Resolutions of Board Meeting No. 13

Resolutions Passed at the Board Meeting No. 13
12-13 December 1997.

Resolution 1997-26: ISOC Audit Committee
RESOLVED, to appoint Christian Huitema (chair), Michael Conn and Tim O’Reilly to the ISOC Audit Committee.

Resolution 1997-27: INET’98 Bank Account
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees authorizes the President of ISOC to establish a Swiss Franc account and a U.S. dollar account, as needed, with a Swiss bank to support the financial operations of the INET’98 Conference and related events.

Resolution 1997-28: ISOC General Counsel
RESOLVED, to accept Mr Stuart D. Levi, Esq., of the law form Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, to be the Internet Society General Counsel.

Resolution 1997-29: gTLD Policy Oversight Committee appointments
RESOLVED, to nominate Mr Christopher Wilkinson and Mr David Maher as ISOC nominations to the gTLD Policy Oversight Committee.

Resolution 1997-30: gTLD Policy Oversight Committee appointment term
RESOLVED, to nominate that Mr Christopher Wilkinson be appointed for a three year term on the gTLD Policy Oversight Committee.

Resolution 1997-31: INET Conferences
RESOLVED, to operate the INET conferences on a business basis that ensures INET conferences become a source of income to ISOC with low levels of financial risk to the Society.

Resolution 1997-32: INET’98 Conference Budget
RESOLVED, that the INET’98 Conference Committee prepare a conference budget for INET’98 which uses levels of registration and sponsorship levels as encountered in previous INET conferences, for consideration by the Board no later than January 6 1998.

Resolution 1997-33: INET Conferences
RESOLVED, that the Vice President for Conferences advise the Board of the impact of setting surplus targets of USD 1M for each of INET’99 and INET’2000, and that this advice be tendered to the Board by March 1998

Resolution 1997-34: ISOC Chapters Liaison
RESOLVED, that the position of ISOC Chapters Liaison be established, and Alan McCluskey be initially appointed to this position.

Resolution 1997-35: ISOC Chapter Guidelines
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Chapter guidelines be amended to remove the phrase “except for just clause” from the membership provisions for ISOC Chapters.

Resolution 1997-36: ISOC Geneva Office
RESOLVED, that the Board accepts the funding offer of the Geneva Borse to support a continuing ISOC presence in Geneva, commencing immediately following INET’98, and for this to be reviewed six months following the establishment of this office.

Resolution 1997-37: IANA Evolution
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Executive Committee take an active role in the evolution of the IANA proposals and inform the Board on progress of this activity on a regular basis.

Resolution 1997-38: IANA Briefing
RESOLVED, that various IANA evolutionary models be presented to the ISOC membership for discussion by the membership and for note by the Board and IANA.

Resolution 1997-39: 1998 ISOC Trustee Nomination and Election Timetable
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees adopt a timetable for the 1998 Trustee nominations and election process, in place of Resolution 97-23, in accordance with the procedures of Resolution 94-19, commencing with the opening of the Nominations period on December 15 1997. The timetable to be adopted is as follows:

December 15, 1997: Nominations Period Opens
January 15, 1998: Nominations Period Closes
January 23, 1998: Nominations Committee Announcement
February 23, 1998: Petition Period Closes
February 24, 1998: Candidate Announcement
March 24, 1998: Ballots Posted
April 1, 1998: Election Period Opens
May 30, 1998: Election Date
June 1, 1998: Challenge Period Opens
June 10, 1997: Elections Committee Certifies Result
June 20, 1998: Challenge Period Closes
July 10, 1998: ISOC Response to Challenge Period Closes
July 20, 1998: ISOC Board of Trustees Annual General Meeting

Resolution 1997-40: General Counsel Waiver
RESOLVED, that the Internet Society waive any potential conflict of interest with regard to the Society’s General Counsel, Skadden, Arps Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Mr Stuart D. Levi Esq., also providing legal services to the Policy Oversight Committee.

Resolution 1997-41: IETF Funding for 1998
RESOLVED, to include a budgeted expenditure of USD 250,000 to support the activities of the IETF within the 1998 ISOC budget.

Resolution 1997-42: ISOC 1998 Budget
RESOLVED, to accept the ISOC 1998 budget, limiting expenditure regarding the INET portion to new expenses of up to USD 25,000, for enabling ISOC operations over the month of January.