Resolutions of Board Meeting No. 90

Resolutions Passed at the Board Meeting No. 90
22-23 October 2011.

Resolution 2011-36: Approval of the minutes of the 89th meeting of the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 89th Board meeting of the Internet Society held September 19, 2011 are approved.

Resolution 2011-37: ISOC Board of Trustees Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the rejuvenated Uganda Chapter of the Internet Society that was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting.

Resolution 2011-38: Approval of the members of the 2012 Nomination Committee
RESOLVED that Philip Smith, Bob Hinden, Narelle Clark, Alejandro Pisanty, Tina Tsou, Gunela Astbrink, Vanda Scartezini and Kurtis Lindqvist be appointed as members of the Nomination Committee as chaired by Narelle Clark

Resolution 2011-39: ISOC Board of Trustees Welcomes New Chapters
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the rejuvenated Uganda Chapter of the Internet Society that was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting.

Resolution 2011-40: Approval of the 2012 Elections Timetable
RESOLVED that the 2012 Elections Timetable is approved.

Resolution 2011-41: Authorizing a donation to the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) in support of their Organizational evolution

WHEREAS the Internet Society (“ISOC”) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington D.C., USA, 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.

WHEREAS the World Wide Web Consortium (“W3C”) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards;

WHEREAS ISOC’s Board of Trustees at the 76th meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society resolved to provide financial assistance to W3C in its pursuit of an independent entity or lightweight headquarters operation;

WHEREAS ISOC wishes to confirm its support of this organizational evolution for the third and final year of a three-year period based upon W3C’s report of progress towards such establishment;

Be It Resolved, that the ISOC Board of Trustees directs its President and CEO to release an amount of $1 million to W3C and to assist the W3C in its evolution through such means as deemed appropriate, including the provision of staff expertise in fund raising, corporate governance, standards development, and communications;

Be It Further Resolved, that the President and CEO of ISOC is hereby authorized, consistent with this motion, to execute such documents as necessary to effect the foregoing, and, as necessary or appropriate, to execute such other documents, correspondence or the like to provide assurances of the commitment of ISOC to the foregoing actions, in line with the principles expressed by the Internet Society Board of Trustees at the Internet Society Board meeting #90 on October 22 – 23, 2011.

Resolution 2011-42: Approve the 2012 Budget as documented in the 2012-2014 Business Plan and the 2012-2014 Business Plan
RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2012 Budget as documented in the 2012-2014 Business Plan as well as the 2012-2014 Business Plan as documented in 2012-2014 ISOC Business Plan and Budget submission.

Resolution 2011-43: Establishing Formal Presence in ISOC’s Global Regions
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board authorizes ISOC to establish legal presences in Asia/Pacific, Africa and Europe and to study the possibility of establishing legal presences in other areas for the purpose of supporting the ISOC mission. Activities of these legal presences are limited to activities that do not affect the non-profit status of the Internet Society.