Resolutions Passed at the Board Meeting No. 7
26-27 June 1997.

Resolution 1995-1: 1995 IAB Nominations
RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees confirms the nomination of:

  • Yakov Rekhter
  • Elise Gerich
  • Jay Allard
  • Robert Moskowitz
  • Erik Huizer
  • Chris Weider

to serve on the Internet Architecture Board.

Resolution 1995-2: Assumption of Office of Elected Trustees
RESOLVED, that the term of office of elected Trustees shall commence at the adjournment of the next Board meeting following the completion of the Election process. The term of office for departing Trustees shall end at the adjournment of the next Board meeting following the completion of the Election process. The Board meeting is defined as having one agenda, which may extend over several days. The new Board may convene an organisational meeting after the completion of the meeting of the outgoing Board.

Resolution 1995-3: 1996 ISOC Nomination and Trustee Election Timetable
RESOLVED, that the Board adopts a Timetable for the 1996 Trustee nomination and election process in accordance with the procedures of Resolution 94-19:

November 1 1995Nominations Period Opens
December 31 1995Nominations Period Closes
January 15 1996Nominations Committee Announcement
February 14 1996Petition Period Closes
February 15 1996Candidate Announcement
March 1 1996Election Period Opens – Ballots posted
April 30 1996Election date
May 1 1996Challenge Period Opens
May 10 1996Elections Committee Certifies Result
May 20 1996Challenge Period Closes
June 9 1996ISOC Response to Challenge Period Closes
June 9 1996Completion of Election Process

Resolution 1995-4: Amendments to ISOC ByLaws
RESOLVED, that the following amendments are to be applied to the ISOC ByLaws:

  1. Delete Article II, pertaining to the Initial Period of Operations, in its entirety and redesignate succeeding Articles accordingly.
  2. In Article III, Section 1, second sentence, delete the phrase “… for a portion of, or all of, the Society’s Initial Period of Operations…”
  3. In Article III, Section 2, last sentence, amend the final phrase to read “… except that service as an appointed Trustee prior to July 1995 shall not be counted in this computation.”
  4. In Article V, delete Section 1 in its entirety except for the following sentence: “Any vacancy in an officer position shall be filled by an individual elected by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office.”
  5. In Article V, Section 2, delete the following phrase in the second sentence: “Except as specified in Section 1 of this Article,…”
  6. In Article V, Section 2, delete the following phrase in the third sentence: “After the Society’s Initial Period of Operations,…”
  7. In Article V redesignate Section 2 to Section 1, and Section 1 to Section 2.
  8. In Article VI, sub-Section 2(3), delete the second sentence reading: “Founding Member status is not available to an organisation which is a Start-up Member.”
  9. In Article VI, sub-Section 4(1)(a), change the word “contributes” to “contributed”.
  10. In Article VI, sub-Section 4(1)(b), change the phrase “is organised” to “was organised.”
  11. In Article VII, delete Sections 1 and 2 and renumber the other sections accordingly.

Resolution 1995-5: Casual Vacancies on the Board of Trustees
RESOLVED, that the Board adopts the procedure that, where a casual vacancy exists on the Board of Trustees which is to be filled by an elected Trustee in the next election, the vacancy shall be deemed to be filled by the candidate elected with the least number of votes in the election. The Board will determine the period of office for the casual vacancy to be one term of office at it relates to the provisions of the ISOC ByLaws.

Where multiple casual vacancies exist the elected candidate with the least number of votes will be deemed to fill the casual vacancy with the shortest period remaining, the elected candidate with the second smallest number of votes will be deemed to fill the next shortest casual vacancy, and so on.

A casual vacancy is defined to have occurred where a Trustee does not complete the three year term of office, and the casual vacancy is defined to exist until the expiration of the three year period associated with the original incumbents’ election.

Resolution 1995-6: Audited 1994 ISOC Financial Statements
RESOLVED, that the Board accept the audited 1994 Financial Statement as a true and accurate record of the financial position of ISOC for 1994.

Resolution 1995-7: ISOC Support to the IETF
RESOLVED, that the Board expend the sum of up to USD 125,000 in supporting the activities of the IETF over the period July – December 1995. The expenditure is to be directed by the Chair of the IETF under the purview of the ISOC Vice-President for Standards, for the purpose of providing flexibility of resourcing to the IETF and IESG outside of the existing IETF Secretariat funding.

Resolution 1995-8: ISOC Support of APNIC
RESOLVED, that the Board will provide organisational hosting to the operation of the Asia Pacific Network Information Centre.

Resolution 1995-9: US Trademark Action
RESOLVED, that the Board empower the ISOC negotiators to seek possible terms of settlement in the US trademark action.

Resolution 1995-10: Appreciation of Executive Director<
RESOLVED, that the Board express its appreciation of the Executive Director and his energetic efforts over the past 18 months in this role.

Resolution 1995-11: Appreciation of Vint Cerf
RESOLVED, that the Board expresses its profound appreciation to Vint Cerf for his tireless efforts as inaugural President of ISOC.

Related Documents

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Meeting No. 7