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2001 Board Election

Final Report of the Nominating Committee

12 February 2001 - Ballots will be posted for the election of new Internet Society Trustees on 19 February 2001. Voting members, whose memberships are current and valid on 5 February 2001, will receive ballots and will be able to vote either electronically or on paper. Internet Society members will be asked to elect five trustees to serve three-year terms. Election Day is scheduled for 23 April 2001, when received ballots will be opened and tallied.

The nominations period for selected candidates commenced on 13 November 2000. A slate of ten candidates (one of whom has since withdrawn) was nominated and announced by the Nominating Committee on 5 January 2001.

That announcement also invited additional nominations by membership petition. Completed petitions with the "signatures" of at least 78 voting members of the Society were due at the Internet Society Secretariat by 12:00 Midnight, Eastern Standard Time (-5 GMT) 5 February 2000. The following individuals submitted petitions which were verified by the membership department and were validated by the Nominating Committee as successful petition candidates for the 2001 Trustee Elections:

Alan Greenberg
Jonathan Robin
Shalini Venturelli
Cynthia Waddell

The final 13 candidates whose names will appear on the ballot are:

NAME BALLOT POSITION
Fred Baker - USA 5
Alan Greenberg - Canada 9
Don Heath - USA 11
Latif Ladid - Morocco/Luxembourg 1
Veni Markovski - Bulgaria 12
Kees Neggers - Netherlands 4
Kenichi Ohmae - Japan 6
O.O. Oruye - Nigeria 8
Jonathan Robin - UK 10
George Sadowsky - USA 3
Florencio Utreras - Chile 7
Shalini Venturelli - USA 13
Cynthia Waddell - USA 2

Statements and biographical information for each of the candidates will be included with the ballots when posted, and will also be available.

The role of a Trustee is detailed in the Internet Society By-Laws.

Procedures for the Nomination and Election of Trustees.

Respectfully submitted,

The 2001 ISOC Nominating Committee:

Marty Burack, Chair - USA
Vint Cerf - USA
Cecilia Jorgensen - Belgium
Giandomenico Massari - Nigeria
Tim O'Reilly - USA
YJ Park - Korea
Alejandro Pisanty - Mexico

12 January 2001