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Board of Trustees

1997 Board Election

Interim Report of the Nominating Committee

Report of the Elections Committee

30 January 1998

Selection of Internet Society Board Candidates Announced

On 24 March 1998, ballots will be posted for the election of new Internet Society Trustees. Election Day is scheduled for 30 May 1998, when received ballots will be opened and tallied. Internet Society members will be asked to elect FIVE Trustees who will each serve a three year term. The role of a Trustee is detailed in the Internet Society By-Laws not included in this notice but available at:

http://info.isoc.org:80/infosvc/96-007.htm

1. Procedures

Internet Society members will be asked to elect FIVE Trustees each of whom will serve a three year term.

The nominations period for selected candidates commenced on 15 December 1997. Seven members served on the nominating committee. A quorum of 5 was needed to conduct business. A slate of 10 candidates was nominated.

Thirty-five (35) candidates were identified for consideration of the nominating committee and all were asked to confirm their willingness and ability to serve and to provide biographies for consideration by the nominating committee. The committee has selected an initial slate of 10 candidates to be placed on the ballot.

Additional candidates for election to the Board of Trustees may be nominated by membership petition and filed with the Chair of the Nominating Committee no later than 23 February 1998. A petition for the 1998 election will require the signatures of 60 voting ISOC members (see section 3 of this report for details).

Election procedures will be announced at the time the final slate of candidates is announced on 24 February 1998.

2. Selected Candidates

The following individuals have been selected by the Nominations Committee as candidates in the 1998 election process.

3. Nominations by Petition

This announcement also invites additional nominations by membership petition for candidates for the 1998 Trustee Elections.

Candidates for ISOC Trustee should have a demonstrable involvement in the Internet. Such involvement may, for example, range from participation as a technology developer, researcher, user, network operator, policy maker (e.g. in government), to sponsor of research and development.

Additional nominations for candidates in the election may be made by petition OF THE CANDIDATE, filed with the Nominating Committee. Completed petitions must be received by 12:00 Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (-5 GMT) 23
February 1998.

Successful petitions must include the "signatures" of at least 60 voting members of the Society. An acceptable format of a "signature" is:

+ the voting member's name
+ the voting member's Internet Society membership number
+ the member's membership expiration date
+ the member's email address if member has one

The petition message should include the written consent of the individual being nominated through this petition process, and a statement of interest.

Petition candidates should register their intention to gather signatures with the Nominations Committee at isoc-noms@isoc.org. Candidates may include their statement if they wish. All such candidates will be listed in
periodic announcements to ISOC members.

To "sign" a petition, contact the petition candidate, NOT the Nominations Committee.

Address for filing of petitions BY THE CANDIDATE

- electronic mail to isoc-noms@isoc.org
or
- fax to +1 (703) 648 9887
or
- postal mail to:

Nominations Committee
Internet Society
Suite 210
12020 Sunrise Valley Dr.
Reston, VA 20191-3429

Respectfully submitted,

(signed)

The 1998 ISOC Nominations Committee

APPENDIX A

ISOC Nomination and Trustee Election Timetable

Nominations by Petition

The Nominating Committee will notify the voting members of the Society of the names of individuals nominated by the committee for election to the Board of Trustees not less than 105 days prior to the date established for Trustee elections. Additional nominations for election to the Board of Trustees may be made by petition filed with the Chair of the Nominating Committee not less than 75 days prior to the election. Petitions may be filed electronically. The Nominating Committee shall specify the number of signatures of voting members required for petitions, which shall be at least fifty voting members of the Society, or 1% of the total number of voting members of the Society, whichever is greater.