Minutes of Board Meeting No. 188

14 May 2025
Virtual via Zoom

  • Closed Executive Session: Board members and staff 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.

Note: There were no open forum sessions scheduled for this meeting.

Present:

  • Olufunke Baruwa
  • Ramanou Biaou
  • Brian Haberman
  • Ted Hardie
  • Maureen Hilyard
  • Russ Housley
  • Victor Kuarsingh
  • Barry Leiba
  • Charles Mok
  • Kathleen Moriarty
  • Caleb Ogundele
  • Sagarika Wickramasekera
  • Sally Wentworth, President and CEO, non-voting

Trustees Excused:

  • Laura Thomson

Staff:

  • Sarah Armstrong, Executive Director, ISOC Foundation
  • Ilona Levine, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, ISOC
  • Chris Locke, Managing Director, ISOC Foundation
  • Sae Park, Chief Financial Officer, ISOC
  • Lauren Terrell, Director of Governance, ISOC

Open to Observers Session

1. Welcome, Apologies, and Declaration of Conflicts – Ted Hardie

Mr. Hardie called the ISOC Board of Trustees meeting to order in Open to Observers Session at 16:42 UTC on Wednesday, 14 May 2025 and welcomed participants.

No conflicts were declared.

2. Public Interest Registry Board of Directors Appointments – Barry Leiba

On behalf of the Public Interest Registry Nominations Committee, Mr. Leiba presented the following resolution:

Resolution 2025-X: Appoint Members of the Public Interest Registry Board of Directors
RESOLVED, that the Internet Society Board of Trustees appoints the following individuals to the Board of Directors of the Public Interest Registry for three-year terms commencing with the Public Interest Registry Board’s 2025 mid-year meeting: Lena Beck Rørvig, Michael Silber, and Seun Ojedeji.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Internet Society Board of Trustees reappoints Jonathan Nevett as a non-voting member of the Board of Directors of the Public Interest Registry for a term ending at the Public Interest Registry Board’s 2026 mid-year meeting.

The resolution was unanimously approved.

3. Any Other Business – Ted Hardie

No other business was raised.

4. Adjournment – Ted Hardie

With no other business, Mr. Hardie adjourned the meeting at 16:46 UTC.

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