The ISOC Board of Trustees would like to thank the community for reviewing the proposed Internet Society
bylaws changes. The comment period for the proposed changes opened on 29 April 2016 and closed
on 16 May 2016. The Board received five responses: two resulted in changes, two were in support of
the changes, and one was on a different topic.
Making vacancy processes consistent
The vacancy process proposal was modified in line with suggestions submitted by Ricardo Holmquist
and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB).
Making terminology consistent
The terminology consistency proposal was modified in response to a comment from Ricardo Holmquist
to make it clearer that no change on process was being suggested — only a change in terms. The
revised change makes the wording in paragraphs a and b under Article II section 1 identical other
than the substitution of "Chapters" for "Organizational Members."
Editorial changes
A comment was also received about the proposed editorial changes to the Organizational Members
and Chapters sections concerning making the term "election eligibility cut-off date" used in both sections
instead of "date of eligibility determination" in one and "date" in the other. The same wording change is
also proposed in the first paragraph of Article III section 1 and in the third paragraph of Article IV.
These changes were proposed so that consistent terminology was used in all cases, not to change
the actual process in any particular case.
The proposed updates and revisions based on community comments can be found at:
https://www.internetsociety.org/revised-updates-internet-society-bylaws
The Board will consider a motion to adopt the amended bylaws at its next meeting, a teleconference
to be held on 14 June 2016 at 15:00-17:00 UTC.
Bob Hinden
Chair, ISOC Board of Trustees
