Board of Trustees
1999 Board Election
Interim Report of the ISOC Trustees Nominating Committee
19 December 1998 - Selection of Internet Society Board Candidates Announced
On 26 February 1999, ballots will be posted for the election of new Internet Society
Trustees. Election Day is scheduled for 3 May 1999, 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/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 17 November 1998. Seven
members served on the nominating committee. A quorum of 5 was needed to conduct business.
A slate of 10 candidates was nominated.
Twenty-eight (28) candidates were identified for consideration by 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 22 January
1999. A petition for the 1999 election will require the signatures of 68 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 29 January 1999.
2. Selected Candidates
The following individuals have been selected by the Nominations Committee as candidates
in the 1999 election process.
Steve Case (USA) < SteveC@aol.com >
Patrik Faltstrom (Sweden) < paf@swip.net >
John Gage (USA) < John.Gage@SUN.COM>
Paul Hoffman (USA) < phoffman@imc.org>
Tarek Kamel (Egypt) < tkamel@idsc.gov.eg >
Kazunori Konishi (Japan) < konish@lab.kdd.co.jp
>
Costas Popotas (Luxemburg) < cpop@innet.lu >
George Sadowsky (USA) < >george.sadowsly@nyu.edu
>
Javier Sola (Spain) < jsola@AUI.ES >
Florencio Utreras (Chile) < futreras@reuna.cl
>
3. Nominations by Petition
This announcement also invites additional nominations by membership petition for
candidates for the 1999 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) 22 January 1999.
Successful petitions must include the "signatures" of at least 68 voting members
of the Society. An acceptable format of a "signature" is:
* the voting member's name and email address; or
* the voting member's name and Internet society membership number
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 1999 ISOC Nominations Committee
Kees Neggers (Netherlands) Kees.Neggers@SURFnet.nl
John Gilmore (US) gnu@toad.com
Jun Murai (Japan) jun@WIDE.AD.JP
Leni Mayo (Australia) leni@moniker.net
Steve Wolff (USA) swolff@cisco.com
KC Claffy (USA) kc@caida.org
Jill Foster (UK) Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk
Committee Email address: isoc-noms@isoc.org
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APPENDIX A
ISOC Nomination and Trustee Election Timetable
17 November 1998, Nominations Period Opens
17 December 1998, Nominations Period Closes
19 December 1999, Nominations Committee Announcement
22 January 1999, Petition Period Closes
29 January 1999, Candidate Announcement
26 February 1999, Ballots Posted
1 March 1999, Election Period Opens
3 May 1999, Election Date
3 May 1999, Challenge Period Opens
13 May 1999, Elections Committee Certifies Result
23 May 1999, Challenge Period Closes
12 June 1999, ISOC Response to Challenge Period Closes
21 June 1999, ISOC Board of Trustees Annual General Meeting
Nominations by Petition
Additional nominations for election to the Board of Trustees may be made by petition
filed with the Chair of the Nominating Committee no later than 30 days following the
notification of individuals nominated by the committee. 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.
Provision of a member's name and email address is acceptable as a valid signature for the
purposes of signing a petition to support a petition candidate, subject to verification
where the petition candidate achieves the necessary quota.
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