ISOC Board Meeting 137
Contents
ISOC Annual General Meeting 2017
- Agenda: https://www.internetsociety.org/board-meeting-agenda-no-137
- Observer Guidelines: https://www.internetsociety.org/form/observer-guidelines-board-meeting-137
SATURDAY, 4 JUNE 2017
All times UTC = 4 hours ahead of EDT
OPEN
06:00 1. Opening of ISOC Annual General Meeting – K. Brown
CLOSED
06:00 2. Annual Election of Board Chair – K. Brown (45 mins.)
OPEN
06:45 3. Welcome, Apologies and Declaration of Conflicts – Board Chair (5 mins.)
CLOSED
06:50 4. Annual Election of Other Officers – Board Chair (20 mins.)
OPEN
07:10 5. Approve the minutes of the 136th meeting of the Board of Trustees - Board Chair (5 mins.)
07:15 6. Action items from the 2016-2017 Board - Board Chair (10 mins.)
07:25 7. Recognition of Outgoing Trustee - Board Chair (10 mins.)
07:35 Break (15 mins.)
07:50 8. Board Committees and Charters - Board Chair (15 mins.)
08:05 9. ISOC Nominations Committee Recommendations – A. Munyua (30 mins)
08:35 10. Update on Future of the Internet project – S. Wentworth (40 mins)
09:15 Lunch Break (60 mins.)
CLOSED
10:15 11. PIR Report - R. Gaetano, B. Cute (35 mins)
OPEN
10:50 12. IETF Chair’s Report - Alissa Cooper (20 mins)
11:10 13. IAOC Chair’s Report – Leslie Daigle (15 mins)
11:25 14. Review of 2017-2018 Board meeting dates - Board Chair (20 mins)
11:45 Break (15 mins.)
12:00 15. Presentation on ISOC’s work in Africa – Africa Bureau Staff (90 mins)
OPEN FORUM
13:30 16. ISOC Board Open Forum – Board Chair (30 mins)
14:00 End of Day One
SUNDAY, 4 JUNE 2017
CLOSED
06:00 17. IAB Chair’s Report – Ted Hardie (20 mins)
OPEN
06:20 18a. Overview – K. Brown (20 mins)
06:40 18b. Updates on Access Objective – R. Echeberria (20 mins)
07:00 18c. Updates on Trust Objective – O. Kolkman (20 mins)
07:20 18d. Financial Update – S. Spector (20 mins)
07:40 18e. Update on Chapters – R. Echeberria (20 mins)
08:00 Break (15 mins.)
08:15 18f. 25th Anniversary – A. Hassan and N. Armstrong (25 mins)
08:40 ISOC Website & Ad Campaign – J.Wood (45 mins)
09:25 Lunch Break (50 mins)
10:15 19. Appointment of the ISOC Board Liaison to IETF Nominations Committee - Board Chair (15 mins)
10:30 20. Annual Appointment of Committee Chairs and Members - Board Chair (60 mins)
11:30 21. Chapters Advisory Council Update – Avri Doria (20 mins)
11:50 Break (15 mins.)
12:05 22. Review of plans for July Board retreat - Board Chair (30 mins)
12:35 23. AOB (25 mins)
13:00 24. Adjournment.
Comments
I have a few observations.
- The restriction on recording by observers seems petty and self defeating when it comes to transparency. Especially if the the recordings are to be published. Whatever can be the point?
- As previously, the ChaC update has been relegated to "garbage time". Is there any reason it couldn't immediately follow Raul's update, or next to the open forum?
- The open and closed status seems fairly arbitrary - why should PIR and IAB be closed, and IETF and IAOC be open? But something is better than nothing.
- Stuff like the review of the Board Meeting dates, the Committee Chair appointments, and especially the Board retreat plans should all be closed and at the end of the second day.
- What's really important from a Member/Chapter POV are the Staff Reports, the Open Forum, and the ChaC report and any ensuing discussion. They should be contiguous.
