ISOC Document
 
Title:      Minutes of June 2001 Regular Meeting of ISOC Board of Trustees
Author(s):  G. Huston, C. Huitema
Date:       2001-06-05
Committee:  BOT
Document:   00-24
Revision:   0
Supersedes:
Status:     Unconfirmed
Maintainer: C. Huitema
Access:     Unrestricted

INTERNET SOCIETY

MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

6 June 2001
Stockholm, Sweden

The Annual General Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Internet Society, a non profit corporation organized under the laws of the District of Columbia, U.S.A. ("ISOC"), was held pursuant to notice at the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday, 5 June 2001.

Brian Carpenter, Chairman of the ISOC Board of Trustees, called the Meeting to order at 4:50pm on 5 June 2001. Geoff Huston, Secretary of the ISOC Board of Trustees, recorded the minutes.

1. Attendance

The following members of the Board of Trustees were present at the Meeting:

Trustees: Martin Burack , Brian Carpenter, Srisakdi Charmonman, Rosa Delgado, Barbara Fraser, John Gage, Alan Greenberg, Don Heath, Tarek Kamel, Latif Ladid, Christine Maxwell, Wawa Ngenge, Kees Neggers, George Sadowsky, Manuel Sanroma, Lynn St Amour.

Apologies:Vint Cerf, Barbara Fraser, John Gage.

A quorum was present.

Also attending the meeting were:

Officers: Michael Conn (Treasurer)
Vice Presidents: Nick Trio (Publications), Tony Yustein (Organizational Membership), Richard Perlman (Conferences), David Maher (Public Policy), Tomaz Kalin (Chapters), Mike Todd (Individual Membership)
ISOC Advisory Council Officers: Ole Jacobsen, Lajos Balint, Osten Franberg, Stefano Trumpy
Trustees Emeritus Christian Huitema, Geoff Huston

The meeting was open to observers.

2. Agenda

The agenda was circulated prior to the Meeting.

3. Election of Officers

Election of Officers:

o Chair: Christine Maxwell and Brian Carpenter were nominated as candidates. Both candidates made statements to the Board. Brian Carpenter was elected. Vote: 10 in favour of Brian, 5 in favour of Christine. John Gage and Barbara Fraser voted by telephone, assisted by Trustee Emeritus Huitema.

o Secretary: Christian Huitema was nominated and declared elected.

o Treasurer: Mike Conn was nominated and declared elected

o Executive Committee: The Board elected an Executive Committee of Brian Carpenter, Kees Neggers, Rosa Delgado, Latif Ladid, with ex-officio members Lynn St Amour, Christian Huitema and Mike Conn. Vote: 12 in favour, 2 abstentions. Barbara Fraser voted by telephone.

4. Appointments

Nominations Committee Chair: Christine Maxwell.

Elections Committee Chair: Alan Greenberg.

The Board noted that the election procedures require the Board to appoint the entire Nominations and Elections Committees in due time, not just the Chairs.

5. Other Business

The Board unanimously adopted Resolution 01-08

Resolution 01-08 Appreciation of Vint Cerf and Geoff Huston

RESOLVED, that the Board expresses its appreciation to Vint Cerf and Geoff Huston for their service to the Board.

The Board unanimously adopted Resolution 01-09

Resolution 01-09 Platinum Program

RESOLVED, that the Board alter Resolution 00-20 to the effect that the Board approves the establishment of a Platinum program category, which allows the due accreditation of the participating organization in supporting ISOC, for an annual membership fee of USD 100,000 designated in support of specific activities.

The Board considered the discussion of strategic directions held during meeting 23, including the including the draft statement of direction. The Board charged the Executive Committee to produce an itemized action list for decision by 31 August 2001, that (1) considered all Board straw polls taken during the discussion and various unresolved proposals, (2) included an ISOC sales and marketing plan, (3) included revised membership rates, (4) included a governance proposal, and (5) included consideration of activities proposed to be dropped and added, with acceptance criteria for the latter.

6. Move to Adjourn

The Board adopted a motion to adjourn the meeting at 5:50 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2001.

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Summary of Resolutions
Resolution 01-08 Appreciation of Vint Cerf and Geoff Huston

RESOLVED, that the Board expresses its appreciation to Vint Cerf and Geoff Huston for their service to the Board.

Resolution 01-09 Platinum Program

RESOLVED, that the Board alter Resolution 00-20 to the effect that the Board approves the establishment of a Platinum program category, which allows the due accreditation of the participating organization in supporting ISOC, for an annual membership fee of USD 100,000 designated in support of specific activities.