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CHARTER
Charter of Internet Society
1. Name
The name of the Society is Internet Society ("the
Society").
2. Purposes
The Society has been organized to be a nonprofit
organization which shall be operated exclusively for the following
educational, charitable and scientific purposes:
A. To facilitate and support the technical
evolution of the Internet as a research and education
infrastructure, and to stimulate the involvement of the
scientific community, industry, government and others
in the evolution of the Internet;
B. To educate the scientific community, industry
and the public at large concerning the technology, use
and application of the Internet;
C. To promote educational applications of
Internet technology for the benefit of government,
colleges and universities, industry, and the public at
large;
D. To provide a forum for exploration of new
Internet applications, and to stimulate collaboration
among organizations in their operational use of the
global Internet.
The Society shall take such actions as may be necessary or
convenient to effect any or all of the purposes for which the
Society is organized.
3. Board of Trustees
The initial Board of Trustees of the Society are the
following individuals, namely, Juergen Harms, Robert E. Kahn and
Kenneth M. King.
4. Restrictions
No part of the net earnings of the Society, if any,
shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to, any of the
Trustees or officers of the Society, or any other person, except
that the Society shall be authorized and empowered to pay
reasonable compensation for services rendered. No substantial
part of the activities of the Society shall be the carrying on of
propaganda, or otherwise attempting, to influence legislation.
The Society shall not participate in, or intervene in (including
the publishing or distributing of statements), any political
campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.
5. Dissolution
Upon any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
Society, after all of its liabilities and obligations have been
paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate provision has been
made therefor, all of the assets of the Society (if any) shall be
distributed exclusively for such educational, charitable and
scientific purposes as the Board of Trustees (or such other
persons as may be in charge of liquidation) shall determine.
6. Amendment
The Charter may be amended by the affirmative vote of
at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of Trustees then
in office, except that unanimous consent of the members of the
Board of Trustees then in office shall be required for any
amendment of Article 4 or of Article 5 above or of this Article
6.
This Charter has been adopted by the initial Board of
Trustees of the Society.
Juergen Harms
December 24, 1991
Robert E. Kahn
December 16, 1991
Kenneth M. King
December 16, 1991