Board Meeting No. 120

21 April 2015
04:00–05:00 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 119th meeting of the Board of Trustees.
  • Ratify the e-vote to approve the Board and Officer Code of Ethics
  • Ratify the e-vote to appoint members to the PIR Board of Directors
  • Ratify the e-vote to approve the Chapters Advisory Council charter

Resolution 2015-XX Approve Consent Agenda
RESOLVED, that the following items contained in the Consent Agenda were approved and ratified:

Approve the minutes of the 119th meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Resolution 2015-XX: Approve the minutes of the 119th Board meeting.
RESOLVED that the minutes of the 119th meeting of the Board of Trustees, held February 14-15, 2015 in Singapore are approved.

Ratify the e-vote to approve the Board and Officer Code of Ethics
Resolution 2015-XX: Ratify the e-vote to approve the Board and Officer Code of Ethics
RESOLVED that the e-vote held March 3 to 10, 2015 to approve the Board and Officer Code of Ethics is ratified. The e-vote passed unanimously. The resolution in the e-vote was:

RESOLVED, the ISOC Board of Trustees approves the Board and Officer Code of Ethics as presented, understanding that non-substantive editing may be required on the code.

Ratify the e-vote to appoint members to the PIR Board of Directors
Resolution 2015-XX: Ratify the e-vote to appoint members to the PIR Board of Directors
RESOLVED that the e-vote held March 31 to April 7, 2015 to appoint members to the PIR Board of Directors is ratified. The e-vote passed unanimously, except for Eric Burger and Desiree Miloshevic, who abstained. The resolution in the e-vote was:

RESOLVED, the ISOC Board of Trustees appoints the following people to the Board of Directors of the Public Interest Registry for terms beginning in mid-2015:

  • Maarten Botterman, for a term of one year
  • Eric Burger, for a term of two years
  • Ingrid Srinath, for a term of three years.

Ratify the e-vote to approve the Chapters Advisory Council charter
Resolution 2015-XX: Ratify the e-vote to approve the Chapters Advisory Council charter
RESOLVED that the e-vote held April 4 to 11, 2015 to approve the Chapters Advisory Council charter is ratified. The e-vote passed unanimously. The resolution in the e-vote was:

WHEREAS, the Board accepted the petition to from a Chapter Advisory Council and directed the staff to circulate the proposed charter to the Chapter leaders to confirm that there is a consensus for the proposed Charter; and
WHEREAS, the proposed charter was reviewed by the Chapter leaders and by ISOC counsel and revised based on their comments;
RESOLVED, that the Board approves the revised charter for an ISOC Chapters Advisory Council and directs the staff to facilitate the establishment of the Chapters Advisory Council.

3. Approve changes to the Endowment Policy–B. Hinden (5 mins.)

PURPOSE: To approve changes to the Endowment Policy.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolution 2015-XX: Approve revised policy statement for the Internet Endowment
RESOLVED that the Board approves the Policy for the Endowment for the Sustainability of the Internet Engineering Task Force as presented.

4. Welcome new Chapter–B. Hinden (5 mins.)

PURPOSE: To welcome a new chapter.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolution 2015-XX: Welcome new chapter
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees warmly welcomes the new Internet Society Montenegro Chapter, which was chartered and approved since the last Board meeting.

5. Recognition of outgoing PIR Board member–B. Hinden (5 mins.)

PURPOSE: To recognize an outgoing PIR Board member.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolution 2015-XX: Recognition of outgoing PIR Board member
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board of Trustees extends its gratitude to Erik Huizer for his service again on the PIR Board of Directors from June 2010 to June 2015.

6. Nominations Committee final report–N. Clark (5 mins.)

PURPOSE: To accept the formal report of ISOC’s Board of Trustees Nominations Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
Resolution 2015-XX: Accept the 2015 Nominations Committee report
RESOLVED that the report of the 2015 Nominations Committee is accepted.

7. President and CEO Report–K. Brown (20 mins.)

PURPOSE: To receive a status report on plans for AGM and InterCommunity2015.

No resolution required.

8. Update on IANA Transition–N. Clark & K. Brown (5 mins.)

PURPOSE: To receive a status report on IANA transition.

No resolution required.

9. AOB (5 mins.)

Adjournment

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