[Chapter-delegates] Update on By-Laws revision

[Ted Mooney]

To Individual members, Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council members,

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:

*             Board composition
*             Acknowledgement of Chapters, their voting and other rights and responsibilities,
*             The ability of both Organization Members and Chapters to form advisory groups
*             The establishment of a process for Chapters to review and appeal de-chartering decisions
*             Conformance with the laws governing its incorporation

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.

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 received by Wednesday, July 3 in our July 8 report to the BoT.
The By-laws Working Group gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful consideration and willingness to engage from the Organization Members, Chapters and Individual Members.
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.
Once again, thank for taking time to review these documents for clarity.

With best regards,

The By-laws Working Group
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