Report of the 1998 ISOC Elections Committee

The 1998 trustee election period ran from 24 March to 29 May at 6pm EDT. For the second time electronic voting via the ISOC web page was used in addition to fax and postal mail. A total of 5,759 ballots were sent to ISOC members via postal mail, compared to 6,433 ballots sent last year. Thirty five ballots were returned as undeliverable. 781 ballots were cast by postal mail, 19 via fax and 643 ballots were submitted via the web page, a total return of 1,443 or 25%. Last year 1,344 ballots were returned for  a total return of 20.9%.

A preprinted label with a sequential ballot number and a random verification code was affixed to each ballot before it was sent to an ISOC member. To ensure privacy no record was kept of which ballot was sent to
which ISOC member. Members were told that original ballot could be returned via postal mail, the ballot could be faxed to ISOC headquarters or the ISOC member could use a web interface to record their ballot. The web interface was set up to request the ballot number and the verification code. If the verification code for the ballot number did not match the verification number that was affixed to the original ballot an error message was given to the user. If the numbers matched, a voting database was checked to see if votes had already been recorded for this ballot number. If so an error message was given. If the numbers matched and no vote had been previously recorded for the ballot number the ballot votes were recorded.

The Elections Committee met on 29 May 1998 after 5 pm EDT and 30 May to verify and count the ballots. The Committee consisted of ISOC members Scott Bradner (committee chair), Mary Burger, Fred Gladeck and Joe Pasquariello. The committee was assisted by ISOC staff members Jane Benson, Michele LeComte, Morgan Richey, Mike Sadowski, and Beth Strait.

The ballot numbers on all ballots were checked to be sure that the same ballot number was not used in more than one form (fax, web or postal). In three cases the same ballot number was found to have been voted both electronically and via postal mail. Both the electronic and paper ballots with this number were discarded and their votes not used in the totals. Eleven ballots were found to have votes in excess of the maximum of 5 permitted and were discarded. In addition 1 ballot was blank. All paper ballots were counted twice and any discrepancies rectified by recounting.

Election results (Candidates listed in the order that was used on the ballot.Elected candidate's are in bold)

TIM O’REILLY

JIN HO HUR

SRISAKDI CHARMONMAN

DECLAN McCULLAGH

EDMUNDO VITALE

VINTON CERF

CHRISTIAN HUITEMA

LAINA RAVEENDRAN GREENE

GEOFF HUSTON

KEES NEGGERS

GLENN RICART