Board meeting - February 26 2024

ISOC-NY Board meeting - February 26 2024

Greg Shatan, Danny Glix, Joseph Shraibman, Doug Frazier, Stu Reid, Jennie Bourne, Namra Naseer, Polly Spain, Dawn Arce-Rodriguez, Doug Frazier, Dave Burstein, Phil Davis

1. Welcome
2. Review Agenda
3. Approve Minutes
4. Scheduling Member Meetings
5. Scheduling Board Meetings
6. ISOC Issues
 a. ISOC Board Election
  i. Questions for Candidates
  ii. Election Process
 b. ISOC Board Meeting Process
 c. ChAC advice
7. ISOC-NY Board Membership (Elections Committee?)
 a. Participation concerns
 b. Resignation of Danny Glix
 c. Desire of Sherry Antoine to rejoin Board
8. Proposed ISOC-NY Activities
 a. Fiscal sponsorship for ISOC LIVE
 b. Mar 5 webinar with AccessNow, partnered with ISOC DC
 c. School of Data. Mar 23 Webcast sponsorship. Tabling? 
 d. HOPE. July 12-14 Webcast sponsorship. Small grant to sponsor livestream production.?  Tabling? 
e. Universal Access Day: March 28 (co-sponsored with NARALO)
f. Approval process for proposals for zero-cost activities (programs, seminars, etc.): Circulate to Board with 5 day objection period; if no objections, proposal is approved
9. Committees Progress Reports
10. Newsletter Progress Report
11. Support for Extending ACP (Affordable Connectivity Program)
12. Explanation of ISOC-NY Fiscal Sponsorship of Accessibility Special Interest Group
13. Any Other Business
14. Adjourn

1. Welcome

• 6:48 pm
• Noted absence of Andrea Romaoli Garcia & Nayeem Ghori

2. Review Agenda

• Approved

3. Approve Minutes

• old logo needs to be replaced
• Action item - create mailing lists for committees - done.
• Approved

4. Scheduling Member Meetings

• Mar 12 6:30pm - Danny Glix presentation

5. Scheduling Board Meetings

• Apr 2 / Apr 30 / May 28

6. ISOC Issues

• ISOC Board Election
  • • Maureen Hilyard & Luis Martinez
  • Questions for Candidates
    • Dave has formulated Proposed questions for ISOC Board Candidates
  • Election Process
    • Candidate forum (Mar 8-22) Mar 14
    • ACTION Organize live call? Joint with DC? If ISOC doesn't. Namra to moderate?
• ISOC Board Meeting Process
  • Organizational election - Can candidates canvas, or does ISOC send out candidate statements.
  • MOTION To recommend to the Internet Society that:
    • It provide Organization BOT Candidates with a complete list with contact information for the right person be distributed, or the election committee sends out three mailings with up to 400 words from each candidate.
    • That the board allocate 5% of the time to statements and questions from chapters and members, with a five minute limit
    • That board members vote on this near the beginning of the meeting.
    • That the ISOC board appoint a committee to consider financing of chapters, to a level of 10% of gross revenues, comprising two board members and chapter reps, which will report back expeditiously to the board.
    • That the Chapters Committee convene an urgent process for ISOC improvement.
    • That most BoT proposals be circulated for comment at least 5 days before the meeting
    • That ISOC Policy shall be made in an open and transparent fashion, taking into consideration the views and opinions of all members.
  • Approved.

7. ISOC-NY Board Membership

• Resignation of Danny Glix
  • Danny Glix, is now an Cybersecurity SIG officer thus resigns from the board.
• Desire of Sherry Antoine to rejoin Board
  • MOTION: ask Sherry Antoine to rejoin board. Approved.

8. Proposed ISOC-NY Activities

• Fiscal sponsorship for ISOC LIVE
  • MOTION: Approve a fiscal sponsorship arrangement for ISOC LIVE. Approved.
• Mar 5 webinar with Access Now, partnered with ISOC DC
• School of Data. Mar 23 Webcast sponsorship. Tabling? 
• HOPE. July 12-14 Webcast sponsorship. Small grant to sponsor livestream production.? Tabling? 
  • MOTION Small grant application for $5k for HOPE Webcasting.
• Universal Access Day: March 28 (co-sponsored with NARALO) Webinar- Time TBD
• Approval process for proposals for zero-cost activities (programs, seminars, etc.): Circulate to Board with 5 day objection period; if no objections, proposal is approved

9. Committees Progress Reports

• Nothing to report.

10. Newsletter Progress Report

• MOTION: Approve small grant $5k application for engagement outreach. Approved.
• Deadline: Thursday

11. Support for Extending ACP (Affordable Connectivity Program)

• Take offline

12. Explanation of ISOC-NY Fiscal Sponsorship of Accessibility Special Interest Group

• Take offline

13. Any Other Business

• None

14. Adjourn

• 8:42pm