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Board of Trustees

Board Meeting # 56

Date: November 11th and 12th, 2006 Place: Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
1380 Harbor Island Drive
San Diego, CA 92101-1092
USA

High level Agenda (for planning purposes)

Day 1               November 11th 2006 - Saturday
08:00 - 12:15 Meeting Slot 1
12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 17:30 Meeting Slot 2
18:00 - 19:00 Optional slot (if required)

19:30 - 22:30

Board Dinner

Day 2              November 12th 2006 - Sunday
08:00 - 08:45 Closed Board Meeting
08:45 - 12:00 Meeting Slot 3
12:00 - 13:30

Lunch (optional)

 

Detailed Agenda

Day 1               November 11th 2006 - Saturday
08:00 - 08:15 Review Agenda and Ratification of past Minutes and
e-votes

RESOLVED, that the minutes of the 55th meeting of the ISOC Board be approved as written.

08:15 - 08:45

Advisory Council Update - Juskevicius/Monroe

GOAL: Exchange of Information from Org. Members/AC Meeting

PROPOSED RESOLUTION : No Draft Resolution received

08:45 - 09:45

Board Work Plan v 1.0

GOAL: Discussion and approval of Board Work Plan v.1

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the Board adopt the Board Work Plan as proposed by the Board Chair and the ISOC President and CEO in Board Work Plan v1.0

09:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 10:30

President's 2006 Operational Report - St. Amour

GOAL: Review Performance vs. 2006 Budget and Operating Plan, see also 2006 Plan and Budget.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: No Draft Resolution received

Reports have been submitted covering ISOC operations and financial performance:

In addition, the following reports have been submitted given our role in supporting the IETF and related bodies:

  • IAB (L. Daigle)
  • IETF (B. Carpenter)
10:30 - 11:45

2007 - 2009 Budget and Financial Presentation - St.Amour/Staff

GOAL: Medium Term Financial Planning Approved by Board

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: WHEREAS the board wishes to agree on a budgetary plan for the medium term and thereby provide guidance to the CEO when preparing the annual budgets,

RESOLVED, that the 2007-2009 budgetary plan will be as documented by the 2007-2009 budget book (to be formally published following Board review and approval).

Department/Pillar Submissions:

11:45 - 12:15

2007 Budget - St.Amour/Staff

GOAL: 2007 Budget and Key Programs approved by Board.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the Board approve the 2007 Budget as presented by President and CEO Lynn St. Amour and as documented in the 2007 - 2009 Budget Book.

12:15 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 17:00

Review of Proposed MAJOR Strategic Initiatives
(incl. 15 min. BREAK)

GOAL: Develop a short list of projects for further development by staff. Approval and final decision expected at March 2007 Board meeting.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: No Draft Resolution received

17:00 - 17:30

Review of financial options to support Major Strategic Initiative(s), Public Support Test for Charitable Organizations and long-term financial planning - St.Amour/Ricart

GOAL: Financial operating and net asset targets will be covered under the Budget Review, but a further review of financial options to support a Major Strategic Initiative(s), the Public Support Test for Charitable Organizations, and long-term financial planning would be helpful as we progress our work on Strategic Initiatives.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: No Draft Resolution received

Related Item:

19:30 - 22:30 Board Dinner: Location TBC


Day 2               November 12th 2006 - Sunday
08:00 - 08:45

Closed Board Session

GOAL: Appoint new PIR Board of Director and review any other PIR related items as required.

NOTE: Closed session may be extended to review IASA budget details if contract negotiations with the RFC editor have not concluded.

08:45 - 09:00

ISOC NomCom Appointment - St.Arnaud

GOAL: Review and approve the 2006 - 2007 Nominations Committee.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the Board accept the ISOC 2006-2007 Nominating Committee slate as proposed by Nomcom Chair Bill St. Arnaud.

Proposed Nomcom slate:

Bill St. Arnaud (chair)
Ole Jacobsen
Jonne Soininen
Mike Nelson
Kilnam Chon
Daniel Stern
Wladyslaw Majewski
Alex Gakuru
Kimberly Claffy

09:00 - 09:45

Governance Proposal re reducing Board Size - Baker

GOAL: Introduction and Discussion of Proposal. Expectation is that the Board may want to continue discussion and any final decision will be taken at the Board meeting in March 2007.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: None expected given two phase process, but a decision whether to engage in this discussion is expected.

09:45 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 10:30

ISOC's Role in IETF Process Documents

GOAL: Historically, the ISOC Board has "accepted" IETF Process RFCs as being the IETF's documentation on how it works, (the ISOC board has not "approved" the RFCs - to ensure there is no confusion as to whose documents these are).

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees accepts or confirms its acceptance of the IETF process documents current at this time, and accepts the responsibilities of ISOC as described in the documents submitted by the IETF Chair (B. Carpenter) per the document submitted to this Board meeting:

10:30 - 11:00

Chapter Status Report - McAuley/Monroe

GOAL: Review of the level of activity and status of all Chapters in support of the strategic operating program that is being proposed re: chapter development.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: No Draft Resolution received

11:00 - 11:15

Thank you and recognition to departing VP of Public Policy Michael R. Nelson and staff member David McAuley.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the ISOC President and CEO and the Board of Trustees thank Michael R. Nelson for all his efforts and support as ISOC's VP of Public Policy.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION: RESOLVED, that the ISOC President and CEO and the Board of Trustees thank David McAuley for all his efforts and support as ISOC's Director of Membership and Chapters.

11:15 - 12:00 AOB
12:00 Meeting Finished
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch (optional)