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Date: Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:41 PM<br>Subject: [Chapter-delegates] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society Board of Trustees Elects New Chair<br>To: "<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Internet Society Board of Trustees Elects New Chair<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">New Board seated at Board Meeting, held 3-4 August in Berlin<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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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<p class="MsoNormal">The Board expressed its appreciation to outgoing Chair Eva Fr�lich, 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. Fr�lich 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.�� <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Chapters re-elected Narelle Clark to a three-year term;� <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal">�Organization Members re-elected Jason Livingood and elected new Board member, D�sir�e Miloshevic, both to three-year terms; and�
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<p class="MsoNormal">�Robert Hinden was re-appointed as an IETF appointee to the Board.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The current members of the Internet Society Board of Trustees therefore are:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Alain P. Aina, Managing Director at Technologies Res�aux & Solutions and Special Projects Manager at AFRINIC (the Internet Address Registry for Africa)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Eric Burger, Research Professor of Computer Science, and Director, Security and Software Engineering Research Center at Georgetown University<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Narelle Clark, Deputy CEO, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network; President of the Internet Society Australian Chapter<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Keith Davidson, International Director, InternetNZ<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Ra�l Echeberr�a, Executive Director & CEO of LACNIC (the Internet Address Registry for Latin America and the Caribbean)<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�David Farber, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Robert Hinden, Check Point Fellow at Check Point Software<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Jason Livingood, Vice President of Internet & Communications Engineering, Comcast
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<p class="MsoNormal">�D�sir�e Miloshevic, Senior Advisor, Public Policy and International Affairs, Afilias
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<p class="MsoNormal">�Lynn St. Amour, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society; serves as ex-officio and as a non-voting Trustee<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Theresa Swinehart, Executive Director, Global Internet Policy, Verizon Communications<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Rudi Vansnick, President of Internet Society Belgium<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">�Bert Wijnen, Research engineer at RIPE-NCC in the Netherlands<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">�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.�<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More information, including biographical details of all Board members and details of the Board selection process, is available at: <a href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees</a>.<u></u><u></u></p>
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