[Chapter-delegates] Letter from the ISOC Elections Committee

[Veni Markovski]

Hi.
On behalf of ISOC-Bulgaria, I'd like to congratulate all elected 
candidates, and wish them wisdom and courage to help change ISOC into 
one of the leading organizations in the world.

Special greetings go to the "chapter candidate", Khaled! Good work!

Today, probably more than ever, ISOC needs leadership and vision. Vision 
where the [Internet] world could (or should?) be in five or ten years 
and leadership to make sure ISOC can continue to lead the Internet 
revolution, and make sure the Internet is for everyone.
I hope that the ISOC chapters worldwide will be excited to see Jonathan 
Zittrain on board, and will be expecting his contributions in the 
constant struggle how to avoid the end of the Internet ;)

I'd like to thank Franck Martin, with whom I had the pleasure to serve 
some time at the ISOC Board, and in many different other forums, for his 
time and contributions. You can keep your head up, and be proud that you 
at least tried to change ISOC for good!

Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
President and Chairman of the Board
Internet Society - Bulgaria
http://www.isoc.bg


Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
> [Sent on behalf of the ISOC Elections Committee]
>
> Letter from the ISOC Elections Committee
>
> On behalf of the Elections Committee, we extend our appreciation and 
> thanks to all of the candidates who stood for election for the Board 
> of Trustees. ISOC is honoured to have such well-qualified candidates.
>
> In the Chapter election, we had three candidates:
>     Franck Martin,
>     Khaled Koubaa and
>     Narelle Clark
>
> 63 out of the 82 chapters voted, which is 77%.
>
> Khaled Koubaa, who received the highest number of the votes, has been 
> elected for a three year term.
>
> In the Organizational Member election, we initially had five candidates:
>     David Appasamy
>     Allen Miller
>     Philip Smith
>     Jonathan Zittrain and
>         Guanghao Li
>
> Allen Miller withdrew during the election. Thus, the votes in favour 
> of Allen Miller were not counted. 54 of the 92 Organizational Members, 
> or 59%, voted. The ballot cast was weighted by the class of membership.
>
> Philip Smith and Jonathan Zittrain, receiving the largest weighted 
> ballot counts, have been elected for three year terms.
>
> Using the process documented in RFC 3677, the IAB has selected Eric 
> Burger as the IETF appointee to the ISOC board.
>
> Per 
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/elections/2009/timetable.shtml, 
> there is a challenge period in which issues may be raised concerning 
> the election. This closes 25 May at midnight UTC, and the resulting 
> board is seated in the ISOC Board Meeting in Stockholm on 24 July.
>
> The turnout in this case has been higher in the chapter election than 
> in recent years, and stable for the organizational membership. The 
> election itself conducted with the highest of standards and the 
> elections committee is satisified with the electronic voting system 
> that was used this year.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Patrick Vande Walle, chair
> Latif Ladid
> Glenn Ricart
>
>