Resolutions of Board Meeting No. 96

Resolutions Passed at the Board Meeting No. 96
4-5 August 2012.

Resolution 2012-18: Approval of the Minutes of the 95th Board Meeting
RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 95th meeting of the Internet Society held by teleconference 16 July 2012 are approved.

Resolution 2012-19: Recognition of outgoing Trustees
RESOLVED, that the board thanks outgoing Board members Khaled Koubaa, Philip Smith and Jonathan Zittrain for their commitment and outstanding service to the Internet Society.

Resolution 2012-20: Recognition of outgoing ISOC Chair
RESOLVED, that the board thanks Raul Echeberria for his dedicated service as Chair of the ISOC Board for the past 3 years.

Resolution 2012-21: Appoint ISOC Liaison to the IETF Nominations Committee
RESOLVED, that the ISOC Board appoints Rudi Vansnick as ISOC Liaison to the IETF nominations Committee for the 2012-2013 term

Resolution 2012-22: Appoint chair and members of the Executive Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Eva Frolich, as Chair, Raul Echeberria, Theresa Swinehart and Narelle Clark as members of the committee, along with Lynn St. Amour (as President & CEO), Jason Livingood (as Treasurer) and Scott Bradner (as Secretary).

Resolution 2012-23: Appoint chair and members of the Audit Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Eric Burger as the chair of the Audit Committee, and Alain Aina, Narelle Clark and Rudi Vansnick as members of the committee.

Resolution 2012-24: Appoint a chair and members of the Finance Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Jason Livingood as the chair of the Finance Committee, and Bert Wijnen, Bob Hinden and Dave Farber as members of the committee.  The President serves as a non-voting, ex-officio member of this Committee.

Resolution 2012-25: Appoint a chair and members of the Compensation Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Eva Frolich as the chair of the Compensation Committee, and Bert Wijnen, Bob Hinden and Raul Echeberria as members of the committee.

Resolution 2012-26: Appoint a chair of the Nominations Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Keith Davidson as the chair of the Nominations Committee.

Resolution 2012-27: Appoint a chair of the Elections Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Rudi Vansnick as the chair of the Elections Committee.

Resolution 2012-28: Request the development of a charter for a Governance Committee
RESOLVED, that the Board requests Theresa Swinehart develop and propose a charter for a Governance Committee for Board consideration.

RESOLVED, that the Board continues the By-Laws review committee with the current charter with Eric Burger as chair of the committee; Narelle Clark, Theresa Swinehart, and Raúl Echeberría as committee members; along with Greg Kapfer, Ted Mooney and Walda Roseman as ISOC staff support; and Scott Bradner as an invited expert, along with invited guests from the Advisory Committee and chapters; and with ex officio members Lynn St Amour as President and Eva Frölich as Chair of the Board.

Resolution 2012-29: Approve a change in PIR’s contract with ICANN
RESOLVED the Board approves a change to PIR’s contract with ICANN to permit PIR to launch a one and two character Domain allocation program.

Resolution 2012-30: Adopt the target funding level for ISOC’s Strategic Reserves and direct management in its implementation of this level.
RESOLVED, that the Board adopts the target level of 12 months of funding of expenses for ISOC’s Strategic Reserve, as defined in the Investment Policy of the Internet Society. This includes as part of that Strategic Reserve the maintenance of three years of IETF/IASA expenses. The Board directs ISOC’s management to work with the Finance Committee to propose options for the period over which this will occur, and any related mechanics, so that a plan can be presented at the October 2012 Board meeting.

Resolution 2012-31: Approve the Board guidelines for the ISOC Board guidelines for the ISOC liaison to the IETF NomCom.
RESOLVED, that the Board approves the ISOC Board guidelines for the ISOC liaison to the IETF NomCom and requests that the Chair communicate the guidelines to the IETF NomCom Chair.