Board Meeting No. 187

Fairmont Olympic Hotel
411 University Street
Seattle, Washington 98101
USA

Guide to Board session types:

Closed executive session: board members only.
Open to observers session: local and remote attendees are welcome to listen in.
Open forum session: local and remote attendees are welcome to ask questions, provide input, and discuss with the board. There are no open forum sessions scheduled for this meeting.

Note: The Board may invite individuals to participate in any session (e.g., as presenters) as needed.

Agenda

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Thursday, 6 March 2025

Open to Observers Session

Watch the Recording

17:00 UTC
1. Welcome, Apologies and Declarations of Conflict–Ted Hardie

17:05 UTC
2. Community Chair Reports–Ted Hardie

a. ChAC-Flávio Rech Wagner

b. OMAC-Harald Summa

18:05 UTC
3. Welcome to New and Rejuvenated Chapters and SIGs–Ted Hardie

18:10 UTC
4. San Francisco Bay Area Chapter Report–Ron Petty and David Issa

18:45 UTC
5. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes–Ted Hardie

a. Approval of Board Meeting 186 Minutes (12 February 2025)

Proposed Resolution 2025-X: Approve the Minutes of the 186^th Internet Society Board Meeting
WHEREAS, the Internet Society Board of Trustees has reviewed the minutes of the 186^th board meeting as presented;
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 186^th meeting of the Internet Society Board of Trustees are approved.

a. Approval of Board Meeting 185 Minutes (8 January 2025)

Proposed Resolution 2025-X: Approve the Minutes of the 185^th Internet Society Board Meeting
WHEREAS, the Internet Society Board of Trustees has reviewed the minutes of the 185^th board meeting as presented;
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 185^th meeting of the Internet Society Board of Trustees are approved.

b. Approval of Board Meeting 184 Minutes (11 December 2025)

Proposed Resolution 2025-X: Approve the Minutes of the 184^th Internet Society Board Meeting
WHEREAS, the Internet Society Board of Trustees has reviewed the minutes of the 184^th board meeting as presented;
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 184^th meeting of the Internet Society Board of Trustees are approved.

18:50 UTC
Break

19:00 UTC
6. President and CEO’s Report–Sally Wentworth

19:45 UTC
7. Review of Organizational Performance–Katie Bengaard

20:30 UTC
8. Governance Committee Report–Charles Mok

a. Approval of Amendments to the Nominations Committee Charter and Governance Committee Charter

Proposed Resolution 2025-X: Approval of Amendments to the Nominations Committee and Governance Committee Charters
WHEREAS, the Governance Committee received trustee comments and considered recommendations related to distributing the Guidance to the Nominations Committee more broadly;
WHEREAS, the Governance Committee recommends amending the Governance Committee Charter to ensure that the Governance Committee broadly distributes the Guidance to the Nominations Committee;
WHEREAS, as part of the review, the Governance Committee identified additional language in the Nominations Committee Charter that needed revisions;
RESOLVED, the Board of Trustees approves the amendments to the Nominations Committee Charter and Governance Committee Charter as presented.

20:50 UTC
Lunch

Closed Executive Session

21:50 UTC
9. CFO’s Report–Sae Park

22:10 UTC
10. Finance Committee Report–Laura Thomson

22:20 UTC
11. Committee Reports–Ted Hardie

a. Governance Committee: Presentation of the Board Self-Assessment Results–Charles Mok

b. Compensation Committee–Ted Hardie

c. Leadership Continuity Committee–Brian Haberman and Funke Baruwa

d. Nominations Committee–Caleb Ogundele

e. Fundraising Working Group – Funke Baruwa

23:30 UTC
Break

23:40 UTC
12. Enterprise Risk Management–Sally Wentworth and Chris Locke

Board and CEO Only Session

00:40 UTC
13. Board and CEO Session–Ted Hardie

Open to Observers Session

01:00 UTC
14. Any Other Business–Ted Hardie

a. Notice of Board Meetings to the Community

01:30 UTC
15. Adjournment–Ted Hardie

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