESOLVED, that a committee be formed to examine the nominations process and propose a new nominations and election timeline.
Resolution 2010-11: Accept the Nominations Committee Report
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2010 Nominations Committee is accepted
Resolution 2010-12: Adopt a sense of the board relating to diversifying revenue base
RESOLVED, that the sense of the ISOC board is:
The board desires to greatly diversify its revenue base, consistent with ISOC’s mission and direction, with targets of USD 2MM in 2011, USD 4MM in 2012 and USD 8MM in 2013. To achieve these aggressive goals, the board will work closely with ISOC staff to develop a plan to achieve these targets.
Resolution 2010-13: Approval of the minutes of the 78th ISOC Board meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 78th meeting of the ISOC Board of Trustees held in Anaheim, 27-28 March 2010 are approved.
Resolution 2010-14: ISOC Board of Trustees welcomes new Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the Malaysia Chapter which was charted and approved since the last Board meeting.
Resolution 2010-15: Approve recommended allocation of additional funds received from PIR
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees approves the incremental expenditures as indicated in the request from ISOC’s CEO and as presented at the May 17th 2010 Board meeting.
Resolution 2010-16: Appointment of PIR President and CEO as a non voting member of the PIR Board
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees appoints Alexa Raad, PIR’s current President and CEO, as a non-voting member of the PIR Board of Directors for a term beginning at the mid year 2010 PIR Board of Directors meeting, and ending the earlier of the mid year 2012 PIR Board of Directors meeting or the end of her tenure as President and CEO.
Resolution 2010-17: Approval of the Minutes of the 79th Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 79th meeting of the Internet Society held by teleconference, 17 May 2010, are approved.
Resolution 2010-18: Accept the 2009 Independent Auditors Report.
RESOLVED, that the 2009 Independent Auditors Report is accepted.
Resolution 2010-19: Accept the 2009 – 2010 Election Committee Report
RESOLVED, that the Report of the 2009 – 2010 Elections Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2010-20: Recognition of outgoing Trustees
RESOLVED, that the board extends its sincere thanks to outgoing board members, Hiroshi Esaki. Desiree Miloshevic, Ted Hardie and Patrick Vande Walle for their tireless commitment and exceptional service to the Internet Society.
Resolution 2010-21: Appoint a Secretary to the Board
RESOLVED, that Scott Bradner be appointed as Secretary to the Board
Resolution 2010-22: Apoint a Treasurer
RESOLVED, that Eva Frolich be appointed as Treasurer
Resolution 2010-23: Appoint a Chair of the Elections Committee
RESOLVED, that Khaled Koubaa be appointed as Chair of the Elections Committee
Resolution 2010-24: Appoint a Chair of the Nominations Committee
RESOLVED, that Alejandro Pisanty be appointed as Chair of the Nominations Committee
Resolution 2010-25: Approval of amendment to ISOC’s By Laws to incorporate Board and Officer indemnification provisions.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees approves the amendment of the ISOC By Laws to incorporate the indemnification provisions as proposed by ISOC Management.
Resolution 2010-26: Appoint an ISOC Liaison
The ISOC Board of Trustees appoints Eric Burger as the ISOC Liaison to the IETF Nominations Committee for the 2010-2011 term
Resolution 2010-27: Approve the execution of the PIR/ Afilias contract
WHEREAS The Bylaws of the Public Interest Registry require any contract with Afilias to be approved by the Board of the Internet Society, and
WHEREAS The PIR Board has approved the following resolution:
Whereas the Board selected a committee consisting of Messrs Botterman, Ricart and Peck (the “Committee”) to negotiate on behalf of PIR with representatives of Afilias the terms of an amended contract (the “Contract”) for the provision of services by Afilias to PIR for a term of six years, commencing on January 1, 2010;
Whereas the Committee consulted regularly with the Board regarding its negotiations, and the Board is satisfied that the Committee performed its functions in a manner consistent with the Board’s direction;
Whereas the Board consulted legal counsel regarding the preservation of the tax exempt status of PIR and is satisfied that the terms of the Contract are consistent with the requirements for the preservation of such status;
Whereas an independent consultant to PIR has made a study of the range of fair market values of services performed by other entities comparable to the services performed by Afilias, and the price to be paid by PIR to Afilias pursuant to the Contract is within the range of fair market values;
Whereas in comparison to the existing contract between PIR and Afilias the Contract provides more favorable financial arrangements for PIR over the term of the Contract, as well as other more favorable terms, including but not limited to a definite term of the Contract and a specific list of the services to be provided by Afilias;
Now therefore, be it resolved that the Board approves the terms of the Contract and its execution, subject to the further approval of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society, in substantially the form of the document attached to these minutes.
WHEREAS The Board of Trustees of the Internet Society has been briefed on the Contract and the foregoing resolution,
NOW THEREFORE, Be it RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society approves the execution of the contract by PIR.
Resolution 2010-28: Appoint an Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that Eva Frolich (as Treasurer) be appointed chair of the Audit Committee and that Bert Wijnen and Eric Burger be appointed as members of the Audit committee.
Resolution 2010-29: Appoint an Executive Committee
RESOLVED that Alejandro Pisanty, Eric Burger and Jonathan Zittrain be appointed to the Executive Committee along with Lynn St. Amour (as President & CEO), Raul Echeberria (as Chair of the ISOC Board), Eva Frolich (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).
Resolution 2010-30: Approval of the minutes of the 80th meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 80th Board meeting of the Internet Society held June 19, 2010 in Brussels are approved.
Resolution 2010-31: Approval of the minutes of the 81st meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 81st meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in Brussels on June 19-20, 2010 are approved.
Resolution 2010-32: Approval of the Call for Candidates and timetable for the PIR Board of Directors Appointments for 2011
RESOLVED that the Call for Candidates and timetable for the 2011 PIR Board of Directors Appointment is approved.
Resolution 2010-33: Approval of the minutes of the 82nd meeting of the Board of Trustees, held September 20, 2010.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 82nd Board meeting of the Internet Society held September 20, 2010 are approved, except for Philip, who abstained because he was not on the call.
Resolution 2010-34: Approval of the 2011 Election Committee.
RESOLVED that Fred Baker and Patrick Vande Walle be appointed as members of the Election Committee chaired by Khaled Koubaa.
Resolution 2010-35: Ratification of electric vote to approve the motion on Signatory Power Registration in Geneva.
RESOLVED that the Board ratifies the electronic vote for the following motion:
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board of Trustees appoints Lynn St.Amour, President and Chief Executive Officer; Gregory M. Kapfer, Chief Financial Officer; and Jon McNerney, Chief Operating Officer as legally authorized signers with individual signatory power for documents concerning the Geneva branch of the Internet Society, within the parameters set forth in ISOC’s Delegation Policy. The Board of Trustees also recognizes that Daniel Karrenberg is no longer Chairman of the Board, and therefore request that he be removed from the list of officials registered with the Geneva Trade Register. ISOC’s Secretary, Scott Bradner, is authorized to sign a resolution to be filed with the Geneva Trade Register.
Resolution 2010-36: Welcome the Rwanda Chapter of the Internet Society
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new Rwanda Chapter of the Internet Society, which was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting
Resolution 2010-37: Approval of the 2011 Nominations Committee.
RESOLVED that John Curran, Vanda Scartezini, Philip Smith, Daniel Karrenberg, Olivier Crepin-Leblond, and Hiroshi Esaki be appointed as members of the 2011 Nominations Committee chaired by Alejandro Pisanty.
Resolution 2010-38: Authorizing a donation to the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) in support of their Organizational evolution.
WHEREAS the Internet Society (“ISOC”) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington D.C., USA, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.
WHEREAS the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards; WHEREAS ISOC’s Board of Trustees at the 76th meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society resolved to provide financial assistance to W3C in its pursuit of an independent entity or lightweight headquarters operation; WHEREAS ISOC wishes to confirm its support of this organizational evolution for the second year of a three-year period based upon W3C’s report of progress towards such establishment; Be It Resolved, that the ISOC Board of Trustees directs its President and CEO to release an amount of $1 million to W3C and to assist the W3C in its evolution through such means as deemed appropriate, including the provision of staff expertise in fund raising, corporate governance, standards development, and communications; Be It Further Resolved, that the President and CEO of ISOC is hereby authorized, consistent with this motion, to execute such documents as necessary to effect the foregoing, and, as necessary or appropriate, to execute such other documents, correspondence or the like to provide assurances of the commitment of ISOC to the foregoing actions, in line with the principles expressed by the Internet Society Board of Trustees at the Internet Society Board meeting #83 on November 13-14, 2010.
Be it Further Resolved that the final contribution is dependent on significant progress toward self-sustainability.
Resolution 2010-39: Adopting an elections schedule
RESOLVED that the following elections schedule for 2011 is adopted.
Call for Nominations – November 17, 2010
Preliminary Slate Announced – March 11, 2011
Petition Period – March 11-April 11, 2011
Final Slate Announced – April 18, 2011
Election Date – May 27, 2011
Results of Election Announced – June 29, 2011
ISOC AGM – July 30, 2011
Resolution 2010-40: ISOC Board of Trustees Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the ISOC Costa Rica Chapter and the ISOC Sri Lanka Chapter which were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting
Resolution 2010-41: Approve the 2011 Budget as documented in the 2011-2013 Business Plan
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2011 Budget as documented in the 2011-2013 Business Plan
Resolution 2010-42: Approve the 2011-2013 High Level Financial plan
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2011-2013 High Level Financial plan as documented in 2011-2013 ISOC Business Plan and Budget submission.
Resolution 2010-43: Accepting additional 2010 funding from PIR.
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees directs ISOC’s President and CEO to accept additional 2010 contribution funds as made available by PIR during 2010; Be It Further RESOLVED, that such funds be used for the following purposes, including restrictions at the direction of the PIR Board of Directors:
- US$1,000,000 is to be used to fund the second contribution to W3C in 2010, as separately approved by the Board of Trustees (Resolution 10:38 and included in the 2010 forecast incorporated within the 2011-2013 Business Plan and Budget; and
- The remainder of restricted funds provided by PIR are to be used in support of the IETF as directed by future action of ISOC’s Board of Trustees.
Resolution 2009-1: Revise the board agenda
RESOLVED, that the agenda for the board meeting be revised to move more of the closed discussion to Sunday morning.
Resolution 2009-2: Approval of Minutes of the 69th Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 69th Board meeting of the Internet Society held November 22-23, 2008 are approved
Resolution 2009-3: Ratifying the Electronic Votes approving the 2009 IAB appointments.
RESOLVED, that the electronic votes approving the following individuals for the IAB as per RFC 3777 are ratified:
- Marcelo Bagnulo
- Vijay Gill
- John Klensin
- Danny McPherson
- Jon Peterson
- Dave Thaler
Resolution 2009-4: Ratifying Electronic Vote approving PIR Board Nominations Call
RESOLVED, that the electronic vote approving the 2009 Call for Nominations for the PIR Board of Directors and authorizing the ISOC President to issue such a call is ratified.
Resolution 2009-5: Accept the Nominations Committee Report
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2008-2009 Nominations Committee is accepted
Resolution 2009-6: ISOC Board of Trustees Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new ISOC chapters which were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting:
- ISOC Chad Chapter
- ISOC India Kolkata Chapter
- ISOC Philippines Chapter
- ISOC Togo Chapter
- ISOC San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
Resolution 2009-7: Ratify motion made in closed session
RESOLVED that the motion made in closed session is ratified. The motion made in closed session was:
Resolution 2009-8: Appoint a PIR Board member
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board appoints Maarten Botterman to the PIR Board for a 2009 – 2012 term beginning with the 2009 AGM of the PIR Board.
Resolution 2009-9: Board process under IETF BCP 10
RESOLVED that the board reaffirms that the normal ISOC board appointment processes be used to confirm appointments under IETF BCP 10.
Resolution 2009-10: Approval of the minutes of the 70th meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in San Francisco, 28-29 March, 2009.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 70th Board meeting held in San Francisco, 28-29 March, 2009 are approved.
Resolution 2009-11: Approval of ISOC’s Investment and Funds Management Policy.
RESOLVED that ISOC’s Investment and Funds Management Policy, dated 18 May, 2009 is approved.
Resolution 2009-12: Approval of the Minutes of the 71st Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 71st meeting of the Internet Society held by teleconference, 18 May 2009, are approved.
Resolution 2009-13: Approval of the Minutes of the 72nd Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 72nd meeting of the Internet Society held by teleconference, 29 May, 2009 are approved.
Resolution 2009-14: Accept the 2008-2009 Election Committee Report
RESOLVED, that the Report of the 2008-2009 Elections Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2009-15: Recognition of outgoing Trustees
RESOLVED, that the board extends its sincere gratitude to the outgoing board members, Patrik Faltstrom, Franck Martin, Bill St. Arnaud and YAN Bao Ping for their dedication and outstanding service to the Internet Society.
Resolution 2009-16: Thank outgoing chair
RESOLVED, that the board thanks Daniel Karrenberg for his excellent work as Chair.
Resolution 2009-17: Appoint a Chair of the Nominations Committee
RESOLVED, that Daniel Karrenberg be appointed as Chair of the Nominations Committee
Resolution 2009-18: Appoint a Chair of the Nominations Committee
RESOLVED, that Daniel Karrenberg be appointed as Chair of the Nominations Committee
Resolution 2009-19: Approving a revised Audit Committee charter.
RESOLVED, that the Audit Committee Charter (the “Charter”) be amended and restated to indicate that in its review of the audited statements of the Internet Society, the Audit Committee relies on the independent audit of Public Interest Registry and the review by the Board of Directors of Public Interest Registry, and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Audit Committee is responsible for the review of the Annual Disclosure Forms submitted under the Internet Society’s Conflict of Interest Policy, with a report to be made to the Board of Trustees at least annually.
Resolution 2009-20: Approve ISOC Delegation Policy
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Delegation Policy is approved.
Resolution 2009-21: Appoint an Executive Committee
RESOLVED that Daniel Karrenberg, Desiree Miloshevic and Alejandro Pisanty be appointed to the Executive Committee along with Raul Echeberria (as Chair), Lynn St. Amour (as President & CEO), Ted Hardie (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).
Resolution 2009-22: Appoint an Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that Ted Hardie (as Treasurer) be appointed chair of the Audit Committee and Bert Wijnen and Hiroshi Esak be appointed as members of the Audit committee.
Resolution 2009-23: Approval of the minutes of the 73rd (and 2009 AGM) meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in Stockholm on the 24th July 2009
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 73rd Board meeting of the Internet Society held in Stockholm on July 24th, 2009 are approved.
Resolution 2009-24: Approval of the minutes of the 74th meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in Stockholm on July 24-25th, 2009
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 74th meeting of the Board of Trustees, held in Stockholm on July 24-25th, 2009 are approved.
Resolution 2009-25: Accept the 2008 Independent Auditors Report.
RESOLVED, that the board received the report of the ISOC audit committee and to accept the 2008 Independent Auditors Report.
Resolution 2009-26: Assigning Tax Return review to the Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Audit Committee be responsible for reviewing the draft ISOC Tax Return with input from the Excom as regards to compensation.
Resolution 2009-27: Approval of the Call for Candidates for the PIR Board of Directors
RESOLVED, that the Call for Candidates for the PIR Board of Directors is approved
Resolution 2009-28: Approval of Minutes of the 75th Board meeting
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 75th Board meeting of the Internet Society held September 21, 2009 are approved
Resolution 2009-29: Approval of the 2010 Nomination Committee
RESOLVED that Holly Raiche, Jonathan Zittrain, Khaled Koubaa, Olga Cavalli, Philip Smith and Rob Blokzijl be appointed as members of the 2010 Nominations Committee chaired by Daniel Karrenberg.
Resolution 2009-30: Approval of the 2010 Election Committee
RESOLVED that Fred Baker and Jonne Soininen be appointed as members of the Election Committee Chaired by Patrick Vande Walle.
Resolution 2009-31: Appoint a member of the IAOC.
RESOLVED that Eric Burger be appointed to the IAOC for a term starting at the start of the first day after the first IETF meeting in 2010 and ending at the end of the last day of the first IETF meeting in 2012.
Resolution 2009-32: ISOC Board of Trustees welcomes the new Liberia Chapter of the Internet Society
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new Liberia Chapter of the Internet Society, which was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting
Resolution 2009-33: Authorizing a donation to the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) in support of their Organizational evolution
WHEREAS the Internet Society (“ISOC”) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington D.C., USA, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.
WHEREAS the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C is currently operated pursuant to two separate joint sponsorship agreements — one between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“M.I.T.”) and European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (“ERCIM”), and the other between M.I.T. and Keio University (“KEIO”);
WHEREAS W3C and ISOC recognize strong alignment between both organizations on a global open Internet, the Internet Ecosystem model, and our stewardship mission and responsibilities to the global Internet and end-users worldwide;
WHEREAS ISOC understands that pursuant to a 2009 report of a W3C Advisory Board task force, the W3C Advisory Board has recommended the creation of an independent W3C legal entity or lightweight Headquarters and W3C leadership intends to pursue the viability of W3C becoming an independent organization during 2010;
WHEREAS ISOC wishes to support this organizational evolution for a period of three years contingent upon progress being made towards such establishment and as reported through periodic reports;
WHEREAS ISOC will provide financial support to W3C, as outlined in ISOC’s 2010 – 2012 Business Plan and Budget, to assist W3C in establishing said independent entity or lightweight headquarters operation while also investigating means to increase collaboration with other parts of the Internet community;
WHEREAS ISOC and W3C recognize that W3C continues to be an independent organization and will make technical decisions according to its own process and that the financial support provided by ISOC will not encumber the W3C technical process;
Be It Resolved that ISOC expresses its willingness to facilitate W3C’s pursuit of an independent entity or lightweight headquarters operation in a manner to be identified in on-going discussions, and will explore and pursue further inter-organizational synergies including greater collaboration in mutually interesting activities and in communicating support for the Open Internet Ecosystem model.
Be It Further Resolved that the ISOC Board of Trustees further directs its President and CEO to assist the W3C in its evolution through such means as deemed appropriate, including the provision of staff expertise in fund raising, corporate governance, standards development, and communications.
Be It Further Resolved that the President and CEO of ISOC is hereby authorized, consistent with this motion, to execute such documents as necessary to effect the foregoing, and, as necessary or appropriate, to execute such other documents, correspondence or the like to provide assurances of the commitment of ISOC to the foregoing actions, in line with the principles expressed by the Internet Society Board of Trustees at the Internet Society Board meeting # 76 on Dec. 4-5, 2009.
Resolution 2009-34: Approve the 2010 Budget
RESOLVED, that the Board approve 2010 Budget as documented in the 2010-2012 Business Plan
Resolution 2008-1: Approve the minutes of the 63rd board meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 63rd Board meeting of the Internet Society held December 8-9, 2007 are approved as amended.
Resolution 2008-2: Accept the report of the Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that the report of the Audit Committee is accepted.
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Audit Committee Charter (the “Charter”) be amended and restated to delegate the responsibilities currently granted to the Director of Finance to ISOC’s Chief Financial Officer.
Resolution 2008-3: Accept the Nominations Committee Report
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2007-2008 Nominations Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2008-4: ISOC Board of Trustee Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new ISOC chapters which were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting:
- ISOC Mauritania
- ISOC US Philadelphia
- ISOC US Colorado
- ISOC Cote D’Ivoire
Resolution 2008-5: Appoint the ISOC designated member of the IAOC
RESOLVED, to appoint Fred Baker as the ISOC designated member of the IAOC for a two-year term effective and ending with the Spring IETF meetings in 2008 and 2010.
Resolution 2008-6: Approval of the minutes of the 64th Board meeting
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 64th Board meeting of the Internet Society held the 15th and 16th March 2008 are approved.
Resolution 2008-7: Approval of the minutes of the 19th May meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 65th meeting of the Internet Society held by teleconference 19 May 2008 are approved.
Resolution 2008-8: Accept the 2007 Audit Report
RESOLVED, that the Board approves the Audit Report by Grant Thornton dated June 27, 2008 as reviewed by the Audit Committee.
Resolution 2008-9: Accept the 2007-2008 Election Committee Report
RESOLVED, that the Report of the 2007-2008 Elections Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2008-10: Recognition of outgoing Trustees
RESOLVED that the Board thanks the outgoing Board members, Fred Baker and Glenn Ricart, for their outstanding commitment and service to the Internet Society.
Resolution 2008-11: Appoint a Secretary to the Board
RESOLVED that Scott Bradner be appointed as Secretary to the Board.
Resolution 2008-12: Appoint a Treasurer
RESOLVED, that Ted Hardie be appointed as Treasurer
Resolution 2008-13: Appoint an Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that Ted Hardy (as Treasurer) be appointed chair of the Audit Committee and Patrik Faltstrom and Raul Echeberria be appointed as members of the Audit committee.
Resolution 2008-14: Appoint an Executive Committee
RESOLVED that Franck Martin and Desiree Miloshevic be appointed to the Executive Committee along with Daniel Karrenberg as (Chair of the Board), Lynn St. Amour (as President & CEO), Ted Hardy (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).
Resolution 2008-15: Appoint a Chair of the Elections Committee
RESOLVED, that Patrick Vande Walle be appointed as Chair of the Elections Committee
Resolution 2008-16: Appoint a Chair of the Nominations Committee
RESOLVED, that Hiroshi Esaki be appointed as Chair of the Nominations Committee
Resolution 2008-17: Approval of the minutes of the 67th meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 67th Board meeting of the Internet Society held June 28th – 29th, 2008 in Paris, France are approved.
Resolution 2008-18: Approval of the “ISOC Appointment Process for the PIR Board of Directors”
RESOLVED that the ISOC Appointment Process for the PIR Board of Directors, dated 3 September, 2008 is approved.
Resolution 2008-19: Approval of Minutes of the 66th Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 66th Board meeting of the Internet Society held June 28, 2008 are approved.
Resolution 2008-20: Approval of Minutes of the 68th Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 68th Board meeting of the Internet Society held September 15, 2008 are approved.
Resolution 2008-21: Ratification of Prior E-Vote
RESOLVED that the e-vote to approve the 2009 Nominations Committee in which the following Nominations Committee was approved is ratified. ISOC’s 2008-2009 Nominating Committee:
- Hiroshi Esaki(chair)
- Ole Jacobsen
- Adiel Akplogan
- Michael Nelson
- Marc Blanchet
- Raúl Echeberría
- Peter Hellmonds
- Tony Hill
- Hans-Peter Dittler
Resolution 2008-22: Approval of the 2009 Election Committee
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart and Latif Ladid be appointed as members of the Election committee as Chaired by Patrick Vande Walle
Resolution 2008-23: Approval of the use of electronic voting system for the 2009 Board elections
RESOLVED that the Chair of the Election Committee is empowered to use an electronic voting system if the staff recommends one.
Resolution 2008-24: Accepting IETF process documents
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees accepts the following recently published IETF process documents, and accepts the responsibilities of ISOC as described in these documents. Halpern, J., “Advice to the Trustees of the IETF Trust on Rights to be Granted in IETF Documents,” RFC 5377, November 2008 Bradner, S., “Rights Contributors provide to the IETF Trust,” BCP 0078, RFC 5378, November 2008
Resolution 2008-25: Recognizing new chapters
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new ISOC chapters that were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting. ISOC India, Delhi ISOC Serbia, Belgrade
Resolution 2008-26: Ratify a motion made in closed session.
RESOLVED that the motion made in closed session be approved
Resolution 2008-27: Approving the revised PIR by-laws.
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board approves the revised PIR by-laws
Resolution 2008-28: Provide additional funds to the IETF
RESOLVED, that the ISOC work with the IAOC to provide an addition $150K in 2009 to encourage participation in the IETF.
Resolution 2008-29: Approve the ISOC Budget for 2009
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2009 Budget as documented in the 2009 ISOC Budget book.
Resolution 2008-30: Approve the 2009-2011 ISOC High Level Financial plan
RESOLVED, that the 2009 – 2011 High Level Financial plan as documented in the 2009 ISOC Budget Book is hereby approved.
Resolution 2007-1: Approving the minutes of the 56th meeting of the ISOC Board
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 56th Board meeting of the Internet Society held November 11- 12, 2006 are approved
Resolution 2007-2: Ratifying the electronic vote appointing Fred Baker to the IAOC
RESOLVED that the electronic vote approving the appointment of Fred Baker as ISOC’s representative to the IETF’s Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) for the remainder of Steve Crocker’s term (March 2008) is approved.
Resolution 2007-3: Approval of the minutes of the 15th January 2007 meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 57th Board meeting of the Internet Society held January 15th, 2007 are approved.
Resolution 2007-4: Confirmation of the Electronic Vote approving the 2007 IAB Slate.
RESOLVED that the following electronic vote is approved.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC BoT confirms the following slate of candidates for the IAB as per RFC 3777 and the submission by the IETF NomCom: Barry Lieba, Loa Andersson, Kurtis Lindqvist, Danny McPherson, Dave Thaler, Lixia Zhang.
Resolution 2007-5: Thanking the IETF nominations committee.
RESOLVED that the ISOC BoT thanks the IETF nominations committee and its chair for their excellent work.
Resolution 2007-6: Confirmation of the Electronic Vote approving the Indemnification Agreement for the IETF Trust
RESOLVED that the following electronic vote is approved.
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the Indemnification Agreement for the IETF Trust and authorize the President and CEO to execute said document.
Resolution 2007-7: Confirmation of the Electronic Vote approving the Indemnification Agreement for the ISOC Board, ISOC CEO and the Officers and Management of ISOC
RESOLVED that the following electronic vote is approved.
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the Indemnification Agreements for the ISOC Board, ISOC CEO and the Officers and Management of ISOC per the following documents:
- Indemnification-ISOC Board.doc
- Indemnification-ISOC empl.doc, and
- Indemnification ISOC CEO.doc
and authorize the President and CEO to execute said documents as appropriate.
Resolution 2007-8: ISOC Board of Trustee Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new ISOC chapters which were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting; ISOC Burundi, ISOC Romania, ISOC Democratic Republic of Congo and ISOC Republic of Congo.
Resolutions passed in closed session:
Resolution 2007-9: ISOC Board of Trustees Approves PIR Board of Director Appointment Process
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees approves the selection criteria as reviewed and authorizes the president to issue a call for candidates with the intent to seat up to three Directors mid year 2007 in order to allow adequate transition time.
Resolution 2007-10:
RESOLVED that the motions passed in closed session are ratified.
Resolution 2007-11: Filling Positions on the ISOC Project Funding Committee
RESOLVED, that the CEO is able to fill the vacant positions on the Project Funding Committee.
Resolution 2007-12: Criteria for membership in the ISOC Project Funding Committee
RESOLVED, that the membership of the ISOC Project Funding Committee include suitably qualified and willing candidates from the ISOC membership with relevant experience. This may include ISOC Board of Trustee members as well as other individuals from the ISOC membership with specific expertise.
Resolution 2007-13: Adding a member to the Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that Bill St. Arnaud be added to the Audit Committee
Resolution 2007-14: Approval of the minutes of the 24th – 25th March 2007 meeting of the Board of Trustees.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 58th meeting of the Internet Society board held 24 – 25 Mar 2007 are approved.
Resolution 2007-15: Approval of the minutes of the 21st May 2007 meeting of the Board of Trustees.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 59th meeting of the Internet Society board held by teleconference 21 May are approved.
Resolution 2007-16: Accept the Audit Report.
RESOLVED that the 2006 Audit Report is accepted.
Resolution 2007-17: Accept the Nominations Committee report.
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2006-2007 Nominations Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2007-18: Accept the Elections Committee report.
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2006-2007 Elections Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2007-19: ISOC Board of Trustees Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new ISOC chapters which were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting; ISOC Nepal, ISOC United Arab Emirates, ISOC Armenia and ISOC Sierra Leone.
Resolution 2007-20: Thanking outgoing board members
RESOLVED that the board thanks the outgoing board members, Erik Huizer and Stephen Squires, for their excellent work on behalf of the Internet Society.
Resolution 2007-21: Elect a Chair of the board.
RESOLVED that Daniel Karrenberg be elected as Chair of the board.
Resolution 2007-22: Appoint a Secretary to the board.
RESOLVED that Scott Bradner be appointed as Secretary to the board.
Resolution 2007-23: Appoint a Treasurer.
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart be appointed as Treasurer.
Resolution 2007-24:
RESOLVED that the motion passed in closed session is ratified. The motion passed in closed session was:
Resolution 2007-25: Appointment of a PIR board member
RESOLVED that Barbara Fraser is reappointed to the PIR board for a term beginning January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2011.
Resolution 2007-26: Appoint an Executive Committee.
RESOLVED that Franck Martin, Fred Baker and Desiree Miloshevic be appointed to the Executive Committee along with Lynn St. Amour (as President), Glenn Ricart (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).
Resolution 2007-27: Appoint An Audit Committee.
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart (as Treasurer) be appointed chair of the Audit Committee and Patrik Faltstrom and Ted Hardie be appointed as members of the committee.
Resolution 2007-28: Appoint a Chair of the Nominations Committee.
RESOLVED that Patrick Vande Walle be appointed as the chair of the Nominations Committee.
Resolution 2007-29: Appoint a Chair of the Elections Committee.
RESOLVED that Fred Baker be appointed as the chair of the Elections Committee.
Resolution 2007-30: Approval of the minutes of the 60th (and 2007 AGM) meeting of the Board of Trustees.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 60th Board meeting of the Internet Society held 30 June 2007 are approved.
Resolution 2007-31: Approval of the minutes of the 61st meeting of the Board of Trustees.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 61st Board meeting of the Internet Society held on 30 June and 1 July 2007 are approved.
Resolution 2007-32: Appointing the ISOC 2007-2008 Nominating Committee.
RESOLVED, that the Board accept the ISOC 2007-2008 Nominating Committee consist of:
- Patrick Vande Walle (LU) (chair)
- Hiroshi Esaki (JP)
- Desiree Miloshevic (UK)
- Mike Nelson (USA)
- Sebastian Ricciardi (AR)
- Adiel Akplogan (TG)
- Ian Peter (AU)
- Alan Levin (ZA)
- Miriam Sapiro (USA)
- Marc Blanchet (CA)
Resolution 2007-33: ISOC Board of Trustee Welcomes New Chapters.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new ISOC chapters which were chartered and approved since the last Board meeting; ISOC Chennai (India), ISOC Cambodia, and ISOC Sudan.
Resolution 2007-34: Ratification of motion made in closed session.
RESOLVED that the motion passed in closed session is ratified. The motion passed in closed session was:
Resolution 2007-35: Appointment of PIR Directors.
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board of Trustees Approves the Appointment of Kuo-Wei Wu to a three-year term on the PIR board beginning January 1st, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2010.
Resolution 2007-36: Approve the minutes of the 62nd board meeting
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 62nd Board meeting of the Internet Society held October 4th, 2007 are approved.
Resolution 2007-37: Ratifying the electronic vote on election procedures
RESOLVED that the e-vote regarding Election Procedures for ISOC’s Board of Trustees is ratified.
Resolution 2007-38: Appointing members of the election committee
RESOLVED that Margaret Wasserman and Sebastien Bachollet be appointed as members of the Election committee as Chaired by Fred Baker.
Resolution 2007-39: Thanking the outgoing PIR board members
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board thanks Susan Estrada and Eva Frˆlich for their service on the Public Interest Registry (PIR) Board.
Resolution 2007-40: Establishing a bank account for the Itojun Fund
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees authorizes the President of ISOC to establish a bank account to support the establishment of a fund in honor of Dr. Junichiro Hagino, the “Itojun Fund” to support deployment endeavors in the IPv6 area under terms to be defined by the family or the fund originators: Jun Murai, Hiroshi Osaki, Ole Jacobsen, Randy Bush and Bob Hinden.
Resolution 2007-41: Correct an error in the minutes of the 61st board meeting
RESOLVED that Resolution 2007-25: Appointment of a PIR board member in the minutes of the 61st meeting of the ISOC Board of Trustees is corrected to read “RESOLVED that Barbara Fraser is re-appointed to the PIR board for a term beginning January 1, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2010.”
Resolution 2007-42: Reaffirming Principles Governing ISOC’s Relationship with its Members
WHEREAS there have been misunderstandings about the business rules with regards to membership in ISOC and ISOC chapters,
WHEREAS ISOC desires to (re-)implement an automated membership system for the society and its members based on agreed business rules,
WHEREAS ISOC staff has held consultations with chapters to clarify this and plans to continue to consult with the membership about the implementation of the automated system,
and WHEREAS ISOC staff has produced as a summary of current policy containing clarifications,
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board reaffirms the principles embodied in the governing its relationships with the chapters, organizations, and individual members.
Resolution 2007-43: Ratification of motion made in closed session
RESOLVED that the motion passed in closed session is ratified. The motion passed in closed session was: Resolution 2007-44: Appointment of PIR Director
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board of Trustees Approves the Appointment of Maarten Botterman to a one-year term on the PIR board beginning January 1st, 2008 and ending on December 31, 2008.
Resolution 2007-44: Adopt “Trust and Identity” as an ISOC Major Strategic Initiative.
WHEREAS the ISOC Board of Trustees desires to affirm the importance of a trustworthy Internet.
WHEREAS, it is believed that ISOC can make a significant contribution to the area of Trust and Identity.
RESOLVED, that “Trust and Identity” be identified as an ISOC Major Strategic Initiative.
Resolution 2007-45: Approve 2008 budget
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2008 Budget as documented in the 2008 Board Budget book.
Resolution 2007-46: Approve the 2008-2010 high level financial plan
WHEREAS the board wishes to agree on a budgetary plan for the medium term and thereby provide guidance to the staff when preparing the annual budgets,
RESOLVED that the 2008-2010 High Level Financial plan as documented in the 2008-2010 Budget Book is hereby approved.
Resolution 2007-47: Thanking the Postel Award Committee and Recognizing Nii Quaynor
RESOLVED that the board thanks the Postel Award Committee for their excellent work and recognizes Nii Quaynor as the most recent recipient of the award.
Resolution 2006-1: Approval of the minutes of the 30 October 2005 meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 30 October 2005 meeting of the Board of Trustees are approved
Resolution 2006-2: Confirmation of the Electronic Vote approving the 2006 ISOC budget.
RESOLVED that the electronic vote approving the 2006 ISOC budget be confirmed.
Resolution 2006-3: Support for the establishment of the ECC as a legal entity.
WHEREAS, the formal relationship between the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Internet Society European Chapters Coordinating Council (ISOC-ECC) is an important one to both entities; and
WHEREAS, this formal relationship is governed by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two entities; and
WHEREAS, ISOC-ECC has, for various reasons, expressed an interest in establishing itself into a formal legal entity; and
WHEREAS, the subject of such establishment by ISOC-ECC into a formal legal entity has been acted upon by ISOC-ECC with the resulting legal entity formation papers being based upon and largely following the MoU; and
WHEREAS, such legal entity formation papers make minor modifications to the MoU; and
WHEREAS, ISOC-ECC has now requested that the Board of Trustees of ISOC approve the legal entity formation papers;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that ISOC-ECC may be established as a legal entity in accordance with the laws and regulations of the European government, at the place where ISOC-ECC chooses to establish such legal entity, in accordance with the MoU as modified as set forth in the PDF Document entitled Barcelona’s candidature to host the ISOC ECC legal entity, dated September 13th, 2005; and, further, so long as this modified MoU is not materially amended or otherwise changed thereafter to the detriment of ISOC, as determined by ISOC within its reasonable discretion; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the term ‘Internet Society Vice President of Chapters’ in such revised MoU be amended to read ‘Internet Society Vice President of Chapters or other designee appointed by the Internet Society President’; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the appointment of Nelson Sanchez as the officially appointed ISOC Ex Officio member of ISOC ECC as mentioned on page 15 of the above referenced candidature be amended, with consent of ISOC ECC, to read Director of Membership or other designee appointed by the Internet Society President.
Resolution 2006-4: Updating the ISOC procedures for selecting trustees
RESOLVED That the current ISOC procedures for selecting trustees be updated as follows:
1) change the paragraph:
Election Conduct/Promotion of Election to Organizational Members and Chapters
Candidates will be given the opportunity to submit biographical information and an election statement. The Elections Committee will put in place a process for appropriate electronic dissemination of candidate information. Active campaigning other than the aforementioned statements is discouraged.
to read:
Election Conduct/Promotion of Election to Organizational Members and Chapters
Candidates will be given the opportunity to submit biographical information and an election statement. The Elections Committee will put in place a process for appropriate electronic dissemination of candidate information and will allow updating of this candidate information by the candidate until the end of the voting period. Active campaigning other than the aforementioned statements is discouraged.
2) Change the paragraph:
TRUSTEES (ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER)
Constituency
Any ISOC Organizational Member in good standing as of election eligibility cutoff dates may participate in the Trustee (Organizational Member) election process. The ISOC Advisory Council Charter reads:
“Each organization member may designate a Principal and an Alternate Representative to the Council with equal status and standing. However, on formal votes of the Council, a single vote for each Organization Member will be authorized.”
Prior to the election, the above-mentioned representatives will be requested to name an Election Representative, who will act as their spokesperson with respect to all election actions. In the absence of such a representative being named, the Principal representative will be deemed to be the Election Representative. If ISOC receives multiple distinct actions with respect to any specific issue (such as ballot submission), the first action will be acted on and all subsequent actions will be ignored.
The above notwithstanding, given suitable advance notice, ISOC will allow an Organization Member to replace its Election Representative.
to read:
TRUSTEES (ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBER)
Constituency
Any ISOC Organizational Member in good standing as of election eligibility cutoff dates may participate in the Trustee (Organizational Member) election process. The ISOC Advisory Council Charter reads:
“Each organization member may designate a Principal and an Alternate Representative to the Council with equal status and standing. However, on formal votes of the Council, a single vote for each Organization Member will be authorized.”
Prior to the election, the above-mentioned representatives will be requested to name an Election Representative, who will act as their spokesperson with respect to all election actions. In the absence of such a representative being named, the Principal representative will be deemed to be the Election Representative. If ISOC receives multiple distinct ballots, the last ballot received during the voting period will be acted on and all previous ballots will be ignored.
The above notwithstanding, given suitable advance notice, ISOC will allow an Organization Member to replace its Election Representative.
3) Change the paragraph:
TRUSTEES (CHAPTER)
Constituency
Any Recognized Chapter as of the election eligibility cutoff dates may participate in the Chapter election process. Prior to the election process, each Chapter will be requested to identify their Election Representative, who will act as their spokesperson with respect to all election actions. In the absence of such a spokesperson being named, the President of the Chapter (or whatever title is used to designate the normal Chapter spokesperson) will be deemed to be the Election Representative. If ISOC receives multiple distinct actions with respect to any specific issue (such as ballot submission), the first action will be acted on and all subsequent actions will be ignored.
The above notwithstanding, given suitable advance notice, ISOC will allow a Chapter to replace its Election Representative.
to read:
TRUSTEES (CHAPTER)
Constituency
Any Recognized Chapter as of the election eligibility cutoff dates may participate in the Chapter election process. Prior to the election process, each Chapter will be requested to identify their Election Representative, who will act as their spokesperson with respect to all election actions. In the absence of such a spokesperson being named, the President of the Chapter (or whatever title is used to designate the normal Chapter spokesperson) will be deemed to be the Election Representative. If ISOC receives multiple distinct ballots , the last ballot received during the voting period will be acted on and all previous ballots will be ignored.
The above notwithstanding, given suitable advance notice, ISOC will allow a Chapter to replace its Election Representative.
Resolution 2006-5: Continue ISOC Chapter/Member Project
Funding Program RESOLVED that the ISOC Chapter/Member Project Funding Program be continued through 2006 in accordance with the provisions of such Program as previously approved by this Board, as amended in this Board action of April 10, 2006, and that such Program have at its disposal, under its terms, up to US$200,000.00 to pay out, in total, in 2006 awards.
Resolution 2006-6: Approving membership in the ISOC Project Funding Committee
RESOLVED that the following members of the ISOC Board of Trustees shall serve as members of the ISOC Project Funding Committee until such time as otherwise determined by the Board of Trustees:
- Patrick Vande Walle; and
- Rosa M. Delgado; and
- Margaret Wasserman
Resolution 2006-7: Staff support for the ISOC Chapter/Member Project Funding Program
RESOLVED that the staff portion of the composition of the ISOC Project Funding Committee shall be up to three positions as determined by the CEO of ISOC from time to time, and that the ISOC website be changed to so indicate; and
Resolution 2006-8: Establishing priorities for the ISOC Chapter/Member Project Funding Program
RESOLVED that the Strategic Priorities by which such Committee evaluates Project Funding Applications be amended in 2006 to provide as follows:
“In the year 2006 the Board has set the following as areas of strategic priorities for the Committee to use in evaluating project proposals:
- Maintenance and evolution of effective administrative processes necessary for operation of the global Internet and this, in particular, specifically includes projects supporting capacity building and education focused activities, especially those capable of transferability, i.e. they could easily be adopted by other Chapters/stakeholders as, for example, a best practices template.; and
- Education and research related to the Internet and internetworking.”
Resolution 2006-9: Approve the minutes of the 10-11 February 2006 and 10 April 2006 board meetings.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 10-11 February 2006 and 10 April 2006 board meetings are approved.
Agenda Minutes Document Document
Resolution 2006-10: Approve the minutes of the 24 April 2006 board meeting.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 24 April 2006 board meeting are approved.
Resolution 2006-11: Accept the Audit Report.
RESOLVED that the 2005 Audit Report is accepted.
Resolution 2006-12: Accept the Nominations Committee report.
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2005-2006 Nominations Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2006-13: Accept the Elections Committee report.
RESOLVED that the Report of the 2005-2006 Elections Committee is accepted.
Resolution 2006-14: Thanking outgoing board members
RESOLVED that the board thanks the outgoing board members for their excellent work on behalf of the Internet Society.
Resolution 2006-15: Appoint a secretary to the board.
RESOLVED that Scott Bradner be appointed as Secretary to the board.
Resolution 2006-16: Appoint a Treasurer.
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart be appointed as Treasurer.
Resolution 2006-17: Appoint an Executive Committee.
RESOLVED that Daniel Karrenberg, Fred Baker, Franck Martin, Desiree Miloshevic be appointed to the Executive Committee along with Lynn St. Amour (as President), Glenn Ricart (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).
Resolution 2006-18: Appoint an Audit Committee.
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart (as Treasurer) be appointed chair of the Audit Committee and Fred Baker and Daniel Karrenberg be appointed as members of the committee.
Resolution 2006-19: Appoint an Ad-Hoc ISOC-PIR Committee.
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart be appointed chair of the Ad-Hoc ISOC-PIR Committee and Erik Huizer, Franck Martin and Lynn St. Amour as members of the committee.
Resolution 2006-20: Appoint the ISOC member of the IAOC.
RESOLVED to appoint Steve Crocker as ISOC representative to the IAOC for a two-year term.
Resolution 2006-21: Appoint a Chair of the Nominations Committee.
RESOLVED to appoint Patrick Vande Walle as the chair of the Nominations Committee.
Resolution 2006-22: Appoint a Chair of the Elections Committee.
RESOLVED to appoint Fred Baker as the chair of the Elections Committee.
Resolution 2006-23: Create an Ad-Hoc committee on Outsourcing
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that an ad-hoc committee including the president be formed to support the president in identifying suitable operational tasks and evaluate the operational results; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the committee will report back to the board about progress; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the committee will at the appropriate time, but no later than 12 months from now, formulate conclusions and recommend any association policies regarding outsourcing; BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the initial members of this ad-hoc committee be Lynn St. Amour, Daniel Karrenberg, Veni Markowski and Patrick Vande Walle.
Resolution 2006-24: Appointment of PIR board member
RESOLVED that Pindar Wong is appointed to the PIR board for a term ending on December 31, 2008.
Resolution 2006-25: Ratification of the PIR/ICANN agreement
RESOLVED that the Board ratifies the PIR / ICANN agreement in substantially the same form as presented.
Resolution 2006-26: Ratify electronic vote for the chair of the ISOC nomcom.
RESOLVED that the electronic vote that appointed Bill St. Arnaud as chair of the ISOC Nominations Committee is ratified.
Resolution 2006-27: Ratify electronic vote for the ISOC representative to the IETF nomcom.
RESOLVED that the electronic vote that appointed Fred Baker as the ISOC representative to the IETF Nominations Committee is ratified.
Resolution 2006-28: Approval of the minutes of past meetings.
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 55th meeting of the ISOC Board be approved as written.
Resolution 2006-29: Approve 2007-2009 budgetary plan
WHEREAS the board wishes to agree on a budgetary plan for the medium term and thereby provide guidance to the CEO when preparing the annual budgets
RESOLVED, that the 2007-2009 budgetary plan will be as documented by the 2007-2009 budget book.
Resolution 2006-30: Approving the 2007 budget
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2007 Budget as presented by President and CEO Lynn St. Amour and as documented in the 2007 – 2009 Budget Book.
Resolution 2006-31: Selecting a PIR board member to fill Glenn Ricart’s seat
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart is reappointed to the PIR board for another term.
Resolution 2006-32: Adopting a process for filling Pindar Wong’s seat on the PIR board
RESOLVED that the ISOC board appoint a person to fill out the remainder of Pindar Wong’s term on the PIR board with the effective date to be determined by the Chair of the ISOC board.
Resolution 2006-33: Adopting a process for filling Pindar Wong’s seat on the PIR board
RESOLVED that the ISOC board appoint a person to fill out the remainder of Pindar Wong’s term on the PIR board with the effective date to be determined by the Chair of the ISOC board.
Resolution 2006-34: Selecting a PIR board member to fill Pindar Wong’s seat.
RESOLVED that the ISOC board appoint Erik Huizer to fill the remainder of Pindar Wong’s term on the ISOC board with the effective date to be determined by the Chair of the ISOC board.
Resolution 2006-35: Appointing the ISOC 2006-2007 Nominating Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board accept the ISOC 2006-2007 Nominating Committee consist of Bill St. Arnaud (chair), Ole Jacobsen, Jonne Soininen, Mike Nelson, Kilnam Chon, Daniel Stern, Wladyslaw Majewski, Alex Gakuru and Kimberly Claffy as proposed by Nomcom Chair Bill St. Arnaud.
Resolution 2006-36: Accepting the IETF process documents
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees accepts or confirms its acceptance of the IETF process documents current at this time, and accepts the responsibilities of ISOC as described in these documents. The IETF process documents consist of the following:
Bradner, S., “The Internet Standards Process – Revision 3”, BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.
Bradner, S., “IETF Working Group Guidelines and Procedures”, BCP 25, RFC 2418, September 1998.
Internet Architecture Board and B. Carpenter, “Charter of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB)”, BCP 39, RFC 2850, May 2000.
Harris, S., “IETF Discussion List Charter”, BCP 45, RFC 3005, November 2000.
Harris, S., “IETF Guidelines for Conduct”, BCP 54, RFC 3184, October 2001.
Daigle, L. and Internet Architecture Board, “IETF ISOC Board of Trustee Appointment Procedures”, BCP 77, RFC 3677, December 2003.
Rose, M., “A Practice for Revoking Posting Rights to IETF mailing lists”, BCP 83, RFC 3683, February 2004.
Galvin, J., “IAB and IESG Selection, Confirmation, and Recall Process: Operation of the Nominating and Recall Committees”, BCP 10, RFC 3777, June 2004.
Klensin, J. and S. Dawkins, “A Model for IETF Process Experiments”, BCP 93, RFC 3933, November 2004.
Wasserman, M., “Updates to RFC 2418 Regarding the Management of IETF Mailing Lists”, BCP 94, RFC 3934, October 2004.
Bush, R. and T. Narten, “Clarifying when Standards Track Documents may Refer Normatively to Documents at a Lower Level”, BCP 97, RFC 3967, December 2004.
Bradner, S., “IETF Rights in Contributions”, BCP 78, RFC 3978, March 2005.
Bradner, S., “Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology”, BCP 79, RFC 3979, March 2005.
Austein, R. and B. Wijnen, “Structure of the IETF Administrative Support Activity (IASA)”, BCP 101, RFC 4071, April 2005.
Huston, G. and B. Wijnen, “The IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (IAOC) Member Selection Guidelines and Process”, BCP 113, RFC 4333, December 2005.
Carpenter, B. and L. Lynch, “BCP 101 Update for IPR Trust”, BCP 101, RFC 4371, January 2006.
S. Bradner, Ed., “RFC 3978 Update to Recognize the IETF Trust”, BCP 78, RFC 4748, October 2006.
Resolution 2006-37: Recognition of Michael R. Nelson
RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the ISOC President and CEO and the Board of Trustees thank Michael R. Nelson for all his efforts and support as ISOC’s VP of Public Policy.
Resolution 2006-38: Recognition of David McAuley
RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the ISOC President and CEO and the Board of Trustees thank David McAuley for all his efforts and support as ISOC’s Director of Membership and Chapters.
Resolution 2005-1: Excusing Pindar from the ISOC BoT NomComm
RESOLVED that Pindar be excused from the ISOC BoT NomComm.
Resolution 2005-2: Approval of the minutes of past meetings.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 38th and 44th meetings of the ISOC Board be approved.
Agenda Minutes Document Document
Resolution 2005-3: Confirmation of electronic votes.
RESOLVED that the electronic votes to approve BCP-07, to reconfirm Board resolution 96-12, to approve the 2005 IAB slate and to adopt the chapter funding proposal be confirmed.
Resolution 2005-4: Filling out the Project Funding Committee
RESOLVED that Veni Markovski be added to the Project Funding Committee.
Resolution 2005-5: Staffing the Ad Hoc ISOC-IASA committee.
RESOLVED that the membership of the Ad Hoc ISOC-IASA committee be Steve Crocker (chair), Fred Baker, Scott Bradner, Stephen Squires, Margaret Wasserman, and Lynn St. Amour.
Resolution 2005-6: Staffing the Ad Hoc ISOC-PIR committee
RESOLVED that the membership of the Ad Hoc ISOC-PIR committee be Glenn Ricart (Chair), Fred Baker, Steve Crocker, Margaret Wasserman, Rosa Delgado, Pindar, Wong and Lynn St. Amour.
Resolution 2005-7: Approval of the minutes of past meetings.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 45th, 46th and 47th meetings of the ISOC Board be approved as written.
Agenda Minutes Document Document Document
Resolution 2005-8: The role of the ISOC nominations committee
RESOLVED that the nomcom chair form a subcommittee to develop a recommendation for board consideration about the role and operation of future ISOC nomcoms.
Resolution 2005-9: ISOC’s 2004 Audit Report
RESOLVED that the Board accepts and affirms the Audit Committee Report regarding the audit of ISOC’s calendar year 2004 financial statements and commends Lynn DuVal for her excellent accounting.
Resolution 2005-10: Thanking the Nominations and Elections committees
RESOLVED that the Board thanks Margaret Wasserman and George Sadowsky and their respective Nominations and Elections committees for their excellent work. Glenn seconded the motion.
Resolution 2005-11: Election of Chair.
RESOLVED that Fred Baker be elected as Chair of the ISOC Board.
Resolution 2005-12: Ad Hoc board committees
RESOLVED that the Ad Hoc PIR and ISOC IASA board committees be continued.
Resolution 2005-13: Officers and other positions
RESOLVED that Scott Bradner be appointed Secretary, Glenn Ricart be appointed Treasurer and Audit Committee Chair, Desiree Miloshevic be appointed Nominations Committee Chair, Veni Markovski be appointed as Elections Committee Chair, Steve Crocker be appointed the Chair of the Ad Hoc IASA committee and Glenn Ricart be appointed the Chair of the Ad Hoc PIR committee.
Resolution 2005-14: Executive Committee
RESOLVED that the ISOC Executive Committee consist of Fred Baker,Steve Crocker, Glenn Ricart, Patrick Vande Walle and Daniel Karrenberg, with ex-officio members Lynn St Amour (as president), Glenn Ricart (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).
Resolution 2005-15: Adopting the ISOC Strategic Operating Plan
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board adopts Strategic Operating Plan version 3.3 as the prime strategic directive from the board of Trustees to Lynn St Amour CEO and to be the blueprint of an ISOC operating plan.
Resolution 2005-16: Authorizing the signing of an IETF Trust
WHEREAS the IETF Trust (“Trust”) is to be created to acquire, hold, manage, maintain, protect and license the intellectual property rights (“IPR”) of the IETF for the benefit of the IETF Community WHEREAS the Settlors of the Trust are the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (“CNRI”) and the Internet Society (“ISOC”) WHEREAS the Settlors are to contribute all rights, title and interest in all IETF IPR held by them to the Trust WHEREAS the Trustees of the Trust are to be the members of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (“IAOC”) including the IETF Administrative Director (“IAD”)
Be It Resolved that simultaneously with the execution of appropriate documents that create the Trust by the Settlors ISOC contributes all of its IETF IPR then currently held
Be It Resolved that any and all IETF IPR that comes into the possession of ISOC subsequent to the creation of the Trust shall become the property of the Trust
Be It Further Resolved that the President of ISOC is hereby authorized to execute such documents as necessary to effect the foregoing, including creation of the IETF Trust, the contribution of all IETF IPR held by ISOC at the time of Trust creation and thereafter, and, as necessary or appropriate, to execute such other documents, correspondence or the like to provide assurances of the commitment of ISOC to the foregoing actions.
Resolution 2005-17: Expressing thanks to and support of the IASA
RESOLVED that the ISOC board thanks the IAOC for their efforts to resolve this issue and to express the ongoing support of the ISOC.
Resolution 2005-18: Supporting the ECC
RESOLVED that the ISOC reinforces its previous resolutions to endorse and support the ISOC-ECC and encourages it to proceed with all due speed in creating a legal entity. As agreed in the 2003 MOU, ISOC has chartered ISOC-ECC to be a part of ISOC, supporting ISOC’s mission, principles, and goals, and coordinating with ISOC on international initiatives. ISOC looks forward to reviewing and approving the legal documents required to set up and operate ISOC ECC just as it does with all chapters and coordinating councils.
Resolution 2005-19: Approval of the minutes of the May 15-16 meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of May 15-16, 2004 meeting of the Board of Trustees are approved
Resolution 2005-20: Approval of the minutes of the August 5, 2005 meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the August 5, 2005 meeting of the Board of Trustees are approved.
Resolution 2005-21: Approval of the minutes of the August 5-6, 2005 meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the August 5-6, 2005 meeting of the Board of Trustees are approved as amended.
Resolution 2005-22: Confirmation of Electronic Votes
RESOLVED that the electronic votes defining the memberships of the Ad-hoc ISOC PIR, Ad-hoc ISOC IASA and Nominations committees are confirmed.
Resolution 2005-23: Approval of revised policy for the delegation of financial authority
WHEREAS, the operations of the Internet Society are characterized by a growing number of programs, contracts, and other approved areas of assistance, involvement and financial support and outlays; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees and the executive management of the Internet Society desire that there be in effect a consistent, clear, and prudent policy regarding the authorization required to enter into certain agreements or financial transactions or to execute any instrument or take any other action to obligate the Internet Society to make any payments of money or of other value; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the attached INTERNET SOCIETY POLICY FOR DELEGATION OF FINANCIAL AUTHORITY OF OCTOBER 19, 2005, is hereby adopted by this Board of Trustees and shall be given effect in accordance with its terms until such time as it shall be superseded or withdrawn by the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society.
Resolution 2005-24: Thanking Jim Galvin
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board of Trustees thanks Jim Galvin for all his efforts and extremely selfless support as ISOC VP for Individual Members and Chapters.
Resolution 2005-25: Accept Charter for the ISOC Advisory Council
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board of Directors accepts the proposed charter for the ISOC Advisory Council as proposed.
Resolution 2004-1: Approve meeting minutes #36 and #37
RESOLVED that ISOC board approves the minutes of the November and December 2003 board meetings as published.
Agenda Minutes Document Document
Resolution 2004-2: Confirm electronic vote to approve IAB slate
RESOLVED that the electronic vote to approve IAB slate is confirmed.
Resolution 2004-3: Thank Lynn St. Amour and Lynn DuVal
RESOLVED that the ISOC board thanks Lynn St. Amour and Lynn DuVal for their excellent work relating to the improved ISOC financial health.
Resolution 2004-4: Approve Financial Report
RESOLVED that the ISOC board approves the 2003 Financial Report.
Resolution 2004-5: Accept NomCom Report
RESOLVED that the ISOC board accept the report of the nominations committee.
Resolution 2004-6: Accept Elections Committee Report
RESOLVED that the ISOC board accept the report of the elections committee.
Resolution 2004-7:
RESOLVED that Glenn Ricart be appointed to the PIR board.
Resolution 2004-8:
RESOLVED that the term of Glenn Ricart’s appointment be for the remainder of David Maher’s term.
Resolution 2004-9:
RESOLVED that Stephen Squires be appointed to fill out Larry Landweber’s term on the ISOC board.
Resolution 2004-10: Recognition of revenue from individual members.
RESOLVED that the ISOC recognize revenue from individual members when received until the amount becomes material.
Resolution 2004-11: Establishing a board committee to finalize the budget
RESOLVED that a board committee consisting of Glenn (chair of committee), Margaret, Fred, Lynn and Veni be established to finalize the budget and report back to the board.
Resolution 2004-12: Election Committee
RESOLVED that the ISOC establish an Elections Committee consisting of George Sadowsky (chair) and Nick Trio, Rosa Delgado and Ole Jacobsen.
Resolution 2004-13: Thanking George Sadowsky
RESOLVED that the ISOC board thank George Sadowsky for talking on the effort of Chair of the Election Committee.
Resolution 2004-14: Setting the qualifying date for the paid member board position.
RESOLVED that the date for determining if enough individual paying members have joined the ISOC to meet the qualifying threshold for electing a board member be November 14th.
Resolution 2004-15: ISOC representative to the IETF IASA Transition Team
RESOLVED that Steve Crocker be selected as the ISOC’s selection for the IETF IASA Transition Team.
Resolution 2004-16: Number of Board Meetings
RESOLVED that there shall be six ISOC board meetings per year, about half of them be face-to-face and the rest be telephonic.
Resolution 2004-17: Selecting PIR board members
RESOLVED that the ISOC select Eva Frolich, Susan Estrada, Barbara Fraser for the PIR board.
Resolution 2004-18: Establishing an Ad-Hoc ISOC IASA Committee
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board establish an ISOC IASA Committee using the charter proposed by Margaret.
Resolution 2004-19: Establishing an Ad-Hoc PIR Committee
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board establish an Ad-Hoc PIR Committee using the charter proposed by Steve Crocker.
Resolution 2004-20: Adopting an ISOC budget for 2005
RESOLVED that ISOC adopts its 2005 Budget as presented by CEO Lynn St. Amour (documented in her PowerPoint presentation made to the Board 12 13 November 2004) and as amended by the Budget Committee (documented in the ISOC Budget Notes dated 13 December 2004).
Resolution 2003-1: Amendments of PIR articles of incorporation and By-laws
RESOLVED that the amendments to the Public Interest Registry’s (PIR) Articles of Incorporation (attached) and By-laws (attached) be accepted to support a 501(c)(3) designation.
Resolution 2003-2: Approval of the Code of Conduct
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees approves the attached Code of Conduct for Individual Members, and requests that it be drawn to the attention of all present and future Individual Members.
Resolution 2003-3: Confirmation of the nomination of new IAB members
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees confirm the slate of nominated IAB members: Rob Austein, Sally Floyd, Geoff Huston, Patrik Faltstrom, Mark Handley, Bernard Aboba, and Jun-ichiro Itojun Hagino.
Resolution 2003-4: Expression of gratitude to Qualys and SIDA
RESOLVED that the Board records its gratitude to both Qualys and SIDA for their recent decisions to make substantial donations to ISOC.
Resolution 2003-5: In favor of organizing INET 2004 in Barcelona
RESOLVED that the Board is generally in favor of an INET 2004 conference, but wants the executive committee to come back with a precise recommendation (for or against) after working with Veni within two weeks.
Resolution 2003-6: Approving appointment of Vice President for Conferences
RESOLVED that the ISOC board approves Christian de Larrinaga as ISOC Vice President for Conferences.
Resolution 2003-7: Approving the Revised PIR Bylaws
RESOLVED that the ISOC board approves the revised PIR bylaws.
Resolution 2003-8: Supporting a Professional Membership Class
RESOLVED that the board supports the notion of a new professional membership class and that the board asks the CEO to coordinate an effort that takes the report from the membership committee into account to develop, by October 15, a value proposition and a business plan for the new class for presentation to the board
Resolution 2003-9: Asking for Support Systems for fee-based Membership Classes
RESOLVED the board requests that the ISOC staff to put systems in place to support a paying class of members.
Resolution 2003-10: Thanking David Maher and Ed Viltz
RESOLVED the board thanks David Maher and Ed Viltz for the strong relationship between PIR and the ISOC.
Resolution 2003-11: Accepting the ECC MoU
RESOLVED the ISOC board formally accepts the ECC MoU and thus, officially recognizes the ECC as a regional council of the Internet Society
Resolution 2003-12: Planning for INET 2004
RESOLVED the ISOC board supports the ISOC President in working to finalize arrangements for INET 2004 in Barcelona
Resolution 2003-13: Approving PIR board
RESOLVED that the ISOC board approves the following list of nominees for the PIR board.
- For 3-year terms: David Maher and Marc Rotenberg.
- For 2-year terms: Geoff Houston and Amadeu Abril i Abril.
- For 1-year terms: Frode Greisen, Eva Frolich, and Kenny Huang.
Resolution 2003-14: Thanking the current PIR board
RESOLVED that the ISOC board thanks the founding PIR board for their excellent work in guiding PIR during the initial phase of its operation.
Resolution 2003-15:
RESOLVED: That the board accepts the documents produced by the IETF IPR Working Group “Intellectual Property Rights in IETF Technology” and “IETF Rights in Contributions” and accept the responsibilities of the ISOC as described in these documents.
Resolution 2003-16:
RESOLVED: That the ISOC 2003-2004 Elections Committee be comprised of Fred Baker, Scott Bradner, Ole Jacobson, Glenn Ricart (chair) and Margaret Wasserman.
Resolution 2003-17:
RESOLVED: That the ISOC 2003-2004 Nominations Committee be comprised of Lamia Chaffai, Marie-Anne Delahaut, Osten Franberg, Nancy Hafkin, George Sadowsky (Chair), Pindar Wong and Raul Zambrano.
Resolution 2003-18:
RESOLVED: That the individual membership election be deferred for another year.
Resolution 2003-19:
RESOLVED: The Board of the Internet Society thanks Randy Bush and Zita Wetizel for their many years of support for the ISOC, most recently as Vice Presidents for Education.
Resolution 2003-20: Approving the 2004 ISOC budget
RESOLVED that the ISOC board approves the proposed budget for 2004.
Agenda Minutes
Resolution 2002-1: Congratulating Tomaz Kalin, George Sadowsky, and Mike Todd
RESOLVED that The Board expresses its appreciation for their service as Vice Presidents to Tomaz Kalin (Chapters), George Sadowsky (Education), and Mike Todd (Individual Membership).
Resolution 2002-2: Resolution 02-2 Adopting the draft governance procedures
RESOLVED that the revised draft governance procedures circulated to the Board by Alan Greenberg on 16 February 2002 be adopted as the basis for this year’s Trustee elections and appointments, subject to revision and ratification in the June 2002 Board meeting.
Resolution 2002-3: Defining membership of the Elections Committee
RESOLVED that Don Heath and George Sadowsky be approved as members of the 2002 elections committee.
Resolution 2002-4: Confirmation of nominations of IAB members
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees confirms the appointment of the following individuals to serve on the IAB, as advised by the IETF Nominations Committee: Leslie Daigle, Ted Hardie, Charlie Kaufman, James Kempf, Mike St. Johns, Eric Rescorla
Resolution 2002-5: Nomination of Jim Galvin as VP for chapters and IM
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees ratifies the appointment of Jim Galvin to the position of VP – Chapters and Individual Membership.
Resolution 2002-6: Procedures for the IAB/IETF selection of Trustees for the Board
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees ratifies the following procedures for the IAB/IETF selection of Trustees for the Board (the dates in parenthesis are those for the 2002 process):
- There will be an open call to the IETF community mailing list requesting nominations (March 12-April 1);
- The IAB will select Trustee(s) from the pool of nominees (no later than May 13);
- The IESG will confirm the selection(s) (no later than May 20);
- ISOC will be notified of the selection(s) (no later than May 28).
Resolution 2002-7: Clarification of individual membership issues
RESOLVED, that in addition to Global membership offered free of charge, the Internet Society will continue to offer individual memberships in the $75-$500 range. Annual reminders will be sent to these members asking them to continue their support at their existing or higher level. However, since no additional services are attached to these higher levels, the payments are treated as donations and not dues payments.
Resolution 2002-8: Nomination of Philippe Courtot to the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees appoints Philippe Courtot as a Trustee for a nominal term of one year, commencing at the adjournment of the next regularly scheduled Board meeting following the completion of the 2002 Election process and ending at the adjournment of the equivalent meeting in 2003.
Resolution 2002-9: Dismissal of accusation against George Sadowsky.
RESOLVED, that the charges expressed at the December 2001 Board meeting regarding possible conflict of interest or abrogation of fiduciary responsibility with respect to ISOC on the part of George Sadowsky are without merit.
Resolution 2002-10: Approving Adjustments to the Elections Procedures
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees approved the adjustments to the 2002 elections procedures extending the nomination period by 5 days and the petition period by 2 days, delaying the of final slate release by 1 day, assigning a weight of 1 to start-up members, and using a random draw in case of a tie.
Resolution 2002-11: Congratulating the nomination committee and its chair
RESOLVED that The Board expresses its appreciation for their service to the members of the nomination committee, Vint Cerf, Leslie Daigle, Jose Luis Pardos, Wawa Ngenge, Amy Weisenberg and Ron Weissman; and to its chair, Christine Maxwell.
Resolution 2002-12: Congratulating the election committee and its chair
RESOLVED that The Board expresses its appreciation for their service to the members of the election committee, Don Heath and George Sadowsky, and to its chair, Alan Greenberg.
Resolution 2002-13: Congratulating Mike Conn:
RESOLVED that the Board expresses its appreciation to Mike Conn for his services as Treasurer.
Resolution 2002-14: Congratulating Mike Conn
RESOLVED that the Board expresses its appreciation to Mike Conn for his services as Treasurer.
Resolution 2002-15: Additional resource for the .ORG bid.
RESOLVED, that the Board reaffirms its commitment to the bid to manage the .ORG domain, and encourage the president to get additional resource to support this bid.
Resolution 2002-16: Thanking the organizers of INET 2002
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees records its gratitude to those who made the INET2002 Conference a success in unusually difficult circumstances, namely Richard Perlman, Mike Nelson, Alejandro Pisanty, Hans Klein, and Francois Fluckiger, with special thanks to Riina Reinumagi for her exceptional work in not only managing all the speakers and presentations, but also for helping create an online conference program management system that now belongs to ISOC; and notes its gratitude for the hard work of the Foretec conference staff which made this conference possible.
Resolution 2002-17: Election Revision Committee
RESOLVED, that an Election Revision Committee be approved composed of Alan Greenberg (chair), Brian Carpenter, Barbara Fraser, and Richard Perlman, with Erik Huizer and George Sadowsky as non-voting members. The committee will report back to the Board in a timely manner to ensure that new procedures are approved prior to or at the November 2002 Board of Trustees meeting. Furthermore, to the extent possible, issues relating to the Nominations Committee will be discussed early with the intent of securing Board approval in principle as soon as possible and with due haste.
Resolution 2002-18: No direct election of Trustees by Individual Members in 2003
RESOLVED, that there will be no direct election of Trustees by Individual Members in 2003. However, the Board wishes to retain the direct election of some Trustees by Individual Members, and will investigate alternative approaches with the goal of reinstating such a process in 2004.
Resolution 2002-19: Revision of Trustees Selection procedure
RESOLVED, that the Board accept the recommendations of the Election Revision Committee for the revision of the ISOC “Procedures for Selecting Trustees”.
Resolution 2002-20: Establishment and Conduct of Chapters
Resolve to adopt the “Policy on the Establishment and Conduct of Chapters of the Internet Society” proposed in the November 2002 report of the VP of Chapters.
Resolution 2002-21: Specifying eligibility for election participation
Resolved that the procedure document be amended, so that only members and chapters in good standing by December 31 will be eligible for participation in the next year election; the list of these members should be finalized and passed to the election committee no later than January 31 of the election year.
Resolution 2002-22: election procedures
Resolve to adopt the procedures proposed to the list on 11/9/2002 by the election committee, as amended by resolution 02-21.
Resolution 2002-23: Mike Nelson as VP of public policy
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the appointment of Mike Nelson as VP of public policy.
Resolution 2002-24: ISOC 2003 NomComm
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the NomComm slate as submitted by Kees Neggers:
- Kees Neggers (Chair)
- Michael Nelson
- Fred Baker
- Geoff Huston
- Toru Takahashi
- Östen Frånberg
- Carlos Braga
Resolution 2002-25: ISOC 2003 budget
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the 2003 budget proposal with PIR assumptions included, with total revenues of $2,071,714, expenses of $1,873,806, and planned surplus of $197,908.
Resolution 2001-1: Confirmation of IAB Candidates
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees confirms the appointment of the following individuals to serve on the IAB, as advised by the IETF Nominations Committee:
- Ran Atkinson
- Rob Austein
- Fred Baker
- Steve Deering
- Sally Floyd
- Geoff Huston
Resolution 2001-2: Amendment to 2001 Trustees Election Timetable
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees amends the election schedule for the 2001 Trustees Elections, defined in Resolution 2000-18, as follows:
20 February, 2001 Ballots posted to members, 2001 Election Period Commences.
Resolution 2001-3: Appointment of Latif Ladid to the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees notes the resignation of Trustee-elect O.O. Oruye, and the election of Kees Neggers, George Sadowsky, Don Heath and Alan Greenberg. To fill the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mr Oruye, the Board appoints Latif Ladid as a Trustee for one year from June 2001.
Resolution 2001-4: Thanks to Nomination and Election Committee Chairs
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees extends it thanks to Trustee Marty Burack for chairing the Nominations Committee and Trustee Christian Huitema for chairing the Elections Committee for their efforts in the 2001 Trustee elections.
Resolution 2001-5: Rescinding of Resolution 1999-07
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees rescinds Resolution 1999-07.
Resolution 2001-6: Individual Membership Fee Level
RESOLVED, that ISOC is to organize the individual membership fee that the fees collected covers the entire cost of support of individual members and chapters.”
Resolution 2001-7: Appreciation of Vint Cerf and Geoff Huston
RESOLVED, that the Board expresses its appreciation to Vint Cerf and Geoff Huston for their service to the Board.
Resolution 2001-8: Platinum Program
RESOLVED, that the Board alter Resolution 2000-20 to the effect that the Board approves the establishment of a Platinum program category, which allows the due accreditation of the participating organization in supporting ISOC, for an annual membership fee of USD 100,000 designated in support of specific activities.
Resolution 2001-9: ISOC 2002 NomComm
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves the NomComm slate as submitted by Christine Maxwell.
Christine Maxwell (Chair) Vint Cerf Leslie Daigle Jose Luis Pardos Wawa Ngenge Amy Weisenberg Ron Weissman
Resolution 2001-10: Revised Election procedures:
RESOLVED, that the Board adopts the Procedures for Nomination and Election of Trustees, and the revision to the ISOC Privacy Statement distributed in document “Election Procedures-Voting Draft”.
Resolution 2001-11: Approval of VP slate
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees ratifies the appointment of the following Vice-Presidents:
VP Standards – Scott Bradner VP Public Policy – David Maher VP Education – Randy Bush VP Publications – Nick Trio VP Organization Membership – Tony Yustein VP Conferences – Richard Perlman VP Individual Membership – Robert Vaughan (Acting)
Resolution 2001-12: Bylaws changes related to 2/3 majority
RESOLVED to amend the bylaws of the Internet Society as follows:
Article II, Section 2.
Replace “four-fifths” by “two-thirds” in the sentence: All Trustees appointed by the Board shall be by the affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office.
Article II, Section 3.
Replace “four-fifths” by “two-thirds” in the sentence: All actions taken by the Board pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of this Article II shall require the affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office.
ARTICLE II Section 13.
Replace “four-fifths” by “two-thirds” in the sentence: The Board of Trustees, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, may designate three or more Trustees to constitute an Executive Committee.
Resolution 2001-13: Bylaws changes related to membership and governance:
RESOLVED to amend the bylaws of the Internet Society as follows:
ARTICLE II – BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
Section 1.
Delete the sentence: “Only Regular Individual Members of the Society shall be eligible to serve on the Board of Trustees.”
Section 2.
Replace the sentence:
The Board of Trustees is authorized from time to time, to make arrangements for the election of voting Trustees by the Regular Individual Members of the Society, such that the total number of Trustees shall not exceed twenty.
Replace by:
The Board of Trustees is authorized from time to time to make arrangements for the election or appointment of voting Trustees, such that the total number of Trustees shall not exceed twenty.
Replace the sentence:
With the exception of the President, all Trustees shall be elected by the Regular Individual Members of the Society or shall be appointed by the Board to fill a vacancy which arises because an elected Trustee has ceased to serve.
Replace by:
With the exception of the President, all Trustees shall be elected or otherwise selected by a constituency to be defined by a resolution of the Board or shall be appointed by the Board.
Replace the sentence:
Any vacancy which arises because an elected or appointed Trustee has ceased to serve may be filled by appointment by the Board until a new Trustee is elected to fill this position for the remainder of the term, in an election of Trustees by the Regular Individual Members of the Society.
Replace by
Any vacancy which arises because an elected or appointed Trustee has ceased to serve may be filled by appointment by the Board for the remainder of that Trustee’s term.
ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS
Section 1.
The Chairman shall be selected from among the members of the Board of Trustees who have been elected by the Regular Individual Members of the Society.
Replace by
.The Chairman shall be selected from among the members of the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE V – MEMBERS, section 5:
Replace the existing text by the following: “The board is authorized to add, delete or remove classes of members by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office.”
Resolution 2001-14: Appreciation of Audit Committee
RESOLVED that the Board expresses its appreciation to the members of the 2001 audit committee, Mike Conn, Barbara Fraser and Martin Burack.
Resolution 2001-15: ISOC 2002 budget
RESOLVED that the Board of Trustees adopts the budget for ISOC 2001 prepared by the Executive Committee, which proposes expenditure of a total of USD 1,793,397 and revenue of USD $1,942,215.
Resolution 2001-16: Composition of the board of trustees:
RESOLVED that The board of Trustees will be constituted by individuals selected or elected by constituencies of the society, namely the ISOC organizational members, the chapters, the IAB/IETF, and by appointment of the Board. There will be 3 trustees elected by the IAB/IETF, 3 elected by chapters, 6 by organizational members, and up to 5 appointed by the board. Additionally, if there are paid individual memberships, they would elect 3 trustees.
Resolution 2001-17: Establishment of trustees:
RESOLVED that processes and transition processes to establish trustees from each constituency will be determined by the Board in conjunction with the appropriate constituencies.
Resolution 2001-18: Governance transition committee:
RESOLVED to set up a governance transition committee, chaired by Alan, with Rosa, Christian, Latif, and a representative to be nominated by the Advisory Council. The committee will propose processes and transition processes for the establishment of trustees. It will have to report by or before March 1st, 2002.
Resolution 2001-19: No elections by individual members in 2002:
RESOLVED because of the newly adopted structure of the Board, to not conduct election of trustees by individual members in 2002.
Resolution 2001-20: Free individual membership
RESOLVED that there will be a new class of individual membership, which will be free of charge.
Resolution 2001-21: Closure of ISTF:
RESOLVED to recognize that the task force, having completed its tasks, should be closed. The board wants to recognize the work of the present and past chairs, and all volunteers.
Resolution 2001-22: Continuation of discussion on societal issues:
RESOLVED to recommend that the discussions on societal issues continue under a new name, under the responsibility of the VP of public policy.
Resolution 2001-23: Organization of INET 2002:
RESOLVED to authorize the CEO to sign or decline a contract for the organization of INET 2002.
Resolution 2001-24: Suspension of some paid membership categories:
RESOLVED that effective January 1st, we are suspending accepting new registrations or renewing existing registration in the current paid membership categories at $35 and below. The question of voting and reinstating of paid membership in 2003 is deferred for decision until the Board Meeting in June 2002. The President will present a recommendation to the board prior to this meeting.
Resolution 2001-24: Congratulating Robert Ferrel:
RESOLVED that the Board expresses its appreciation to Robert Ferrel for his work to publish the Internet Report.
Find all remaining resolutions: