Resolutions of Board Meeting No. 30

Resolutions Passed at the Board Meeting No. 30
16-17 November 2002

Resolution 2002-16: Thanking the organizers of INET 2002
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees records its gratitude to those who made the INET2002 Conference a success in unusually difficult circumstances, namely Richard Perlman, Mike Nelson, Alejandro Pisanty, Hans Klein, and Francois Fluckiger, with special thanks to Riina Reinumagi for her exceptional work in not only managing all the speakers and presentations, but also for helping create an online conference program management system that now belongs to ISOC; and notes its gratitude for the hard work of the Foretec conference staff which made this conference possible.

Resolution 2002-17: Election Revision Committee
RESOLVED, that an Election Revision Committee be approved composed of Alan Greenberg (chair), Brian Carpenter, Barbara Fraser, and Richard Perlman, with Erik Huizer and George Sadowsky as non-voting members. The committee will report back to the Board in a timely manner to ensure that new procedures are approved prior to or at the November 2002 Board of Trustees meeting. Furthermore, to the extent possible, issues relating to the Nominations Committee will be discussed early with the intent of securing Board approval in principle as soon as possible and with due haste.

Resolution 2002-18: No direct election of Trustees by Individual Members in 2003
RESOLVED, that there will be no direct election of Trustees by Individual Members in 2003. However, the Board wishes to retain the direct election of some Trustees by Individual Members, and will investigate alternative approaches with the goal of reinstating such a process in 2004.

Resolution 2002-19: Revision of Trustees Selection procedure
RESOLVED, that the Board accept the recommendations of the Election Revision Committee for the revision of the ISOC “Procedures for Selecting Trustees”.

Resolution 2002-20: Establishment and Conduct of Chapters
Resolve to adopt the “Policy on the Establishment and Conduct of Chapters of the Internet Society” proposed in the November 2002 report of the VP of Chapters.

Resolution 2002-21: Specifying eligibility for election participation
Resolved that the procedure document be amended, so that only members and chapters in good standing by December 31 will be eligible for participation in the next year election; the list of these members should be finalized and passed to the election committee no later than January 31 of the election year.