Resolutions of Board Meeting No. 49

Resolutions Passed at the Board Meeting No. 49
5-6 August 2005.

Resolution 2005-11: Election of Chair.
RESOLVED that Fred Baker be elected as Chair of the ISOC Board.

Resolution 2005-12: Ad Hoc board committees
RESOLVED that the Ad Hoc PIR and ISOC IASA board committees be continued.

Resolution 2005-13: Officers and other positions
RESOLVED that Scott Bradner be appointed Secretary, Glenn Ricart be appointed Treasurer and Audit Committee Chair, Desiree Miloshevic be appointed Nominations Committee Chair, Veni Markovski be appointed as Elections Committee Chair, Steve Crocker be appointed the Chair of the Ad Hoc IASA committee and Glenn Ricart be appointed the Chair of the Ad Hoc PIR committee.

Resolution 2005-14: Executive Committee
RESOLVED that the ISOC Executive Committee consist of Fred Baker,Steve Crocker, Glenn Ricart, Patrick Vande Walle and Daniel Karrenberg, with ex-officio members Lynn St Amour (as president), Glenn Ricart (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).

Resolution 2005-15: Adopting the ISOC Strategic Operating Plan
RESOLVED that the ISOC Board adopts Strategic Operating Plan version 3.3 as the prime strategic directive from the board of Trustees to Lynn St Amour CEO and to be the blueprint of an ISOC operating plan.

Resolution 2005-16: Authorizing the signing of an IETF Trust
WHEREAS the IETF Trust (“Trust”) is to be created to acquire, hold, manage, maintain, protect and license the intellectual property rights (“IPR”) of the IETF for the benefit of the IETF Community WHEREAS the Settlors of the Trust are the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (“CNRI”) and the Internet Society (“ISOC”) WHEREAS the Settlors are to contribute all rights, title and interest in all IETF IPR held by them to the Trust WHEREAS the Trustees of the Trust are to be the members of the IETF Administrative Oversight Committee (“IAOC”) including the IETF Administrative Director (“IAD”)

Be It Resolved that simultaneously with the execution of appropriate documents that create the Trust by the Settlors ISOC contributes all of its IETF IPR then currently held

Be It Resolved that any and all IETF IPR that comes into the possession of ISOC subsequent to the creation of the Trust shall become the property of the Trust

Be It Further Resolved that the President of ISOC is hereby authorized to execute such documents as necessary to effect the foregoing, including creation of the IETF Trust, the contribution of all IETF IPR held by ISOC at the time of Trust creation and thereafter, 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.

Resolution 2005-17: Expressing thanks to and support of the IASA
RESOLVED that the ISOC board thanks the IAOC for their efforts to resolve this issue and to express the ongoing support of the ISOC.

Resolution 2005-18: Supporting the ECC
RESOLVED that the ISOC reinforces its previous resolutions to endorse and support the ISOC-ECC and encourages it to proceed with all due speed in creating a legal entity. As agreed in the 2003 MOU, ISOC has chartered ISOC-ECC to be a part of ISOC, supporting ISOC’s mission, principles, and goals, and coordinating with ISOC on international initiatives. ISOC looks forward to reviewing and approving the legal documents required to set up and operate ISOC ECC just as it does with all chapters and coordinating councils.