[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Announces New Board of Trustees
Carlos Vera
cveraq at gmail.com
Mon Jun 21 03:00:44 PDT 2010
Congratulations on behalf of ISOC Ecuador.
Carlos Vera
ISOC Ec.
2010/6/21 Greg Wood <wood at isoc.org>
> INTERNET SOCIETY ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF TRUSTEES
>
> Leaders from academia, industry, and Internet community to provide
> leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy
>
> RESTON, VA, USA and GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 21 June 2010 - The Internet
> Society today announced its new Board of Trustees, comprised of leaders from
> industry, academia, and the global Internet community. The diverse and
> distinguished board membership reflects the Internet Society's mission of
> providing global leadership in promoting the open development, evolution,
> and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
>
> Members of the Board with terms beginning this year are:
>
> * Narelle Clark, Independent consultant and Vice-President of the
> Australian Chapter of the Internet Society
> * Eva Frölich, Co-founder of Frobbit!
> * Bob Hinden, Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software
> * Lawrence Lessig, Director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center
> for Ethics at Harvard University, and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law
> School
>
> Raúl Echeberría, the Executive Director of LACNIC (the Internet Address
> Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean) was reelected as the chair of
> the Board.
>
> "The incoming Board of Trustees continues the Internet Society's tradition
> of bringing together diverse individuals around a shared passion for
> ensuring the Internet remains an open, global platform for innovation,
> economic development, and social progress," said Raúl Echeberría, Chair of
> the Internet Society's Board of Trustees.
>
> During its first meeting held 19-20 June, the new Board formally thanked
> outgoing board members Hiroshi Esaki, Ted Hardie, Desiree Miloshevic, and
> Patrick Vande Walle for their service.
>
> Other continuing Members of the Board of Trustees are:
>
> * Eric Burger, Independent consultant
> * Daniel Karrenberg, Co-founder and Chief Scientist of RIPE NCC
> * Khaled Koubaa, Founder of the Arab World Internet Institute
> * Alejandro Pisanty, Professor at the National University of Mexico
> * Philip Smith of the Internet Architectures Group of Cisco Systems
> * Lynn St.Amour, President and CEO of the Internet Society
> * Bert Wijnen, Research Engineer at RIPE NCC
> * Jonathan Zittrain, Co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet &
> Society and Professor of Law at Harvard University
>
> "The deep experience and expertise of the Internet Society Board of
> Trustees continues to provide a unique, strategic perspective on and
> guidance for the global community of members and Chapters working to ensure
> the Internet is accessible for everyone, everywhere," said Lynn St. Amour,
> President and CEO of the Internet Society.
>
> The Board of Trustees appointed Eva Frölich as Treasurer, and Scott O.
> Bradner was re-appointed as Secretary.
>
> Trustees serve in the interest of the Internet Society as a whole, and are
> appointed or elected by the following groups: Chapters, Organization
> members, and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). More information,
> including biographical details of all Board members and details of the Board
> selection process are available at:
>
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees
>
> About the Internet Society
> The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1992 to
> provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy.
> ISOC is the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force
> (IETF), the Internet's premier technical standards body. With offices in
> Washington, D.C., 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. For more information see
> http://InternetSociety.org
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