To the IETF Community: The ISOC Board wants to make our Board meetings more accessible to the ISOC community. At our next board meeting we are planning something new, ISOC Board Open Forums. The Internet Society Board of Trustees provides strategic direction and oversight to advance ISOC’s mission of preserving the open, global Internet. To guide us in our work, we often seek input from the ISOC community, including IETF participants. To increase opportunities to hear from you directly, we will hold two ISOC Board Open Forums at our next board meeting, 9-10 April in Buenos Aires. Public sessions of ISOC board meetings have always been open to observers. The new Forums provide observers the opportunity to make comments or ask questions on topics before the board. Among the topics we are most keen to have input on at this time are Security and Encryption, and Increasing Internet Access. Any of you attending IETF 95 and remaining in Buenos Aires on Saturday or Sunday, April 9 or 10, are welcome join us in person. Others may join remotely. The Saturday meeting will begin at 10:00 local time / 13:00 UTC, and end at 17:00 local time / 20:00 UTC. The Sunday meeting will begin at 09:00 local time / 12:00 UTC, and end at 16:00 local time / 19:00 UTC. Both will be held in the Quebracho B room of the Hilton Buenos Aires. The ISOC Board Open Forums will be held at different times each day to accommodate observers in different time zones around the globe. Initially, we have set aside 30 minutes for each. This is a bit of an experiment. If there is sufficient interest in the Forums we will allow more time at future meetings. Details on in-person and remote participation in Board of Trustees meetings can be found on the Guidelines for Observers page of the ISOC website: https://www.internetsociety.org/observerguidelines For the timing of the Forums, as well as the topics to be discussed by the board, see the board meeting agenda: https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/board-trustees/meetings As the the organizational home of the IETF, the Internet Society values your input. We hope to see many of you online or in person in Buenos Aires, 9-10 April. Bob Hinden Chair, ISOC Board of Trustees
