[kictanet] Fwd: [Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Board of Trustees Elects New Chair

[Barrack Otieno]

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Date: Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Board of
Trustees Elects New Chair
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 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elects New Chair****

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New Board seated at Board Meeting, held 3-4 August in Berlin****

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[Berlin, Germany – 07 August 2013] – The Internet Society Board of Trustees
seated its new Board and elected a new Chair, Robert Hinden, at its recent
meeting in Berlin, Germany.  The Internet Society Board provides strategic
direction in support of the organization’s mission of preserving the open,
global Internet.****

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During the Board meeting, Robert Hinden was elected as the Chair.  He is a
Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software; a co-inventor of IPv6; a member
of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Administrative Oversight
Committee (IAOC); and he co-chairs the IPv6 working group (6MAN) at the
IETF. Previously at Nokia, he was a Nokia Fellow, Chief Internet
Technologist at Nokia Networks, and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at the
Nokia IP Routing Group.****

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Hinden commented, “The Internet Society serves a pivotal role in the world,
with its vital work as a global leader on Internet policy, technical,
economic, and social matters, and as the organizational home to the IETF.
It is a privilege to serve as the Chair of the Board of this organization.
We have a very international Board, all united by a passion for ensuring
the Internet remains free and open for future generations.” ****

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The Board expressed its appreciation to outgoing Chair Eva Frölich, who was
the first female Chair and provided tremendous leadership since being
elected in July 2012.  She joined the Internet Society Board of Trustees in
2010 and served as Treasurer for the first two years. Ms. Frölich
commented, “It has been an honor to work with the Internet Society and to
serve as Chair during the past year.  The Internet Society is
well-positioned to continue to make an impact on the issues that are
critical to the Internet’s future development.”  ****

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The Internet Society Board of Trustees are elected or appointed by the
following groups: Chapters, Organization Members, and the IETF. The results
of the 2013 Board elections were:****

•Chapters re-elected Narelle Clark to a three-year term;  ** **

•Organization Members re-elected Jason Livingood and elected new Board
member, Désirée Miloshevic, both to three-year terms; and  ****

•Robert Hinden was re-appointed as an IETF appointee to the Board. ****

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The current members of the Internet Society Board of Trustees therefore are:
****

•Alain P. Aina, Managing Director at Technologies Reséaux & Solutions and
Special Projects Manager at AFRINIC (the Internet Address Registry for
Africa)****

•Eric Burger, Research Professor of Computer Science, and Director,
Security and Software Engineering Research Center at Georgetown University**
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•Narelle Clark, Deputy CEO, Australian Communications Consumer Action
Network; President of the Internet Society Australian Chapter****

•Keith Davidson, International Director, InternetNZ****

•Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director & CEO of LACNIC (the Internet Address
Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean)****

•David Farber, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and
Public Policy in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon
University****

•Robert Hinden, Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software****

•Jason Livingood, Vice President of Internet & Communications Engineering,
Comcast ****

•Désirée Miloshevic, Senior Advisor, Public Policy and International
Affairs, Afilias ****

•Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet
Society; serves as ex-officio and as a non-voting Trustee****

•Theresa Swinehart, Executive Director, Global Internet Policy, Verizon
Communications****

•Rudi Vansnick, President of Internet Society Belgium****

•Bert Wijnen, Research engineer at RIPE-NCC in the Netherlands****

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During the meeting, the Board of Trustees re-elected Scott Bradner as
Secretary. Mr. Bradner has dedicated many years of outstanding service to
the Internet Society, serving on the Board of Trustees from 1993-1999 and
as Secretary since 2003. The Board also re-elected Lynn St. Amour as
President and Jason Livingood as Treasurer.****

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“As a global organization, we value the rich diversity and broad range of
perspectives of our Trustees,” said Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief
Executive Officer of the Internet Society. “We deeply appreciate the
Board’s commitment to our Mission and their unwavering support of our
vision of an Internet that is open and accessible for everyone.”****

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More information, including biographical details of all Board members and
details of the Board selection process, is available at:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees.****

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