============================================================================== ISOC Document Title: Nomination of ISOC Officers Author: Tony Rutkowski Date: 20 Jun 1995 Body: Board of Trustees Document: 95-011 Revision: basic Supersedes: - Status: Final Maintainer: Tony Rutkowski Access: nrestricted ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 07:56:09 -0400 To: isoc-trustees@linus.isoc.org From: Tony Rutkowski Subject: Nomination of ISOC Officers Current officers of the Internet Society are: President - Vint Cerf Secretrary - Geoff Huston Treasurer - Frode Greisen VP for Education - Larry Landweber VP for Standards - Scott Bradner VP for Chapters and Individual membership - Haruhisa Ishida Only the President, Secretary, and Treasurer are mandatory offices. Other officer positions are created as the Board desires, pursuant to Art V, Sec. 3 of the Bylaws. In accordance with the bylaws, all officers serve one-year, renewable terms. Consequently, it is timely to determine who the candidates are for each office listed above. Trustees interested in serving (or continuing to serve) in the capacities listed above should report this interest to Tony Rutkowski with CC: to Mike Roberts. We will set elections for the Tuesday of the meeting of the Board, elected officers to take office at the end of the meeting. Note that upon opening of official nominations, candidates will need a "second" from among the voting trustees to qualify for the ballot. The bylaws allow for officers who are NOT trustees, with the exception of the president, who has to be an elected trustee (after the end of the initial period of operation). Thus, nominations may be made of persons who are not trustees. For example, Geoff Huston is qualified for election to the post of Secretary, although he is not a trustee. Charter trustees are eligible for any office except the presidency. Vint [Officers Article from By-Laws] ARTICLE V OFFICERS Section 1. The initial officers of the Society are the President, Treasurer and Secretary. Each initial officer shall hold office during the Society's Initial Period of Operations, unless at least a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office determines that the term shall be otherwise. 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. Officers shall be selected from among the Regular Individual Members of the Society. Section 2. The officers of the Society shall, at a minimum, consist of a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary. Except as specified in Section 1 of this Article, each officer shall be elected for a one-year renewable term by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office. After the Society's Initial Period of Operations, the President shall be selected from among the members of the Board of Trustees who have been elected by the Regular Individual Members of the Society. A person shall not hold more than one office at the same time. Section 3. The Board of Trustees, by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, may appoint such additional officers as it shall deem necessary. Section 4. The President of the Society, with the approval of the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, shall have authority to appoint an Executive Director of the Society, who shall be responsible for the day-to-day conduct of the Society's activities. Section 5. The Executive Director of the Society, if one is appointed, shall serve ex officio as a non-voting member of the Board of Trustees. Section 6. The officers of the Society shall not receive any compensation (apart from reimbursement of expenses) for their services as officers, but this shall not preclude reasonable compensation for services rendered to the Society by an officer in some other capacity. Section 7. The officers of the Society shall hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer of the Society may be removed by the Board of Trustees, by the affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, whenever in their judgment the best interests of the Society will be served thereby. Section 8. The officers of the Society shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Trustees or by the President of the Society. Section 9. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the President of the Society, or in the event of the President's inability to act, such other officer as may be designated by the Board or by the President to act in the absence of the President, shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Society to attend and to act and to vote at any meetings at which the Society may have a right to vote. The Board or the President from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or persons. ==============================================================================