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             MEMBERSHIP IN THE INTERNET SOCIETY

                             for

      Corporations, Educational Institutions, Libraries
             and Other Interested Organizations


The Internet Society is a new, individual, international, professional
membership organization, which provides a focus for evolution of the Internet
technology, and promotes the use of the Internet for research, scholarly
communication and collaboration.

The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit organization, incorporated in the
District of Columbia, U.S.A., to conduct scientific, technical and educational
activities.  The main offices of ISOC are located at 1895 Preston White Drive,
Suite 100, Reston, Virginia 22091, U.S.A.  ISOC's federal identification
number is 54-1650477.

Organizations may also join the Internet Society and contribute to its
operation and evolution. By joining before 1993, organizations have an
opportunity to become Founding Members, receiving special recognition in
Society publications and functions. All organizational members receive
discounts for selected Society functions and services, complimentary copies
of Society publications and an opportunity to designate a representative and
an alternate to the Internet Society Advisory Council.


Provisions of Corporate and Institutional Membership

Founding Members

A Founding Member is any corporation or other organization which provides
a specified level of financial support for the Society during 1992 and 1993
and maintains a continuing membership thereafter. Founding memberships
may be obtained by for-profit corporation upon payment of $10,000 per year
for 1992 and 1993, or payment of $20,000 in 1993. Non-profit research and
educational organizations or government agencies may become Founding
Members upon payment of $5,000 per year for 1992 and 1993 or payment of
$10,000 in 1993. Founding Memberships will not be available after 1993.

Regular Members

Regular Membership in the Internet Society will be available to for-profit
organizations starting in 1993 upon payment of $10,000 annually. Non-profit
research and educational organizations and government agencies are eligible
for Regular Membership on payment of $5,000 per year, beginning in 1993.

Start-up Members

New companies are eligible for a reduced membership fee of $1,000 per year
during their first three years of operation after which they become Regular
Members paying the regular for-profit or non-profit rates.  Start-up Members
are not eligible for Founding Membership.



Other Provisions

Corporate and institutional members may designate a representative and an
alternate to the Advisory Council of the Internet Society, which will meet at
least once a year, and which will be charged with advising the Board of
Trustees on matters of special concern to corporate and institutional
members, as well as on other issues of interest or concern to the Society.
The representative and alternate receive free regular individual memberships
in the Society.

Corporate and institutional members of the Society are not eligible to vote
for the election of Trustees or on other matters of Society governance.

Special provisions are available for new, start-up organizations.


TO APPLY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP PLEASE
CONTACT:

Dr. Vinton G. Cerf                         Tel:  [phone]
Internet Society                           Fax:  [phone]
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100        Email:[e-mail]
Reston, VA 22091
USA


                        INTERNET SOCIETY DUES PAYMENTS
                           (Organizational Members)


Payment of Internet Society annual dues may be made via check or
Money Order.

Instructions for Payments by Check or Money Order

Please make all checks and money orders payable in US Dollars to
Internet Society and mail to the following address:

           Internet Society
           1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
           Reston, VA 22091 USA

Please note on the check or money order the organization's name and
invoice number.

Instructions for Payments by Wire Transfer
Wire transfer instructions are as follows:

      Bank: Riggs Bank of Virginia
            9651 Lee Highway
            Fairfax, VA  22030
            USA

      Bank Number/Routing Number:  056001260

      Account Number:     Internet Society
                          14771020

Questions Concerning Payment Methods
If you have any questions concerning payment methods please contact
Terry Weigler at the Internet Society.  Terry may be reached at one
of the following:

 Email:     [e-mail]

 Address:   Internet Society
            1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
            Reston, VA  22091  USA

 Telephone: [phone]
 Fax:       [phone]


4/26/93

                      INTERNET SOCIETY

                         Abstract

The purpose of this document is to provide a brief description of the
Internet Society and its goals and objectives. It functions as a professional
society to facilitate, support and promote the evolution and growth of the
Internet as a global research communications infrastructure. The
suggestions and recommendations of all parties interested in the Internet
are solicited to assist in making the Internet Society robust, productive and
structured to meet the needs of its members.

Internet Society

The Internet is a collection of cooperating, interconnected, multiprotocol
networks which supports international collaboration among thousands of
organizations.  Internet Society seeks to foster the voluntary interconnection
of computer networks into a global research, development, and information
infrastructure. The Internet Society does not operate the Internet.  Internet
operation continues to be a collaborative activity which the Society seeks
to facilitate. The Society provides assistance and support to groups and
organizations involved in the use, operation and evolution of the Internet.
It provides support for forums in which technical and operational questions
can be discussed and provide mechanisms through which interested parties
can be informed and educated about the Internet, its function, use,
operation and the interests of its constituents.

Membership

Internet Society is a professional membership organization with voting
individual members and non-voting institutional members.  There are
several classes of institutional members. The society publishes a newsletter
on a regular basis and holds an annual meeting to which all members and
other interested parties are invited.  The topics of the annual meeting vary,
but focus on current research in networking, Internet functionality and
growth, and other interests of the Society constituency.

Membership dues vary according to class of membership. The amounts of
these dues and the basis on which they are set are determined by the
Board of Trustees of the Society and may be revised from time to time as
provided in the By-Laws.

Charter

The Society is a non-profit organization and operated for academic,
educational, charitable and scientific purposes among which are:

   A. To facilitate and support the technical evolution of the Internet as
      a research and education infrastructure and to stimulate
      involvement of the academic, scientific and engineering
      communities, among others in the evolution of the Internet.

   B. To educate the academic and scientific communities and the public
      concerning the technology, use and application of the Internet.

   C. To promote scientific and educational applications of Internet
      technology for the benefit of educational institutions at all grade
      levels, industry and the public at large.

   D. To provide a forum for exploration of new Internet applications
      and to foster collaboration among organizations in their operation
      and use of the Internet.

Activities of the Society

1. Support for Internet Technical Evolution

The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) has been concerned with the
development and evolution of architectures supporting the use of multiple
protocols in a networked environment. The Internet Society has
incorporated the IAB and its functions into the operation of the Internet
Society. The Internet Society works with other interested organizations to
support and assist efforts to evolve the multiprotocol Internet. The Internet
Society looks to the Internet Engineering and Research Task Forces to
stimulate networking research and facilitate the evolution of the TCP/IP
protocol suite and the integration of new protocol suites into the Internet
architecture. The Internet Society works actively with parties and
organizations interested in fostering improvement in the utility of the
Internet for its constituent users.

2. Meetings and Conferences

Internet Society convenes an annual meeting ("INET") and organizes and
facilitates workshops and symposia, jointly with other organizations where
appropriate, on specific topics of interest to the Society membership. The
annual meeting addresses issues of global and regional importance to the
evolution and growth of the Internet.

3. Information and Infrastructure Services

The Internet Society publishes the quarterly Internet Society News
providing members with information about the international activities of
Internet constituents. In addition, the Society also provides assistance to
and support for organizations responsible for maintaining the databases
crucial to Internet function (e.g. the Domain Name System, X.500 Directory
Services, etc.) and organizations concerned with the security of the Internet
(e.g. the Software Engineering Institute Computer Emergency Response
Team (CERT)). The Society assists in the development of educational,
advisory and informative materials of use to Society members. Where
appropriate, the Society organizes or supports activities which aid in the
coordination among the organizations operating components of the Internet.

The Society refers members to appropriate parties involved in operating the
various parts of the Internet where they may be helpful with specific
questions. Where possible, the Society seeks to provide access to its
information on-line, but also offers hard copy and, perhaps eventually,
CD-ROM-based information resources.

Plans

The initial organizers of the Internet Society include the Corporation for
National Research Initiatives (CNRI), EDUCOM, Reseaux Associees pour
la Recherche Europeenne (RARE) and the Internet Architecture Board.
Computer networking has become a critical infrastructure for the research
and development community and has the potential to become the basis for
world-wide collaboration and cooperation in every field of human endeavor.
The Internet Society seeks to solidify, enhance and encourage further
international collaborative networking. Individuals joining the Society
during its formation have received special recognition as Society pioneers
and have been instrumental in shaping the early agenda of Society
activities. Institutional members are represented in the Advisory Council
of the Internet Society where their advice and counsel is sought to refine
Internet Society objectives and activities.


                              APPENDIX


          A Brief History of the Internet and Related Networks


Introduction

In 1973, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA -
now ARPA) initiated a research program to investigate techniques and
technologies for interlinking packet networks of various kinds. The objective
was to develop communication protocols which would allow networked
computers to communicate transparently across multiple, linked packet
networks. This was called the Internetting project and the system of
networks which emerged from the research was known as the "Internet."
The system of protocols which was developed over the course of this
research effort became known as the TCP/IP Protocol Suite, after the two
initial protocols developed: Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and
Internet Protocol (IP).

In 1986, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated the
development of the NSFNET which, today, provides a major backbone
communication service for the Internet. With its 45 megabit per second
facilities, the NSFNET carries on the order of 12 billion packets per month
between the networks it links. The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Energy contributed
additional backbone facilities in the form of the NSINET and ESNET
respectively. In Europe, major international backbones such as
NORDUNET, EBONE, EuropaNet and others provide connectivity to over
three hundred thousand computers on a large number of networks.
Commercial network providers in the U.S. and Europe are beginning to
offer Internet backbone and access support on a competitive basis to any
interested parties.

"Regional" support for the Internet is provided by various consortium
networks and "local" support is provided through each of the research and
educational institutions. Within the United States, much of this support has
come from the federal and state governments, but a considerable
contribution has been made by industry. In Europe and elsewhere, support
arises from cooperative international efforts and through national research
organizations. During the course of its evolution, particularly after 1989,
the Internet system began to integrate support for other protocol suites into
its basic networking fabric. The present emphasis in the system is on
multiprotocol interworking, and in particular, with the integration of the
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocols into the architecture.

Both public domain and commercial implementations of the roughly 100
protocols of TCP/IP protocol suite became available in the 1980's. During
the early 1990's, OSI protocol implementations also became available and,
by the end of 1992, the Internet had grown to include some 11,000
networks in over seventy countries, serving over 1,700,000 host computers
used by over 5,000,000 people.

A great deal of support for the Internet community has come from the U.S.
Federal Government, since the Internet was originally part of a
federally-funded research program and, subsequently, has become a major
part of the U.S. research infrastructure. During the late 1980's, however,
the population of Internet users and network constituents expanded
internationally and began to include commercial facilities. Indeed, the bulk
of the system today is made up of private networking facilities in
educational and research institutions, businesses and in government
organizations across the globe.

The Coordinating Committee for Intercontinental Networking (CCIRN),
which was organized by the U.S. Federal Networking Council (FNC) and
the European Reseaux Associees pour la Recherche Europeenne (RARE),
plays an important role in the coordination of plans for government-
sponsored research networking. CCIRN efforts have been a stimulus for the
support of international cooperation in the Internet environment.  Reseau
IP Europeenne (RIPE) has mounted a very successful grass-roots effort in
Europe to extend Internet in Europe.

Internet Technical Evolution

Over its fifteen year history, the Internet has functioned as a collaboration
among cooperating parties. Certain key functions have been critical for its
operation, not the least of which is the specification of the protocols by
which the components of the system operate. These were originally
developed in the DARPA research program mentioned above, but in the last
five or six years, this work has been undertaken on a wider basis with
support from Government agencies in many countries, industry and the
academic community. The Internet Activities Board (recently re-named the
Internet Architecture Board) was created in 1983 to guide the evolution of
the TCP/IP Protocol Suite and to provide research advice to the Internet
community.

During the course of its existence, the IAB has reorganized several times.
It now has two primary components: the Internet Engineering Task Force
and the Internet Research Task Force. The former has primary
responsibility for further evolution of the TCP/IP protocol suite, its
standardization, and the integration of other protocols into Internet
operation (e.g. the Open Systems Interconnection protocols). The Internet
Research Task Force continues to organize and explore advanced concepts
in networking under the guidance of the Internet Architecture Board and
with support from various research sponsoring agencies.

A secretariat has been created to manage the day-to-day function of the
Internet Architecture Board and Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF
meets three times a year in plenary and its approximately 80 working
groups convene at intermediate times by electronic mail, teleconferencing
and at face-to-face meetings. The IAB meets quarterly face-to-face or by
videoconference and at intervening times by telephone, electronic mail and
computer-mediated conferences.

Two other functions are critical to Internet function:  Publication of
documents describing the Internet and the assignment and recording of
various identifiers needed for protocol operation. Throughout the
development of the Internet, its protocols and other aspects of its operation
have been documented first in a series of documents called Internet
Experiment Notes and, later, in a series of documents called Requests for
Comment (RFCs). The latter were used initially to document the protocols
of the first packet switching network developed by DARPA, the ARPANET,
beginning in 1969, and have become the principal archive of information
about the Internet. At present, the publication function is provided by an
RFC editor.

The recording of identifiers is provided by the Internet Assigned Numbers
Authority (IANA) who has delegated one part of this responsibility to an
Internet Registry which acts as a central repository for Internet information
and which provides central allocation of network and autonomous system
identifiers, in some cases to subsidiary registries located in various
countries. The Internet Registry (IR) also provides central maintenance of
the Domain Name System (DNS) root database which points to subsidiary
distributed DNS servers replicated throughout the Internet. The DNS
distributed database is used, inter alia, to associate host and network
names with their Internet addresses and is critical to the operation of the
higher level TCP/IP protocols including electronic mail.

There are a number of Network Information Centers (NICs) located
throughout the Internet to serve its users with documentation, guidance,
advice and assistance. As the Internet continues to grow internationally,
the need for high quality NIC functions increases. Although the initial
community of users of the Internet were drawn from the ranks of computer
science and engineering, its users now comprise a wide range of disciplines
in the sciences, arts, letters, business, military and government
administration.

Related Networks

In 1980-81, two other networking projects, BITNET and CSNET, were
initiated. BITNET adopted the IBM RSCS protocol suite and featured direct
leased line connections between participating sites. Most of the original
BITNET connections linked IBM mainframes in university data centers.
This rapidly changed as protocol implementations became available for
other machines. From the beginning, BITNET has been multi-disciplinary
in nature with users in all academic areas. It has also provided a number
of unique services to its users (e.g., LISTSERV). Today, BITNET and its
parallel networks in other parts of the world (e.g., EARN in Europe) have
several thousand participating sites. In recent years, BITNET has
established a backbone which uses the TCP/IP protocols with RSCS-based
applications running above TCP.

CSNET was initially funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to
provide networking for university, industry and government computer
science research groups. CSNET used the Phonenet MMDF protocol for
telephone-based electronic mail relaying and, in addition, pioneered the first
use of TCP/IP over X.25 using commercial public data networks. The
CSNET name server provided an early example of a white pages directory
service and this software is still in use at numerous sites. At its peak,
CSNET had approximately 200 participating sites and international
connections to approximately fifteen countries.

In 1987, BITNET and CSNET merged to form the Corporation for Research
and Educational Networking (CREN). In the Fall of 1991, CSNET service
was discontinued having fulfilled its important early role in the provision
of academic networking service. A key feature of CREN is that its
operational costs are fully met through dues paid by its member
organizations.




4/26/93



  Introducing the Current Trustees and Officers of the Internet Society


After the chartering of the Internet Society late in December 1991, the
three initial trustees, Kenneth King, Juergen Harms and Robert Kahn
unanimously elected an interim Board of Trustees, shown below. The interim
board is responsible for initial operation of the Internet Society including
approval of budgets, appointment of officers and election of an expanded Board
whose members will serve for periods ranging from one to three years. At annual
intervals, nominations for Board positions will be opened and elections held to
refresh approximately one-third of the Board of Trustees each year. The first
such election by the individual Internet Society members takes place in Spring
1993, with the elected officials taking office in July 1993.


Internet Society Board of Trustees



Charles Brownstein                       Robert Kahn
<[e-mail]>                  <[e-mail]>

Vinton Cerf, President                   Tomaz Kalin
<[e-mail]>                <[e-mail]>

Lyman Chapin                             Kenneth King
<[e-mail]>                          <[e-mail]>

Ira Fuchs                                Lawrence Landweber, Vice President
<[e-mail]>               <[e-mail]>

Frode Greisen, Treasurer                 Kees Neggers
<[e-mail]>                 <[e-mail]>

Geoff Huston                             Michael Roberts, Executive Director
<[e-mail]>                 <[e-mail]>

Anthony Rutkowski, Vice President
<[e-mail]>



4/19/93

Introducing the Charter, Founding, and Organizational Members


CHARTER MEMBERS

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES
EDUCOM
RESEAU ASSOCIEES POUR LA RECHERCHE EUROPEENNE


FOUNDING MEMBERS

ADVANCED NETWORK & SERVICES
APPLE COMPUTER CORPORATION
AT&T
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK
BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN
CISCO SYSTEMS
COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION
CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION FOR RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL NETWORKING
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK
EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS
FREEPORT-MCMORAN
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
INTEROP COMPANY
ISRAELI INTER-UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTER
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
NORDUNET
NOVELL, INC.
NYSERNET, INC.
PROTEON, INC.
SIEMENS AG
SOFT-SWITCH, INC.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
SPRINT
3COM CORPORATION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
UUNET TECHNOLOGIES
WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC.


ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
TENON INTERSYSTEMS
VEDA DATA SYSTEMS, INC.



Terms of Membership

Charter and Founding Organizations provide the Internet Society with
vital financial support.  This substantial and early support has made
the founding of the Internet Society possible.  For-profit Founding
members commit to a total of $20,000 during the 1992 and 1993 period
and $10,000 per year thereafter. Non-profit, Founding government and
educational institutions commit to half that amount.  Regular for-profit
and non-profit organizational members commit to $10,000 and $5,000 per
year respectively.  There is also provision for start-ups to become
regular members during their first three years at a cost of $1,000
per year.  Organizations interested in participating in this program
should contact Vinton Cerf at the Internet Society secretariat.


5/07/93

Internet Society Advisory Council


The Organizational Members of the Internet Society provide a representative
and an alternate to an Advisory Council. The Society is grateful to these
individuals and their organizations for the commitments they have made to
its success. The names of the Advisory Council members are listed below:


   Rick Adams                                UUNET
   Ed Albrigo (alt.)                         CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS
   Guy Almes                                 ANS
   Stephen An                                WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC.
   Michael Arnold                            FREEPORT-MCMORAN
   Cliff Bamford                             MICROSOFT
   Eric Benhamou                             3COM CORPORATION
   William Biagi                             CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEM
   Daniele Bovio (alt.)                      EARN
   David Brandin                             INTEROP COMPANY
   George Buchanan                           HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
   Lee Caldwell                              NOVELL
   Michael Carter                            APPLE
   Steve Cisler (alt.)                       APPLE
   Avi Cohen                                 IUCC
   Sam Coleman (alt.)                        LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB
   James Conklin (alt.)                      CREN
   Michael Conn                              MCI COMMUNICATIONS
   Hans Deckers                              EARN
   Rashmi Doshi (alt.)                       NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
   Mathew Dovens (alt.)                      MCI COMMUNICATIONS
   Robin Erskine                             AARNET
   David Farber                              ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
   Francois Fluckiger                        CERN
   Ira Fuchs                                 CREN
   Dain Gary (alt.)                          SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
   Cary Giese (alt.)                         U S WEST
   William Grant                             U S WEST
   Terence Gray                              UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
   Erik Grimmelmann                          AT&T
   Phill Gross                               ANS
   Roger Gulbranson (alt.)                   UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
   Anita Holmgren                            TENON INTERSYSTEMS
   Steve Holmgren (alt.)                     TENON INTERSYSTEMS
   E.W. Bud Huber (alt.)                     HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
   Sascha Ignjatovic                         VEDA DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
   Ole Jacobsen (alt.)                       INTEROP COMPANY
   Ron Johnson (alt.)                        UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
   Walter Johnston                           NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
   Mitch Kapor (alt.)                        ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
   Anthony Lauck                             DIGITAL
   Donald Lindberg                           NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
   James Luckett (alt.)                      NYSERNet
   Richard Mandelbaum                        NYSERNet
   Olivier Martin (alt.)                     CERN
   Daniel Masys                              NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
   Stuart Mathison                           SPRINT INTERNATIONAL
   Jeff Mayersohn                            BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN
   David McDonald (alt.)                     FREEPORT-MCMORAN
   John Mullarvey (alt.)                     AARNET
   Catherine Muther                          CISCO SYSTEMS
   Dan Nessett                               LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB
   Camillo J. Pasquariello                   DEFENSE INFORM. SYSTEMS AGENCY
   Andrew Partan (alt.)                      UUNET
   Janet Perry (alt.)                        NOVELL
   Paul Evan Peters                          CNI
   Rich Pethia                               SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
   Werner Sammer                             SIEMENS AG
   Thomas Schwarcz (alt.)                    SIEMENS AG
   Paul Severino (alt.)                      WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC.
   Robert Shahan (alt.)                      IBM
   David Sincoskie                           BELLCORE
   Donald Spicer                             UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
   Leonard Swatski (alt.)                    DEFENSE INFORM. SYSTEMS AGENCY
   Dave Thompson (alt.)                      MICROSOFT
   Michael Thurk (alt.)                      DIGITAL
   Paul Toldalagi                            PROTEON
   Nicholas R. Trio                          IBM
   Paul Tsuchiya (alt.)                      BELLCORE
   Peter Villemoes                           NORDUNET
   Richard West (alt.)                       CNI
   Michael D. Zisman                         SOFT-SWITCH, INC.



                         ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                    OF

                             INTERNET SOCIETY




To:    Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs
       Washington, D.C.  20001

    We, the undersigned natural persons of the age of eighteen years or
more, acting as incorporators of a corporation, adopt the following
Articles of Incorporation for such corporation pursuant to the District of
Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act:
    1. The name of the corporation is Internet Society.
    2. The period of its duration is perpetual.
    3. The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized are
       as follows:
    To be a non-profit corporation (without capital stock), which shall be
operated exclusively for educational, charitable and scientific purposes.
Such educational, charitable, and scientific purposes shall include
carrying on activities:
       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.
    To exercise all the powers conferred upon corporations formed under
the District of Columbia Non-Profit Corporation Act in order to
accomplish the corporation's educational, charitable and scientific
purposes; and to take other actions necessary or convenient to effect any
or all of the purposes for which the corporation is organized.
    4. The corporation shall not issue any capital stock.
    5. The corporation shall have classes of members, and the
qualifications and rights of the members, including any right to vote,
shall be as provided in the by-laws.
    6. The board of directors of the corporation shall be known as the
Board of Trustees. Except for the initial Board of Trustees, whose names
are set forth in these Articles of Incorporation, the manner in which the
Trustees are to be elected or appointed shall be as provided in the by-
laws.
    7. Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the
corporation, including provisions for the distribution of assets on
dissolution or liquidation, are:
       A. No part of the net earnings of the corporation shall inure to the
benefit of, or be distributable to, any of the Trustees or officers or
members of the corporation, or any other person, except that the
corporation shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable
compensation for services rendered. No substantial part of the activities
of the corporation shall be the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise
attempting, to influence legislation. The corporation 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.
       B. The Articles of Incorporation 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 this
Article 7.
       C. Upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
corporation, 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 corporation shall be distributed exclusively for
such educational, charitable and scientific purposes as the Trustees (or
such other persons as may be in charge of liquidation) shall determine,
provided that such distributions shall be made to one or more
organizations which qualify as exempt organizations under Section
501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code as amended (or
corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue
law).
    8. The address, including street and number, of the initial registered
office of the corporation is c/o C T Corporation System, 1030 15th Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, and the name of its initial registered
agent at such address is C T Corporation System.
    9. The number of Trustees constituting the initial Board of Trustees
of the corporation is fourteen, and the names and addresses, including
street and number, if any, of the persons who are to serve as the initial
Trustees until the first annual meeting or until their successors be
elected and qualify are:

       Charles N. Brownstein
       National Science Foundation
       1800 G Street, N.W.
       Washington, DC  20550

       Vinton G. Cerf
       CNRI
       1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
       Reston, Virginia  22091

       A. Lyman Chapin
       Bolt Beranek & Newman
       70 Fawcett Street
       Cambridge, Massachusetts  02138

       Ira Fuchs
       Princeton University
       220 Nassau Hall
       Princeton, New Jersey  08544

       Frode Greisen
       UNI-C, Technical University
       Lyngby, DK 2800, Denmark

       Geoff Huston
       Australian Academic and Research Network
       P.O. Box 1142
       Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

       Robert E. Kahn
       1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
       Reston, Virginia  22091

       Tomaz Kalin
       RARE Secretariat
       466 - 468 SINGEL
       Amsterdam, Netherlands

       Kenneth M. King
       EDUCOM
       1112 16th Street, N.W., Suite 600
       Washington, DC  20036

       Lawrence H. Landweber
       University of Wisconsin
       1210 W. Dayton Street
       Madison, Wisconsin  53706

       Kees Neggers
       SURFnet bv
       Godebaldkwartier 24
       3511 DX Utrecht, Netherlands

       Michael M. Roberts
       EDUCOM
       1112 16th Street, N.W., Suite 100
       Washington, DC  20036

       Anthony M. Rutkowski
       Sprint International
       12490 Sunrise Valley Drive
       Reston, Virginia  22096


    10.  The name and address, including street and number, if any,
of each incorporator is:



        NAME                              ADDRESS

       Robert E. Kahn                     1895 Preston White Drive
                                          Reston, Virginia  22091

       Kenneth M. King                    1112 16th Street, N.W.
                                          Washington, DC  20036


4/26/93

        Introducing the Internet Society Secretariat


During its initial period of operation, the Internet Society secretariat
occupies space provided by the Corporation for National Research
Initiatives and by EDUCOM:

Internet Society
1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
Reston, VA 22091 USA
[phone]
[phone] FAX
[e-mail]


Britt A. Jackman  - Secretarial Support
                    [e-mail]

Cynthia Matthews  - Individual Membership Services
                    [e-mail] (preferred)
                    [e-mail]

John Stewart      - Technical Support
                    [e-mail]

Theresa Weigler   - Organizational Membership Services
                    [e-mail]

In addition to these, two EDUCOM staff members are also assisting in
the operation of the Society:

EDUCOM
1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
[phone]
[phone] FAX

Michael Roberts   - General planning and operation
                    [e-mail]

Elizabeth Barnhart- Conference/Publication Support
                    [e-mail]