ISOC nominations

[Jan Gruntorad <]

                         The Internet Society
                   1995 Board of Trustees Elections

                         CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

On 30 April 1995 Internet Society members will be requested to vote for
FOUR elected positions on the Internet Society Board of Trustees. These
elected Trustees will serve a three year term. The role of the Trustees
is detailed in the Internet Society By-Laws (not included in this
notice), but available on the Internet Society gopher
(gopher://gopher.isoc.org/00/isoc/basic_docs/bylaws.txt) and WWW
servers (http://www.isoc.org).

This notice is a call from the ISOC Nominations Committee for
nominations of candidates for election.

Nominations are to be forwarded this committee via:

o electronic mail to

+---------------------+
| isoc-noms@localhost   |
+---------------------+

or

o fax to

+-------------------+
| +1 (315) 453 3052 |
+-------------------+

or

o postal mail to:

+--------------------------------+
| Jean Armour Polly              |
| NYSERNet, Inc.                 |
| 200 Elwood Davis Rd. Suite 103 |
| Liverpool, NY 13088-6147       |
| USA                            |
+--------------------------------+

                PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS NOTE WIDELY

Nominations must reach the committee no later than 31 December 1994 in
order to ensure due consideration of the nomination by the committee.
Nominations (in the form of agreed nominations, suggestions or
volunteers) are to include the name of the nominated individual, contact
details and a brief explanation of the basis of the nomination.

The committee will confirm with the candidates their willingness to
stand for election as a nominated candidate if so selected. Nominees
will also be requested to provide the committee with further personal
details (in the format of a curriculum vitae) as they relate to the
selection guidelines that are to be applied by the committee, and provide
to the committee a statement indicating their willingness and ability to
devote an appropriate level of time to activities associated with the
position of Trustee of the Internet Society. It is intended that the
committee's selection process will result in no less than 8, and up to
10 candidates for election as nominated candidates.  This list will  be
passed to the Elections Committee on 15 January 1995, as well as
informing voting members of the Society of the selected nominees.

Additional candidates for election to the Board of Trustees may be
nominated by membership petition, filed with the Chair of the Nominating
Committee no later than 14 February, 1995. A petition for the 1995
election will require the signatures of fifty voting ISOC members. Specific
details of the petition process will be included in the announcement of
nominated candidates on 15 January 1995.

Following the closure of the petition period, the list of the nominated
and petitioned candidates will be announced 15 February, 1995.  The
Election Committee will mail the ballots out to ISOC voting members
on 1 March, 1995 and the election date is set to be 30 April 1995.

Thank you,

Jean Armour Polly
Chair, ISOC Nominations Committee
jpolly@localhost
phone +1 315 453 2912 extension 224 (GMT -5)
fax   +1 315 453 3052
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A. The 1995 ISOC Nominations Committee membership

Jean Armour Polly (Chair, ISOC Trustee)
Susan Estrada (ISOC Trustee)
Jan Gruntorad (ISOC Member)
Mike Lawrie (ISOC Member)
Andy Linton (ISOC Member)
David Farber (ISOC Trustee) (alternate)
Jon Postel (ISOC Trustee) (alternate)

Committee Email address:        isoc-noms@localhost

------------------------------------------------------------------------
B. Nominations Committee Selection Guidelines

Candidates for ISOC Trustee should have a demonstrable involvement
in the Internet. Such involvement may range from  participation as a
technology developer, researcher, user, network operator, policy maker
(e.g. in government), sponsor of research and development.

ISOC is interested in broadly-based representation on the Board of
Trustees and seeks to identify candidates from industry, education
and non-profit sectors and from government. The selection criteria
will be directed to selecting a broad range of interests, and will
include criteria of regional location, current activities, relevant
experience and professional background.

A minimum of 8 candidates, and up to 10 candidates, will be selected
by this committee, using the criteria as outlined above.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
C. A Profile of the current Board of Trustees

The current membership (as of 1 December 1994) of the Board of Trustees
is as follows:

"Vint Cerf"                      1992-95   USA-Americas
vint_cerf/1050002@localhost

"Lawrence Landweber"             1994-97   USA-Americas
lhl@localhost

"Frode Greisen"                  1992-95   Denmark-Europe
<frode.greisen@localhost

"Geoff Huston"                   1992-95   Australia-Asia-Pacific
<g.huston@localhost

"Scott Bradner"                  1992-95   USA-Americas
sob@localhost

"Charles Brownstein"             1993-96   USA-Americas
cbrownst@localhost

"Susan Estrada"                  1993-96   USA-Americas
sestrada@localhost

"David Farber"                   1993-96   USA-Americas
farber@localhost

"Shigeki Goto"                   1994-97   Japan-Asia-Pacific
goto@localhost

"Saul Hahn"                      1994-97   Mexico-Americas
shahn@localhost

"Haruhisa Ishida"                1993-96   Japan-Asia-Pacific
ishida@localhost

"Robert Kahn"                    1992-*    USA-Americas
rkahn@localhost

"Tomaz Kalin"                    1994-97   Slovenia-Europe
kalin@localhost

"Dan Lynch"                      1994-97   USA-Americas
dlynch@localhost

"Kees Neggers"                   1993-*    Netherlands-Europe
neggers@localhost

"Jean Armour Polly"              1993-96   USA-Americas
jpolly@localhost

"Jon Postel"                     1993-96   USA-Americas
postel@localhost

"Michael Roberts"                1993-*    USA-Americas
mmr@localhost

"Anthony Rutkowski"              ex-officio
amr@localhost

* appointed for unlimited terms
------------------------------------------------------------------------
D. Procedures

Resolution 94-19 Procedures for Nomination and Election of Trustees
(Supersedes Resolution 92-11)
The Board resolved unanimously to adopt the following process for the
nomination and election of ISOC Trustees.

Procedures for Nomination and Election of Trustees

1. Trustee Positions to be Filled

The Board of Trustees will advise the Nominating Committee of the
number of Trustee positions to be filled by vote of the individual
members at each annual election.  The Board may also advise the
Nominating Committee of its desires with respect to the backgrounds of
individuals to be nominated in order to achieve the balance o
experience and qualifications required by the provisions of By-Law
Article III, Section 2, which provides that "the Board shall seek to
have among the Trustees representative individuals from industry, from
educational and nonprofit organizations and from government."

1.1  Date of Election

The Board of Trustees will annually adopt a timetable for Trustee
elections.  The election date shall be not less than 40 days prior
to the next Annual Meeting of the Society.

1.2  Use of Electronic Mail

All communications concerning the nomination and election of
Trustees shall be in the form of electronic mail except the
ballot, which shall be in the form of first class postal mail.
Members of the Society who are not reachable by electronic mail
may participate in the nomination process by postal mail.

2.  Nominating Committee

The Board of Trustees will annually appoint a Trustee Nominating
Committee.  The Nominating Committee will consist of 5
individual members of the Society.  The Chair of the Nominating
Committee shall be a member of the Board of Trustees.  At least
2 members of the Nominating Committee shall be individual
members of the Society not currently serving in any elected or
appointed capacity in the Society.

2.1  Nominations by Committee

The Nominating Committee will notify the members of the Society of
the procedures for nominating individuals for election to the
Board of Trustees, and will provide a minimum period for receiving
nominations of 30 days.  The number of individuals nominated
shall exceed the number of Trustees to be elected.

2.2  Nominations by Petition

The Nominating Committee will notify the voting members of the
Society of the names of individuals nominated by the committee for
election to the Board of Trustees not less than 105 days prior to
the date established for Trustee elections.  Additional
nominations for election to the Board of Trustees may be made by
petition filed with the Chair of the Nominating Committee not less
than 75 days prior to the election.  Petitions may be filed
electronically.  The Nominating Committee shall specify the number
of signatures of voting members required for petitions, which
shall be at least fifty voting members of the Society, or 1%
of the total number of voting members of the Society, whichever is
greater.

2.3  Candidates for Election

The Nominating Committee will provide the names of a completed
slate of candidates for election to the Elections Committee not
less than 74 days prior to the election date.

3.  Elections Committee

The Board of Trustees will annually appoint an Elections Committe
composed of three voting members of the Society which will be
responsible for establishing and supervising elections.
The Chair of the committee shall be a Trustee whose term of office
does not expire during the year of the election.

3.1  Eligibility to Vote

All individual members of the Society in good standing are
eligible to vote.  An individual member is in good standing if his
or her annual dues are not more than 60 days past due on the date
of mailing of the ballot.

3.2  Ballot

The Trustee election shall be conducted by written ballot of the
individual members, which shall be mailed to each member of the
Society in good standing not less than 60 days prior to the
date of the election.

3.3  Voting

Each voting member will be entitled to as many votes as there are
Trustee positions to be filled by vote of the members.  Votes may
be cumulated on behalf of one or more candidates for election.  A
member may use fewer than the total number of votes available if
he or she so chooses.

3.4  Receipt of Ballots

All ballots for Trustee elections shall be received by the Chair
of the Elections Committee by 5 PM local time on the day prior to
the date of the election, at the place established by th
Elections Committee for delivery of the ballots.

3.5  Counting of Ballots

The counting of ballots will take place on the election date, at a
time and place established by the Elections Committee.  At least
two members of the Elections Committee shall be present at the
counting of the ballots.  The committee will establish procedures
to ensure the privacy, validity and accuracy of all ballots.

3.6  Certification of Vote

The Elections Committee shall certify the results of the annual
Trustee election to the Board of Trustees within 10 days following
the election, forwarding a list of the candidates and the number
of votes each candidate has received.

3.7  Challenges

No challenge to any Trustee nomination or election procedure or
result may be brought except by an individual member in good
standing.  Any challenge must be addressed to the President of the
Society with a recital of the reasons for the challenge, and must
be received within 20 days of the election date.  The President,
after consultation with the Chairs of the Nominating and Elections
Committees and the members of the Board of Trustees, shall advise
the author of the challenge of the Board's decision, which shall be
final, within 40 days of the election date.

Resolution 94-20 1995 ISOC Nomination and Trustee Election Timetable
The Board resolved unanimously to adopt a Timetable for the 1995 Trustee
nomination and election process in accordance with the procedures of
Resolution 92-19 commencing with the opening of the Nominations period
on December 1 1994. The Timetable to be adopted is as follows:

    December 1 1994    Nominations Period Opens
    December 31 1994   Nominations Period Closes
    January 15 1995    Nominations Committee Announcement
    February 14 1995   Petition Period Closes
    February 15 1995   Candidate Announcement
    March 1 1995       Election Period Opens - Ballots posted
    April 30 1995      Election date
    May 1 1995         Challenge Period Opens
    May 10 1995        Elections Committee Certifies Result
    May 20 1995        Challenge Period closes
    June 9 1995        ISOC Response to Challenge Period Closes
    June 28 1995       1995 Annual General Meeting


=======================================================================