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Subject: Second Announcement
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ISOC Nominations Committee
24 November 1992
The Internet Society
1993 Board of Trustees Elections
Call for Nominations
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
On 31 May 1993 Internet Society members will be requested to vote for five
elected positions on the Internet Society Board of Trustees. These elected
Trustees will serve a three year term. The role of the Trustees is detailed
in the Internet Society By-Laws (not included in this notice).
This notice is a call from the ISOC Nominations Committee for nominations of
candidates for election.
Nominations are to be forwarded this committee via:
- electronic mail to isoc-noms(a)aarnet.edu.au
or
- fax to +61 6 2491369
or
- postal mail to: Geoff Huston
GPO Box 1142
CANBERRA ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA
Nominations are to reach the committee no later than midnight 31 December
1992 GMT in order to ensure due consideration of the nomination by the
committee. Nominations (in the form of agreed nominations, suggestions or
volunteers) are to include the name of the nominated individual, contact
details and a brief explanation of the basis of the nomination. OPf course
it would be preferred if nominations could reach the committee by 11
December, but all nominations made on or before 31 December 1992 will be
considered by the committee.
[The first call for nominations announcement had the date of 11 December
as the deadline for nominations - in accordance with the Internet Society
procedures (reproduced below) this date has been revised to 31 December.]
The committee will confirm with the candidate their willingness to stand for
election as a nominated candidate if so selected. Nominees will also be
requested to provide the committee with further personal details (in the
format of a curriculum vitae) as they relate to the selection guidelines
that are to be applied by the committee, and provide to the committee a
statement indicating their willingness and ability to devote an appropriate
level of time to activities associated with the position of Trustee of the
Internet Society.
It is intended that the committee's selection process will result in no less
than 7, and up to 10 candidates for election as nominated candidates. This
list will be passed to the Elections Committee on 4 January 1993, as well as
informing voting members of the society of the selected nominations.
Additional candidates for election to the Board of Trustees may be nominated
by membership petition, filed with the Chair of the Nominating Committee no
later than than 1 March 1993. (A petition for the 1993 election will require
the signatures of fifty voting ISOC members.) Specific details of the
petition process will be included in the announcement of nominated
candidates on 4 January 1993. Following the closure of the petition
period,ballots listing nominated and petitioned candidates will be mailed
out to ISOC voting members on 31 March 1993 and the election date is set to
be 31 May 1993.
Thank you,
Geoff Huston
Chair, ISOC Nominations Committee
gih(a)aarnet.edu.au
phone +61 6 249 3385 (GMT +1100)
fax +61 6 249 3385
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A. The ISOC Nominations Committee membership
Geoff Huston (Chair, ISOC Trustee)
Rob Blokzijl (ISOC Member)
Ira Fuchs (ISOC Trustee)
Tomaz Kalin (ISOC Trustee)
Craig Partridge (ISOC Member)
Hide Tokuda (ISOC Member)
Committee Email address: isoc-noms(a)aarnet.edu.au
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B. Nominations Committee Selection Guidelines
Candidates for ISOC Trustee should have a demonstrable involvement in the
Internet. Such involvement may range from participation as a technology
developer, researcher, user, network operator, policy maker (eg in
government), sponsor of research and development.
ISOC is interested in broadly-based representation on the Board of Trustees
and seeks to identify candidates from industry, education and non-profit
sectors and from government. The selection criteria will be directed to
selecting a broad range of interests, and will include criteria of regional
location, current activities, relevant experience and professional
background.
A minimum of 7 candidates, and up to 10 candidates, will be selected by
this committee, using the criteria as outlined above.
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C. A Profile of the current Board of Trustees
The current membership (as of October 1992) of the Board of Trustees is
as follows:
Region Background
Hideo Aiso Asia / Pacific E/A
Charles Brownstein America G
Vint Cerf America N
Lyman Chapin America I
Ira Fuchs America E/A
Frode Greisen Europe E/A
Juergen Harms (*) Europe E/A
Geoff Huston Asia / Pacific E/A
Robert Kahn America N
Tomaz Kalin Europe E/A
Kees Neggers Europe E/A
Kenneth King America N
Lawrence Landweber America E/A
Mike Roberts (**) America N
Anthony Rutkowski America I
Background codes:
E/A - Educational / academic
G - governmental
N - Non-Profit
I - Industry
(*) current term expires 30 June 1993
(**) ex-officio
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D. Procedures for Nomination and Election of Trustees
INTERNET SOCIETY - RESOLUTION 92-11 - ADOPTED 20 OCT 92
1.0 Trustee Positions to be Filled
The Board of Trustees will advise the Nominating Committee of the number of
Trustee positions to be filled by vote of the individual members at each
annual election. The Board may also advise the Nominating Committee of its
desires with respect to the backgrounds of individuals to be nominated in
order to achieve the balance of experience and qualifications required by
the provisions of By-Law Article III, Section 2, which provides that "the
Board shall seek to have among the Trustees representative individuals from
industry, from educational and nonprofit organizations and from government."
1.1 Date of Election
The Board of Trustees will annually adopt a timetable for Trustee elections.
The election date shall be not less than sixty days prior to the next Annual
Meeting of the Society.
1.2 Use of Electronic Mail
All communications concerning the nomination and election of Trustees shall
be in the form of electronic mail except the ballot, which shall be in the
form of first class postal mail. Members of the Society who are not
reachable by electronic mail may participate in the nomination process by
postal mail.
2.0 Nominating Committee
The Board of Trustees will annually appoint a Trustee Nominating Committee.
The Nominating Committee will consist of five individual members of the
Society. The Chair of the Nominating Committee shall be a member of the
Board of Trustees. At least two members of the Nominating Committee shall be
individual members of the Society not currently serving in any elected or
appointed capacity in the Society.
2.1 Nominations by Committee
The Nominating Committee will notify the members of the Society of the
procedures for nominating individuals for election to the Board of Trustees,
and will provide a minimum period for receiving nominations of sixty days.
The number of individuals nominated shall exceed the number of Trustees to
be elected.
2.2 Nominations by Petition
The Nominating Committee will notify the voting members of the Society of
the names of individuals nominated by the committee for election to the
Board of Trustees not less than 150 days prior to the date established for
Trustee elections. Additional nominations for election to the Board of
Trustees may be made by petition filed with the Chair of the Nominating
Committee not less than 90 days prior to the election. Petitions may be
filed electronically. The Nominating Commitee shall specify the number of
signatures of voting members required for petitions, which shall be at least
fifty voting members of the Society, or 1% of the total number of voting
members of the Society, whichever is greater.
2.3 Candidates for Election
The Nominating Committee will provide the names of a completed slate of
candidates for election to the Elections Committee not less than 75 days
prior to the election date.
3.0 Elections Committee
The Board of Trustees will annually appoint an Elections Committee composed
of three voting members of the Society which will be responsible for
establishing and supervising elections. The Chair of the committee shall be
a Trustee whose term of office does not expire during the year of the
election.
3.1 Eligibility to Vote
All individual members of the Society in good standing are eligible to vote.
An individual member is in good standing if his or her annual dues are not
more than 60 days past due on the date of mailing of the ballot.
3.2 Ballot
The Trustee election shall be conducted by written ballot of the individual
members, which shall be mailed to each member of the Society in good
standing not less than sixty days prior to the date of the election.
3.3 Voting
Each voting member will be entitled to as many votes as there are Trustee
positions to be filled by vote of the members. Votes may be cumulated on
behalf of one or more candidates for election. A member may use fewer than
the total number of votes available if he or she so chooses.
3.4 Receipt of Ballots
All ballots for Trustee elections shall be received by the Chair of the
Elections Committee by 5 pm local time on the day prior to the date of the
election, at the place established by the Elections Committee for delivery
of the ballots.
3.5 Counting of Ballots
The counting of ballots will take place on the election date, at a time and
place established by the Elections Committee. At least two members of the
Elections Committee shall be present at the counting of the ballots. The
committee will establish procedures to ensure the privacy, validity and
accuracy of all ballots.
3.6 Certification of Vote
The Elections Committee shall certify the results of the annual Trustee
election to the Board of Trustees within 10 days following the election,
forwarding a list of the candidates and the number of votes each candidate
has received.
3.7 Challenges
No challenge to any Trustee nomination or election procedure or result may
be brought except by an individual member in good standing. Any challenge
must be addressed to the President of the Society with a recital of the
reasons for the challenge, and must be received within thirty days of the
election date. The President, after consultation with the Chairs of the
Nominating and Elections Committees and the members of the Board of
Trustees, shall advise the author of the challenge of the Board's decision,
which shall be final, within thirty days of receipt of the challenge.
INTERNET SOCIETY
TIMETABLE FOR 1993 TRUSTEE ELECTIONS
1 Nov 92 Publish call for nominations
4 Jan 93 Publish nominations
1 Mar 93 Deadline for petitions
15 Mar 93 Complete candidate slate
31 Mar 93 Mail ballots
31 May 93 Election date - count ballots
10 Jun 93 Certify Elections
