Board Meeting No. 116

3 November 2014
21:00-23:00 UTC

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Agenda

1. Welcome, Apologies and Declaration of Conflicts–B. Hinden (5 mins.)

2. Consent Agenda–B. Hinden (5 mins.)

  • Approve the minutes of the 115th meeting of the Board of Trustees.
  • Ratify the e-vote to approve the 2015 Elections Timetable.

Resolution 2014-XX Approve Consent Agenda
RESOLVED, that the following items contained in the Consent Agenda were approved and ratified:

Approve the minutes of the 115th meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Resolution 2014-XX: Approve the minutes of the 115th Board meeting.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 115th meeting of the Board of Trustees, held on September 18, 2014 in Irvington, Virginia, USA is approved.

Ratify the e-vote to approve the 2015 Elections Calendar
Resolution 2014-XX: Ratify the e-vote to approve the 2015 Elections Calendar.
RESOLVED that the e-vote held between September 22 and 29, 2014 approving the 2015 Elections Calendar is ratified.  The e-vote passed unanimously.  The resolution in the e-vote was:

RESOLVED, The ISOC Board of Trustees approves the Board Elections Calendar as follows:

  • Call for Nominations opens: Tuesday, 21 October 2014
  • Nominations period closes: Saturday, 20 December 2014
  • Nominations Committee deliberations end: Saturday, 7 February 2015
  • Candidates announced. Petitions period opens: Monday 16 February 2015
  • Petitions period closes: Saturday, 28 February 2015
  • Final candidate slate announced. Candidate Forum begins: Monday, 2 March 2015
  • Ballots posted. Voting opens: Friday, 13 March 2015
  • Voting closes. Ballots counted: Monday, 6 April 2015
  • Certification of election. Challenge period opens: Friday, 10 April 2015
  • Challenge period closes:  Friday, 17 April 2015
  • Challenge response period ends. Results finalized and announced: Tuesday, 21 April 2015

3. Welcoming New Chapters–B. Hinden (5 mins.)

PURPOSE: Welcome new chapters.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolution 2014-XX: Welcome the new Internet Society Turkey Chapter.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new Internet Society Turkey Chapter, which was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolution 2014-XX: Welcome the new Internet Society Republic of Korea Chapter.
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new Internet Society Republic of Korea Chapter, which was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting.

4. Update on IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group–N. Clark (15 mins.)

PURPOSE: Receive update on the status of IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination.

No resolution required.

Move to Executive Session

5. Update on Internet Governance: Plenipot, etc.–K. Brown (20 mins.)

PURPOSE: Receive update on recent and upcoming Internet governance activities.

No resolution required.

6. Review 2014 Performance and Year End Forecast–K. Brown & G. Kapfer (20 mins.)

PURPOSE: Receive report on 2014 year-end financial forecast.

No resolution required.

7. High-level overview of 2015 Plan–K. Brown (30 mins.)

PURPOSE: Receive preliminary overview of the Internet Society’s 2015 Plan.

No resolution required.

Resume Public Session

8. AOB (20 mins.)
Adjournment

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