[Chapter-delegates] [Fwd: ANNOUNCEMENT: Internet Society Board of Trustees Meeting Highlights]

Mon Apr 22 18:40:41 PDT 2013

All
everyone should have received this by now - I hope it answers a few of the
questions that have been raised here recently. It's something I've wanted
to do for some time.

Narelle

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Narelle Clark
Member, Internet Society Board of Trustees

President
Internet Society of Australia
president at isoc-au.org.au
www.isoc-au.org.au

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Subject: [ISOC] ANNOUNCEMENT: Internet Society Board of Trustees Meeting
Highlights
From:    cover at isoc.org
Date:    Tue, April 23, 2013 2:56 am
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All - the Internet Society Board of Trustees is pleased to initiate a new
communication for its Community.  At the conclusion of each Board meeting,
a recap of the highlights will be provided to share insights into the
topics of discussion, along with key initiatives addressed and expected
outcomes.  We deeply appreciate your participation in the Internet
Society, and we hope that you will find this additional information
useful.

UPDATE FROM THE INTERNET SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Internet Society Board of Trustees held its 101st meeting in Beijing,
China on 13 April 2013. All Board members were in attendance. The
following are highlights from the meeting, and more details on the meeting
agenda and related documents can be found on the Internet Society
website,http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/meetings.

1. Nominations Committee: Keith Davidson, Chair of the Nominations
Committee, provided an update and reinforced the importance of the voting
and election process. The 2013 Board Elections timetable was amended to
reflect the following upcoming milestones:
- Ballots Posted (e-mail):  22 April 2013
- Voting Closes, Election Date, Ballots Counted: 23 May 2013
- Certification of Election, Challenge Period Opens: 31 May 2013
- Challenge Period Closes:  7 June 2013
- Challenge Response Period Ends, Results Finalized/Announced: 14 June 2013
- Annual General Meeting: 3 August 2013

2. Formation of a CEO Appointments Committee: To effectively support the
Executive Search for a new CEO in 2014, a committee will be established
and empowered to develop the job description and the terms and conditions
under which the new CEO will be engaged. The CEO Appointments Committee
will be empowered to contract with such consultants, human resources
firms, recruitment firms, advertising options and legal advisors to
facilitate and complete the recruitment process.

3. Welcome New ISOC Chapters: The Board warmly welcomed the new Estonia,
Canada, and Russia Chapters, and the rejuvenated Egypt Chapter.

4. IETF Discussion: Jari Arkko, IETF Chair, (via teleconference) provided
a presentation on improving diversity of participation in the IETF. The
Board discussed Jari's presentation and how ISOC and its members and
Chapters could help in this area. Jari mentioned that the IETF is
reviewing its processes and will let the Board know the outcome of this
review.  In addition, Chris Griffiths, IETF Trust Chair,  (via
teleconference) provided a presentation on the status and activities of
the IETF Trust, and Bob Hinden, IAOC Chair, provided a presentation on the
status and activities of the IAOC.

5. Internet Hall of Fame: ISOC staff presented an update on the Internet
Hall of Fame event in Istanbul in June. The Internet Hall of Fame received
more than 170 nominations this year. The 2013 induction ceremony will be
co-located with several other Internet Society events, including a
Business Roundtable, Regional  INET, and Chapter workshop to enlarge the
event footprint and take advantage of planning and cost efficiencies.
There will also be an Arab region meeting to review plans for the region.
Staff is working to interest additional sponsors in the event. A global
rotational schedule was presented to ensure the Internet Hall of Fame
event is held in different regions each year.  Next year, the event will
be held in the Asia Pacific region.

6. Policy Discussion (WCIT, WTPF): ISOC staff provided a post-WCIT and
pre-WTPF update. There was discussion on the importance of
multi-stakeholder governance to the Internet's success and the need to
continue to reach out and open doors with technical and policy leaders to
make progress. ISOC will continue its focused outreach efforts at briefing
regulators, industry, and broader society, and will work with its
community to encourage full engagement.

7. By-Laws Working Group: ISOC staff presented the report and
recommendations of the By-Laws working group. The Board thanked the
working group and supported the recommendations with some revisions. The
staff will produce a full revised version of the Board's recommended
revisions of the by-laws for posting and community comment as soon as
possible with the objective of ratification of the revised by-laws at the
Board meeting in Berlin.

8. Business Review: The Board reviewed the organization's Business Plan
and upcoming key activities, including Google.org grants and the Deploy360
programme, as well as numerous Financial items.

9. Strategic Guidance: ISOC staff presented information on the Strategic
Guidance of ISOC. The Board discussed the initiative and agreed, and asked
staff to manage the implementation as part of the strategic and business
planning process. Strategic Guidance will focus on advancing ISOC as a
leader on Internet policy/governance, technology and development on a
global, regional, and local basis. The Board confirmed that staff should
engage in a future-looking strategic planning process on an ambitious
schedule to provide strategic recommendations and options to the Board as
part of a high-level business plan for discussion at the August Board
meeting.

10. Chapter workshop: During the Board and Senior Staff workshop in
February, the Board re-affirmed that the Internet Society is a
mission-driven organization, and addressed the strategic role of Chapters
in the achievement of the ISOC mission.  As a follow-up to this meeting,
the Board agreed that Chapters are vital to advancing the mission,
principles, and values of ISOC at the local and regional levels and they
contribute to ensuring the organization is globally and locally engaged.
The Board was sympathetic to requests by Chapters for support in their
essential operations, and asked ISOC staff to prepare a full report to the
Board on the current level of support that Chapters receive and key areas
where assistance could be effective.

The next Internet Society Board of Trustees meeting will be held via
teleconference on 29 May, followed by a meeting held in Berlin, Germany
3-4 August.

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