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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">To Individual members, Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council members,</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">After consideration of the legal and strategic requirements of the Internet Society and serious analysis of the views offered by its members and Chapters, the Board of Trustees (BoT)
has asked the By-Laws Working Group to share the Board’s recommended revisions with the community for a final review. The purpose of this review is to ensure that these changes are clear and understood before the Board votes on their adoption rather than to
entertain at this time additional substantive changes. These recommendations include a number of important updates. Some notable ones are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">• Board composition<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">• Acknowledgement of Chapters, their voting and other rights and responsibilities,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">• The ability of both Organization Members and Chapters to form advisory groups<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">• The establishment of a process for Chapters to review and appeal de-chartering decisions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">• Conformance with the laws governing its incorporation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">We invite you to review the attached documents. The BLWG has prepared two documents for ease of review, one which shows the full text and where there are revisions; the other is a call-out
of key issues raised by the ISOC community. These documents will be presented to the Trustees on July 8, 2013 for the Board’s review and for iproposed adoption of the revised By-Laws at the July 22 meeting of the Board of Trustees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">The attached final recommendations are the product of nearly two years of community consultations and careful consideration and debate by the Trustees. The period for substantive comment
closed in January of this year and all comments were thoroughly reviewed by the Board . In this final community review, the BLWG is open to comments only regarding clarity of meaning and language. We will reflect key the views on clarification <i>received
by Wednesday, July 3</i> in our July 8 report to the BoT.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">The By-laws Working Group gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful consideration and willingness to engage from the Organization Members, Chapters and Individual Members. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">The Board of Trustees has taken community suggestions very seriously and Trustees have on many occasions expressed their appreciation for the valuable input they have received from ISOC
Chapters and members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">Once again, thank for taking time to review these documents for clarity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">With best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; ">The By-laws Working Group</p>
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