Meetings of the Board of Trustees

The Spencer Hotel
Excise Walk, International Financial Services Centre
Dublin, D01 X4C9
Ireland

Guide to Board session types:

• Closed executive session: board members only.
• Open to observers session: local and remote attendees are welcome to listen in.
• Open forum session: local and remote attendees are welcome to ask questions, provide input, and discuss with the board. There are no open forum sessions scheduled for this meeting.

Note: The Board may invite individuals to participate in any session (e.g., as presenters) as needed.

Agenda

Times on this agenda are listed in UTC for the benefit of remote participants and observers in different regions. Use timezone conversion to convert to your local time.

Saturday, 2 November 2024

Open to Observers Session

9:10 UTC
1. Welcome, Apologies and Declarations of Conflict–Ted Hardie

9:15 UTC
2. Welcome to New and Rejuvenated Chapters and SIGs–Ted Hardie

Proposed Resolution
Resolution 2024-XX: Welcome and Congratulations to New and Rejuvenated Chapters
RESOLVED, that the Internet Society Board of Trustees extends a warm welcome and congratulations to new chapters – Internet Society Los Angeles and Southern California Chapter (LASC Chapter) and Malawi Chapter;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Internet Society Board of Trustees celebrates the rejuvenation of the Indonesia Jakarta Chapter and Botswana Chapter.

9:20 UTC
3. Community Chair Reports–Ted Hardie

i. ChAC-Cheryl Langdon-Orr (virtual)

ii. OMAC-Harald Summa and Melchior Aelmans (virtual)

iii. IETF Trust-Glenn Deen

10:10 UTC
4. Committee Reports–Ted Hardie

i. Governance Committee Report – Charles Mok

Presentation and Approval of the Code of Ethics

Presentation and Approval of the Policy for Policies

10:30 UTC
Break

10:40 UTC
5. President and CEO’s Report–Sally Wentworth

12:10 UTC
Lunch

13:10 UTC
6. Presentation of the Action Plan–Sally Wentworth

Closed Executive Session

14:10 UTC
7. CFO’s Report, Q3 Financials–Sae Park

14:30 UTC
8. Presentation of the Budget–Sae Park

14:50 UTC
9. Finance Committee Report–Laura Thomson

15:00 UTC
Break

15:15 UTC
10. Review of the PIR Budget–Jon Nevett, Liz Szabo, and Sae Park

15:30 UTC
11. Committee Reports–Ted Hardie

i. Succession Planning Committee Charter Update – Brian Haberman and Funke Baruwa

15:45 UTC
12. Compliance Program Updates–Ilona Levine and Briana Stevens

16:15 UTC
13. Community Updates–Ted Hardie

i. IAB – Tommy Pauly

ii. IETF – Roman Danyliw

Open to Observers Session

17:00 UTC
14. Approval of the Action Plan, Budget, and Board Designated Funds–Ted Hardie

Proposed Resolution
Resolution 2024-XX: Approve the 2025 Action Plan and Budget
RESOLVED, that the Internet Society Board of Trustees approves the 2025 Action Plan and Budget as presented.

Proposed Resolution
Resolution 2024-XX: Approve Board-Designated Funds for the Internet Society
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees approves designating a total of $1,000,000 to be funded by the Connected Giving Foundation as a restricted grant for the board initiatives as outlined below:

• an additional $175,000 to fund the Data Transformation,
• an additional $55,000 to fund the Opportunity Fund,
• $245,000 to fund the Enterprise Architecture Assessment,
• $260,000 to fund the Human Capital Management System,
• $125,000 to fund Accessibility, and
• $140,000 to fund Vendor Management.

17:05 UTC
15. Approval of the PIR Budget–Sally Wentworth

Proposed Resolution
Resolution 2024-XX: Approve the 2025 Public Interest Registry Budget
RESOLVED, that the Internet Society Board of Trustees hereby approves the 2025 budget of the Public Interest Registry as presented.

17:10 UTC
16. Any Other Business–Ted Hardie

17:30 UTC
17. Adjournment–Ted Hardie