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Board of Trustees2001 Board ElectionElections report from the Chair of the Internet Society Board of TrusteesFellow members of the Internet Society, Each year we request the individual membership of our Society to elect 5 members of the Board of Trustees, to serve the Society for a three year term as a Trustee. The election period for 2001 has concluded and Christian Huitema, the chair of the Elections Committee has submitted his report to the Trustees. On April 24, 2001 the counting of the ballots for the 2001 elections to the board of trustees was completed. We received 720 ballots by mail, 28 by fax and 813 electronically, for a total of 1561. After a complete count, the results are:
I'm sure you will all join me in extending congratulations to each of the elected Trustees and I would like to sincerely thank all the candidates. I hope that those who were not elected will find other ways to actively contribute to the Internet Society. You may have noticed a delay in the publication of the election results. This delay was caused by an attempt to investigate what were possible irregularities in the election. More information will be provided in the complete elections report. As always, formal ratification of this result is dependant on the outcome of the challenge period, details of which are noted below. I have been informed by the President that one formal challenge to the elections process has been lodged with the President, and this will be considered by the Society, in accordance with its adopted procedures, in the coming days. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those ISOC members who participated in the elections as candidates and to all the members who voted. I'd like to extend an expression of gratitude to the chair of the Nominations Committee, Marty Burack, and his committee for their efforts, and thank Christian Huitema, who chaired this year's Elections Committee. In accordance with our (election procedures) there is now a challenge period, whereby an ISOC member may lodge a challenge with the President of the Society. The challenge must be received by the President by the 14th of May 2001. Any challenge must be addressed to the President of the Society with a recital of the reasons for the challenge, and must be received within 20 days of the election date. The President, after consultation with the Chairs of the Nominating and Elections Committees and the members of the Board of Trustees, shall advise the author of the challenge of the Board's decision, which shall be final, within 40 days of the election date. _______________________________________________________ UPDATE..... UPDATE ..... UPDATE ..... Carried
unanimously
13 YES votes: |
