[Chapter-delegates] ISOC ADOPTS STRATEGIC OPERATING PLAN, SEATS NEW BOARD

[Nelson Sanchez]

Dear Chapter Delegates,

I am forwarding you a press release that was just delivered.

I would like to add that ISOC's new Strategic Operating Plan (SOP) is a
very significant step for ISOC. The SOP is the foundation for our
activities. 

The Internet Society believes that "the Internet is for everyone." To
quote from the SOP, "From its inception the purpose of the Internet has
been to promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet
for the benefit of all people throughout the world."  The purpose of the
SOP is to define and document our commitment to realizing this vision.

We look forward to continue working together to promote and pursue
ISOC's mission and vision and in using the SOP to quide our activities.

We would also like to thank you for your participation in providing
input to the SOP. Your comments and feedback were very valuable and
helped us to develop the SOP.

Nelson Sanchez
ISOC Senior Program Manager

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ISOC ADOPTS STRATEGIC OPERATING PLAN, SEATS NEW BOARD

Reston, VA - 11th August 2005 - The Board of Trustees of the Internet
Society formally adopted ISOC's new Strategic Operating Plan (SOP)
during the the society's Annual General Meeting in Paris.

The SOP provides a high-level framework outlining the society's vision,
mission and values, goals and objectives, and programs and projects. The
Plan will be used extensively to drive the definition of future
activities in line with ISOC's core values. The full text of the ISOC
SOP is available at:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/SOP.pdf

"I am excited about the launch of the society's Strategic Operating
Plan," said Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society.
"ISOC has made significant progress in the last several years and we are
now well positioned to continue building on our past success. This Plan
heralds the start of a new era for ISOC as we move forward to address
the new challenges facing the Internet."

ISOC's Board of Trustees now includes those members that were selected
in a recent election process for terms 2005 to 2008. During these
elections two members of the new board were selected by the society's
organization members - Glenn Ricart of PricewaterhouseCoopers was
re-elected, and Daniel Karrenberg of the RIPE NCC joined the Board. Veni
Markovski (President and Chairman of the Board of ISOC Bulgaria) was
re-elected by ISOC's chapters.

"We're delighted to welcome Daniel Karrenberg to the ISOC Board," said
Fred Baker, Chair of the ISOC Board of Trustees. "Daniel brings with him
a wealth of experience gained during his work with building up and
managing the processes behind the operations of the RIPE NCC, one of the
five Regional Internet Registries."

As part of ISOC's election process, one member of the Board is named
each year by the IETF, through selection by the Internet Architecture
Board (IAB) and confirmation by the IESG. ISOC is pleased to announce
that Fred Baker of Cisco will be returning for a new three year term.
Baker was also re-elected as Chair of the ISOC Board of Trustees for a
further one year term.

The current members of the Internet Society's Board of Trustees, their
countries and terms of office are listed below:

Fred Baker, Chair (USA): 2002-2008
Rosa M. Delgado (Peru/Switzerland): 2000-2006
Lynn St. Amour, President and CEO, 2001-
Glenn Ricart, Treasurer (USA): 2002-2008
Veni Markovski (Bulgaria): 2002-2008
Pindar Wong (Hong Kong): 2003-2006
Erik Huizer (Netherlands): 2002-2007
Desirée Miloshevic (Serbia/UK): 2004-2007
Patrick Vande Walle (Luxembourg): 2004-2007
Steve Crocker (USA): 2003-2006
Stephen Squires (USA): 2004-2007
Margaret Wasserman (USA): 2003-2006
Daniel Karrenberg (Germany/Netherlands): 2005-2008

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ABOUT ISOC

The Internet Society (http://www.isoc.org) is a not-for-profit
membership organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in
Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in
Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the
open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of
people throughout the world. ISOC is the organizational home of the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other Internet-related bodies
who together play a critical role in ensuring that the Internet develops
in a stable and open manner. For over 13 years ISOC has run
international network training programs for developing countries and
these have played a vital role in setting up the Internet connections
and networks in virtually every country connecting to the Internet
during this time.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS:

Peter Godwin
Communications Manager, Internet Society
E-mail: godwin at isoc.org
4, rue des Falaises
1205 Geneva
Switzerland