2003 Internet Society (ISOC) Elections

Interim Report of the Nominations Committee - 07 March 2003

On 24 January 2003 a Call for Nominations was published for candidates for election to the Board of Trustees of the 2003 Internet Society (ISOC) Elections.
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 Nominations Committee received nearly 40 nominations. Nominees were asked to confirm their willingness to serve and if so, to provide the Nominations Committee with the information needed for the evaluation of the nominees against the selection guidelines as published in the call.

The committee has selected an initial slate of 4 candidates to be placed on the ballot for the elections in the Organizational membership constituency and 2 candidates for the elections in the Chapters constituency.

The selected candidates to be included in the ballot for the Organizational Membership Elections are:

• Takashi Arano, Japan
• Steve Crocker, USA
• Detlef Eckert, Belgium/Germany
• Pindar Wong, Hong Kong S.A.R, China

The selected candidates to be in included in the ballot for the Chapter Membership Elections are:

• Rosa Delgado, Peru/Switzerland
• Christian de Larrinaga, UK

This announcement also invites additional nominations by petition for candidates for the 2003 Organizational Members and Chapters 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, entrepreneur, policy maker (e.g. in government), to sponsor of research and development.

Additional nominations for election to the Board of Trustees may be made by petition OF THE CANDIDATE, and filed with the Chair of the Nominations Committee at 2003-petition-request@isoc.org. Separate petition mailboxes for each valid petition request received will then be opened.

The petition request should include:

1. A statement whether the candidate wants to run for the Organizational Members Election or the Chapters Election, including a statement that they will be able to devote an appropriate level of time to the activities associated with the position of Trustee.
2. A short statement of what the petition candidate believes they would contribute as a Trustee of the Internet Society.

All candidates seeking to petition will be listed in periodic announcements to participating Chapters and Organizational Members via electronic mail and the ISOC web site. Signatures in support of a petition shall be filed electronically and must be received by Monday, 07 April 2003 12 Midnight EDT. For the purposes of this policy, a "signature" shall be an email expressing support for the candidate's petition sent by the Election Representative of a Chapter or Organizational Member that is eligible to participate in this election, and is subject to ISOC verification. The message should include the Organizational Member's or Chapter's name and the name of the candidate whose petition is supported.

Each signature must come directly from the supporter via email to an address designated by the ISOC staff. A supporter must send a separately emailed signature for each candidate he/she wishes to support to the candidate's individual petition mailbox. This mailbox will be set up by ISOC. Each petitioner shall be provided with copies of all petition e-mails for his/her candidacy and periodic reports about his/her status in obtaining signatures. Announcements regarding successful petitions shall be made as soon as practical, and need not await the end of the petition period.

For a petition to be successful a candidate in the Organizational Members constituency needs the support of 8 valid signatures and a candidate in the Chapters constituency needs 5 valid signatures.

Participating Organizational Members or Chapters can sign petitions for candidates running within their own constituency only. A Participating Organizational Member or Chapter may sign more than one petition.
Successful petitioners will be placed on the ballot. The final candidate announcement will be made no later than 14 April 2003.

Respectfully submitted,
The 2003 ISOC Nominations Committee:

Chair:
Kees Neggers, SURFnet, NL

Members:
Carlos Braga, World Bank, 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

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