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INTERNET SOCIETY
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B Y - L A W S
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The principal office of The Internet Society shall be in the
Area of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Section 2. The Society may also have offices at such other places as the
Board of Trustees may from time to time determine or the affairs of the
Society may require.
ARTICLE II
INITIAL PERIOD OF OPERATIONS
Section 1. These By-Laws shall be interpreted, and the activities of the
Society pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation and these By-Laws shall
be conducted, as far as practicable, to preserve the continuity of the
operations of the Society from the time it was previously established and
operating in a form of organization not involving incorporation as a
separate entity.
Section 2. The Society's "Initial Period of Operations," which is referred
to elsewhere in these By-Laws, shall be for a period of three years from
June 15, 1992.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Section 1. The Board of Trustees of the Society shall consist of not
more than twenty Trustees (excluding any non-voting Trustees) unless and
until such number is changed by action of the Board of Trustees. The
persons designated in the Articles of Incorporation as the initial Trustees
shall hold office for a portion of, or all of, the Society's Initial Period of
Operations until such time as their respective successors are appointed or
elected and qualify. Each Trustee appointed or elected thereafter shall hold
office for a term of three years, except when some shorter term is specified
by the Board of Trustees with respect to the appointment or election of a
particular Trustee. Only Regular Individual Members of the Society shall
be eligible to serve on the Board of Trustees.
Section 2. The Board of Trustees is authorized, from time to time, to
appoint, or to make arrangements for the election of, Trustees, by the
Regular Individual Members of the Society (as defined in Article VI, Section
3, Clause (1), of these By-Laws), such that the total number of Trustees
shall be not in excess of twenty (excluding any non-voting Trustees). Each
of the Charter Members of the Society (as specified in Article VI, Section
2, of these By-Laws) shall at all times have a right to designate one
Trustee who shall thereupon be appointed by the Board; with this
exception, any vacancy which arises because a Trustee has ceased to serve
may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. All Trustees
appointed by the Board shall be by the affirmative vote of at least four-
fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office. The Board
shall seek to have among the Trustees representative individuals from
industry, from educational and nonprofit organizations and from
government. The Board may also make such arrangements as it deems
appropriate for the terms of the Trustees to be staggered, including the
terms of the Initial Trustees. A Trustee may serve additional terms
provided that the number of successive terms shall not exceed two, except
that service as a Trustee during the Initial Period of Operations shall not
be counted in this computation.
Section 3. All actions taken by the Board pursuant to Sections 1 and
2 of this Article III shall require the affirmative vote of at least four-fifths
of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office.
Section 4. The Trustees shall not receive any compensation (apart from
reimbursement of expenses) for their services as Trustees, but this shall not
preclude reasonable compensation for services rendered to the Society by
a Trustee in some other capacity.
Section 5. The affairs of the Society shall be directed by its Board of
Trustees. The President of the Society shall submit to the Board, at least
one month prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget for the
Society's coming fiscal year, for the Board's consideration and approval.
Section 6. Meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held at least
annually and at any place designated by the Board.
Section 7. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be called at
any time by the Board, or by the Executive Committee if one be
constituted, or by vote at a meeting of the Board, or by the President of
the Society, or by the Executive Director of the Society, or by a majority
of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office. Special meetings
may be held at such place or places as may be designated from time to
time by the Board; in the absence of such designation, such meetings shall
be held at such place or places as may be designated in the call.
Section 8. Notice of the place and time of each meeting of the Board
shall be served on each Trustee, by Internet mail or by oral, telegraphic or
other written notice, duly served on or sent or mailed to him or her at
least thirty days before the date of the meeting, except that if a meeting
is held pursuant to Section 9 of this Article then seven calendar days
notice shall suffice.
Section 9. Any or all of the Trustees may participate in a meeting of
the Board of Trustees, or of a committee of the Board, by means of
conference telephone or by any means of electronic communication by which
all persons participating in the meeting are able to communicate
contemporaneously with one another, and such participation shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting.
Section 10. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the members of
the Board of Trustees then in office (including any ex officio Trustees) shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of the
majority of the Trustees present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board. However, with respect to any action
for which, under the Society's Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, a
greater affirmative vote is expressly required, such express provisions shall
control; and it is to be noted that such requirements are contained in
Article 6 of the Articles of Incorporation relating to amendment of the
Articles of Incorporation, and in these By-Laws in Article III, Sections 1,
2, 3 and 13, relating to certain actions by the Board of Trustees, and in
Article V, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, involving certain provisions relating
to officers and to the Executive Director, and in Article VI, Section 2 (1)(c)
relating to Charter Members, and in Article VIII, Section 1, relating to
amendment of the By-Laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any
meeting of the Board, the Trustees present thereat may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 11. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the Board
of Trustees, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Board
of Trustees, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing,
setting forth the action so taken, shall be obtained from all of the Trustees;
and such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote,
and may be stated as such.
Section 12. Actions of the Board of Trustees, whether taken at a
meeting or otherwise, shall be duly recorded in minutes and retained in the
Society's records.
Section 13. The Board of Trustees, by resolution adopted by the
affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of
Trustees then in office, may designate three or more Trustees to constitute
an Executive Committee. The Executive Committee, to the extent provided
in such resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the
Board of Trustees in the management of the affairs of the Society (except
for those matters which, under the Society's Articles of Incorporation or By-
Laws, expressly require the affirmative vote of at least a majority, or more
than a majority, of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office).
The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and
shall report the same to the full Board when required. The affirmative vote
of a majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office may
terminate the Executive Committee.
Section 14. The Board of Trustees may establish such other Committees
(other than an Executive Committee) as it deems appropriate to facilitate
the activities of the Society, provided that no such Committee shall take
actions reserved to the Board of Trustees or to the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given, a
waiver thereof in writing by the person or persons entitled to such notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent
to the giving of such notice.
Section 2. Attendance of a Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting except where a Trustee attends a meeting
for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Except as otherwise
expressly required in the Society's Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws,
neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular
or special meeting of the Board of Trustees need be specified in the notice
or waiver of notice of such meeting.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The initial officers of the Society are the President, Treasurer
and Secretary. Each initial officer shall hold office during the Society's
Initial Period of Operations, unless at least a majority of the members of
the Board of Trustees then in office determines that the term shall be
otherwise. Any vacancy in an officer position shall be filled by an
individual elected by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the
members of the Board of Trustees then in office. Officers shall be selected
from among the Regular Individual Members of the Society.
Section 2. The officers of the Society shall, at a minimum, consist of a
President, a Treasurer and a Secretary. Except as specified in Section 1 of
this Article, each officer shall be elected for a one-year renewable term by
the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of
Trustees then in office. After the Society's Initial Period of Operations, the
President shall be selected from among the members of the Board of
Trustees who have been elected by the Regular Individual Members of the
Society. A person shall not hold more than one office at the same time.
Section 3. The Board of Trustees, by the affirmative vote of at least a
majority of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, may
appoint such additional officers as it shall deem necessary.
Section 4. The President of the Society, with the approval of the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the members of the Board of
Trustees then in office, shall have authority to appoint an Executive
Director of the Society, who shall be responsible for the day-to-day conduct
of the Society's activities.
Section 5. The Executive Director of the Society, if one is appointed,
shall serve ex officio as a non-voting member of the Board of Trustees.
Section 6. The officers of the Society shall not receive any compensation
(apart from reimbursement of expenses) for their services as officers, but
this shall not preclude reasonable compensation for services rendered to the
Society by an officer in some other capacity.
Section 7. The officers of the Society shall hold office until their
respective successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer of the Society may
be removed by the Board of Trustees, by the affirmative vote of at least
four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then in office, whenever
in their judgment the best interests of the Society will be served thereby.
Section 8. The officers of the Society shall each have such powers and
duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, as well as such
powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of
Trustees or by the President of the Society.
Section 9. Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Trustees, the
President of the Society, or in the event of the President's inability to act,
such other officer as may be designated by the Board or by the President
to act in the absence of the President, shall have full power and authority
on behalf of the Society to attend and to act and to vote at any meetings
at which the Society may have a right to vote. The Board or the President
from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or
persons.
ARTICLE VI
MEMBERS
Section 1. The Society shall have two classes of members:
Organizational Members and Individual Members.
Section 2. The Society shall have the following categories of
Organizational Members:
(1) Charter Members: The following organizations:
(a) Corporation for National Research Initiatives
(b) Educom
(c) RARE
(d) Such additional non-profit organizations, not more than three in
number, as may be approved as Charter Members by unanimous
vote of the then-existing Charter Members and by the
affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the
Board of Trustees then in office.
(2) Regular Organizational Members:
(a) Each organization which contributes to the Society a total of at
least $10,000 during the Society's particular fiscal year; or, for
years subsequent to the first year, such other amount as the
Board of Trustees may specify for this class of member.
(b) Each organization which is organized in the United States of
America as a non-profit organization or is similarly organized
in other countries, or is an agency of a national, regional or
local government, may be a Regular Organizational Member of
the Society at a 50% discount in annual contribution.
(3) Start-up Members: A newly-formed organization may, during the
first three years of its operation, be a member of the Society upon
contributing a total of at least $1,000 during the Society's particular fiscal
year. Founding Member status is not available to an organization which
is a Start-up Member. The 50% discount does not apply to the Start-up
Member rate.
Section 3. The Society shall have the following categories of Individual
Members:
(1) Regular Individual Members: Each individual who contributes to
the Society the sum of $70 during the Society's particular fiscal
year; or, for years subsequent to the first year, such other amount
as the Board of Trustees may specify for this class of member.
(2) Student Members: Each bona fide full-time student who contributes
to the Society the sum of $25 during the Society's particular fiscal
year; or, for years subsequent to the first year, such other amount
as the Board of Trustees may specify for this class of member.
Student Members shall be non-voting members of the Society.
Section 4. The Society shall have the following special member
designations:
(1) Founding Members:
(a) Each for-profit organization which contributes to the Society a
total of at least $20,000 during the period ending December 31,
1993, as long as such organization thereafter continues to be a
Regular Organizational Member of the Society.
(b) Each organization which is organized in the United States of
America as a non-profit organization or is similarly organized
in other countries, or is an agency of a national, regional or
local government, and contributes a total of at least $10,000
during the period ending December 31, 1993, as long as such
organization thereafter continues to be a Regular Organizational
Member of the Society.
(2) Pioneer Members: Each Regular Individual Member and each
Student Member who joined during the period June 1 - December 31, 1991,
shall be designated a Pioneer Member and shall retain that designation so
long as Individual Member status is maintained.
Section 5. The Board of Trustees from time to time may establish
additional classes and categories of members.
Section 6. The Society shall have such meetings of its members as the
Board of Trustees shall from time to time fix.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. The Secretariat function of the Society shall be furnished by
Corporation for National Research Initiatives during the Society's Initial
Period of Operations; and thereafter the Secretariat function shall be
carried on as the Board of Trustees may determine.
Section 2. Funds received payable to Internet Society shall be
maintained by Corporation for National Research Initiatives in a segregated
account or accounts, and utilized solely for Internet Society purposes.
Section 3. Funds contributed or advanced by the Charter Members to
establish and further the activities of the Society shall be duly recorded
and shall be subject to reimbursement by the Society if and when the
financial situation of the Society permits. In the event of the dissolution
of the Society, any residual Society funds shall be used to reimburse pro
rata the Charter Members for any such contributions and advances made
but not previously reimbursed.
Section 4. The President is authorized to establish an Advisory Council
consisting of a representative of each Founding Member and each Regular
Organizational Member of the Society.
Section 5. The Society's fiscal year shall be the calendar year. The
Society's official monetary unit shall be the United States dollar.
Section 6. English shall be the official language of the Society.
Section 7. The Society may maintain liaison with other professional
societies and similar organizations, wherever located, on activities which
further the objectives of the Society, on such terms as the Board of
Trustees may approve.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the
affirmative vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of
Trustees then in office, at any meeting of the Board if notice of such
proposed action be contained in the notice of such meeting; provided,
however, that no amendment may be made which adversely affects the
rights of a Charter Member without the unanimous consent of all then-
existing Charter Members.