Internet Society (ISOC) 2003 BOT Election

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2003 Internet Society (ISOC) Elections

Election Results

Final 2003 Nominations Committee Report
ISOC 2003 Board of Trustees Elections Candidates

This year two Trustees will be elected by the ISOC Organizational Members and one by the ISOC Chapters.In addition to this, one Trustee will be selected by the Internet Architecture Board.

The procedures for the selection of trustees of the Internet Society can be found at: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/select.shtml

A profile of the current Board of trustees can be found at: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/

The committee will confirm with the candidates their willingness to stand for election as a nominated candidate if so selected. Nominees will also be requested to provide the committee with further personal details (in the format of a curriculum vita) as they relate to the selection guidelines that are to be applied by the committee, and provide to the committee a statement indicating their willingness and ability to devote an appropriate level of time to activities associated with the position of Trustee of the Internet Society.

It is intended that the committee's selection process will result in at least 4 candidates for election as nominated candidates by the Organizational Members and at least 2 candidates for election as nominated candidates by the Chapters. Announcement of the nominated candidates will be on 7 March 2003. Also on 7 March a petition period begins and additional candidates for election to the Board of Trustees may be nominated by the Organizational membership and Chapters by petition. Specific details of the petition process will be included in the announcement of nominated candidates on 7 March 2003. Following the closure of the petition period, the list of the nominated and petitioned candidates will be announced.

The Election Committee will send the ballots out to ISOC voting Organizational Members and Chapters on or before 22 April 2003 and the Election Day is set to be 20 May 2003.

The full schedule of the timetable of the ISOC 2003 Elections is as follows:

Call for Nominations	Fri 24-Jan-03
Nomination period closes	Tue 25-Feb-03
Initial Slate Announcement, Petition Period Opens	Fri 07-Mar-03
Petition Period Closes	Mon 07-Apr-03
Ballot Completed	Mon 14-Apr-03
Ballots and Candidate Statements Posted via e-mail	Tue 22-Apr-03
Election day	Tue 20-May-03
Certification of Election, Challenge Period Opens	Fri 30-May-03
Challenge Period Closes	Thu 19-Jun-03
Response to Challenges	Wed 09-Jul-03
Annual General Meeting	Sat 12-Jul-03

Call for Nominations Process

This notice is a call from the ISOC Nominations Committee for nominations of candidates for election to the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society. The Board of Trustees is ultimately responsible for all aspects of the Internet Society, as outlined in the Society's By-Laws which can be found at http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/bylaws.shtml.

The 2003 Nominations Committee is composed as follows:

Chair:
Kees Neggers, SURFnet, NL

Members:
Carlos Braga, Worldbank, Brazil
Fred Baker, Cisco, USA
Geoff Huston, Telstra, Australia
Michael Nelson, IBM, USA
Osten Franberg, Ericsson, Sweden
Toru Takahashi, Research Institute for Internet Strategies Inc., Japan

Nominations are to reach the committee no later than Tuesday, 25 February 2003 in order to ensure due consideration of the nomination by the committee. Nominations (in the form of agreed nominations, suggestions or volunteers) are to include the name of the nominated individual, contact details and a brief explanation of the basis of the nomination.

There are no restrictions regarding who can submit a name to the Nominations Committee. Please indicate whether you consider the nominee a candidate to be elected by the Organizational Members, the Chapters or both. In the latter case we will liaise with the candidates to find out in which election they want to participate. Please note however that although Trustees will be selected by different constituencies, an appointed Trustee is not a representative or a delegate of the constituency that selected the Trustee.

The Nominations Committee will use the following Selection Guidelines. Candidates for ISOC Trustee should have a demonstrable involvement in the Internet. Such involvement may range from participation as a technology developer, researcher, user, network operator, policy maker (e.g. in government), sponsor of research and development. ISOC is interested in broadly-based representation on the Board of Trustees and seeks to identify candidates from industry, education and non-profit sectors and from government. The selection criteria will be directed to selecting a broad range of interests, and will include criteria of regional location, current activities, relevant experience and professional background. In addition, the selection criteria will include critical qualifications of a Trustee for a not-for-profit association such as the ability to raise funds for the organization or to identify and resource relevant projects.