2/9/94 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: +1 703 648 9888 Internet Society Fax: +1 703 620 0913 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Email: isoc@isoc.org Reston, VA 22091 USA INTERNET SOCIETY DUES PAYMENT (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 Merrifield Office 8315 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22031 USA Bank Number/Routing Number: 056001260 Account Number: Internet Society 14838710 Questions Concerning Payment Methods If you have any questions concerning payment methods please contact Theresa Weigler at the Internet Society. Theresa may be reached at one of the following: Email: isoc@isoc.org Address: Internet Society 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Reston, VA 22091 USA Telephone:+1 703 648 9888 Fax: +1 703 620 0913 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. 7/5/93 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. In each subsequent year after the seating of the interim Board in January, 1992, nominations will be opened for approximately one-third of the 20 seats on the Board of Trustees. Each newly elected contingent will be seated on 1 July of the election year. The board is responsible for operation of the Internet Society including approval of budgets, appointments of officers and organizing Board elections. Internet Society Board of Trustees Scott Bradner Haruhisa Ishida Charles Brownstein Robert Kahn Vinton Cerf, President Tomaz Kalin Lyman Chapin Lawrence Landweber, VP Conferences Susan Estrada Kees Neggers David Farber Jean Armour Polly Ira Fuchs Jon Postel Frode Greisen, Treasurer Michael Roberts Geoff Huston, Secretary Anthony Rutkowski, Executive Dir. 2/2/94 Introducing the Charter, Founding, and Organizational Members CHARTER MEMBERS CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES EDUCOM RESEAU ASSOCIEES POUR LA RECHERCHE EUROPEENNE FOUNDING MEMBERS ACONET - AUSTRIAN ACADEMIC COMPUTER NETWORK ADVANCED NETWORK & SERVICES ADVANTIS AMERICA ONLINE, INC. AMERITECH APPLE COMPUTER CORPORATION AT&T AT&T JENS ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF THAILAND AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN CANARIE, INC. CISCO SYSTEMS CNUCE COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION FOR RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL NETWORKING DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY DELPHI INTERNET SERVICES DFN DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS FTP SOFTWARE, INC. FREEPORT-MCMORAN HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY INTEL CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION INTERNET INITIATIVE JAPAN (IIJ) INTEROP COMPANY ISRAELI INTER-UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTER JOINT NETWORK TEAM J.P. MORGAN LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION MERIT NETWORK, INC. MICROSOFT CORPORATION NATIONAL INSTITUE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS, INC. NORDUNET NORTHERN TELECOM NOVELL, INC. NTT NYSERNET, INC. ORACLE CORPORATION PACIFIC BELL PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. PROTEON, INC. SIEMENS AG SOFT-SWITCH, INC. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE SPRINT STENTOR SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. SUNET/UMDAC SURFNET BV TELECOM FINLAND 3COM CORPORATION TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC. UUNET TECHNOLOGIES WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC. ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORP. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION GTE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED INFONET SERVICES CORPORATION NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC. PIPEX TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INSTITUTE TENON INTERSYSTEMS THE RAND CORPORATION 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. 2/2/94 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: George Abe INFONET SERVICES CORPORATION Rick Adams UUNET Ed Albrigo (alt.) CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS Guy Almes ANS Robert Anderson THE RAND CORPORATION Barry Appleman AMERICA ONLINE, INC. Michael Arnold FREEPORT-MCMORAN Toshiya Asaba (alt.) INTERNET INITIATIVE JAPAN (IIJ) Cliff Bamford MICROSOFT William Biagi CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEM Andrew Bjerring CANARIE, INC. Willie Black JOINT NETWORK TEAM Daniele Bovio (alt.) EARN George Buchanan HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY Michael Camp NORTHERN TELECOM Bill Cameron U S WEST Srisakdi Charmonman ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY Steve Cisler APPLE George Clapp AMERITECH ADVANCED DATA SERVICES Avi Cohen IUCC Richard Colella (alt.) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY Sam Coleman (alt.) LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB James Conklin (alt.) CREN Michael Conn MCI COMMUNICATIONS David R. Conrad INTERNET INITIATIVE JAPAN (IIJ) Stephen Crocker TRUSTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS Hans Deckers EARN Rashmi Doshi (alt.) NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC. Mathew Dovens (alt.) MCI COMMUNICATIONS Michael Elliott IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY David Farber ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Francois Fluckiger CERN Paul Francis (alt.) BELLCORE Ira Fuchs CREN Dain Gary (alt.) SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE Cary Giese (alt.) U S WEST Shigeki Goto (alt.) NTT Terence Gray UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Erik Grimmelmann AT&T Roger Gulbranson (alt.) UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Jack Haverty ORACLE CORPORATION Anthony Hearn (alt.) THE RAND CORPORATION Robert Hinden SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. Anita Holmgren TENON INTERSYSTEMS Steve Holmgren (alt.) TENON INTERSYSTEMS Ryoichi Hosoya NTT Richard Hronicek PACIFIC BELL E.W. Bud Huber (alt.) HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY Geoff Huston AARNET Sascha Ignjatovic VEDA DATA SYSTEMS, INC. Ole Jacobsen (alt.) INTEROP COMPANY Ron Johnson (alt.) UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Suzanne Johnson INTEL CORPORATION Walter Johnston NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC. Philip Jones (alt.) JNT Cyndi Jung (alt.) 3COM CORPORATION Kevin Kahn (alt.) INTEL CORPORATION Rafiq Khan (alt.) CANARIE, INC. Mitch Kapor (alt.) ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Richard Karp CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORP. Kenneth King EDUCOM Stev Knowles FTP SOFTWARE, INC. Tracy LaQuey Parker CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. Anthony Lauck DIGITAL Yuet Lee (alt.) PACIFIC BELL Ernie Levenson (alt.) GTE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED Donald Lindberg NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE James Luckett (alt.) NYSERNet Robert Lucky (alt.) BELLCORE Dan Lynch INTEROP COMPANY Richard Mandelbaum NYSERNet Olivier Martin (alt.) CERN Nancy Mason U S WEST Daniel Masys NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Stuart Mathison SPRINT INTERNATIONAL Jeff Mayersohn BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN David McDonald (alt.) FREEPORT-MCMORAN David McFaul STENTOR Alexander McKenzie (alt.) BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN Brian Milton (alt.) STENTOR Keith Mitchell (alt.) PIPEX Anastase Nakassis (Tassos) NATIONAL INSTITUE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY Kees Neggers SURFNET Dan Nessett LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LAB Seppo Noppari (alt.) TELECOM FINLAND Richard Nuttall PIPEX Jeffrey Ogden (alt.) MERIT COMPUTER NETWORK Andres Partan (alt.) UUNET Michael Pascoe NEWBRIDGE NETWORKS, INC. Camillo J. Pasquariello DEFENSE INFORM. SYSTEMS AGENCY Adam Peake CENTER FOR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS (GLOCOM) Janet Perry NOVELL Paul Evan Peters CNI Rich Pethia SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE John Phillips TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INSTITUTE Peter Rastl ACONET Michael Roberts (alt.) EDUCOM Steve Russell 3COM CORPORATION Kathy Ryan (alt.) AMERICA ONLINE, INC. Peter Saalmans (alt.) AARNET Vichai Sathtachotinun (alt.) ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY Werner Sammer SIEMENS AG Martin Schoffstall PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Thomas Schwarcz (alt.) SIEMENS AG William Schrader (alt.) PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. Thomas Schwarcz (alt.) SIEMENS AG Frank Scibilia DELPHI INTERNET SERVICES Paul Severino (alt.) WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC. Robert Shahan (alt.) IBM Tony Shaw (alt.) TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER INSTITUTE David Sincoskie BELLCORE Niklas Sonkin TELECOM FINLAND Donald Spicer UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME Hermann Steinringer (alt.) ACONET Glenn Stewart (alt.) CATAPULT COMMUNICATIONS CORP. Leonard Swatski (alt.) DEFENSE INFORM. SYSTEMS AGENCY Dave Thompson (alt.) MICROSOFT Michael Thurk (alt.) DIGITAL Paul Toldalagi PROTEON Nicholas R. Trio IBM Stefano Trumpy CNUCE Klaus Ullmann DFN Peter Villemoes NORDUNET Hans Wallberg SUNET/UMDAC Gerard Weis ADVANTIS Richard West (alt.) CNI Bernie White GTE LABORATORIES INCORPORATED Karen White ORACLE CORPORATION James Williams MERIT COMPUTER NETWORK Steven Willis WELLFLEED COMMUNICATIONS INC. 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 Juergen Harms 24 rue Ge'ne'ral Dufour Geneva CH-1204, Switzerland 2/3/94 Introducing the Internet Society Secretariat Before March 14, 1994: Internet Society 1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100 Reston, VA 22091 USA +1 703 648 9888 +1 703 620 0913 FAX isoc@isoc.org After March 14, 1994: Internet Society 12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 270 Reston, VA 22091 +1 703 648-9888 +1 703 Fax isoc@isoc.org Anthoney M. Rutkowski - Executive Director amr@isoc.org Cynthia Matthews - Individual Membership Services isoc@isoc.org (preferred) cmatthew@cnri.reston.va.us John Stewart - Technical Support jstewart@cnri.reston.va.us Susan Vaillette - Organizational Membership Services svaillet@isoc.org Mary Burger - Secretary mburger@isoc.org 1. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BECOMING A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY (ISOC)? The primary benefit is involvement in the shaping of the agenda of the Internet Society and opportunity to sponsor its standards-making activity (IETF), annual meeting (INET) and visible recognition in the quarterly Internet Society News. All founding members have seats on the Internet Society Advisory Council (one rep and an alternate). Five copies of all publications will be provided to the member. If advertising is included in the Internet Society News, the founding members will have a reduced rate. In the early stages of Internet Society evolution (it is only a year old so far), much of the benefit is intangible, but this will change with time. 2. WHAT OTHER CORPORATIONS ARE A PART OF THE ISOC? HOW DO THEY USE THE INTERNET RESOURCES? WHAT ROLES DO THESE MEMBERS HAVE IN THE ISOC? SEE CHARTER, FOUNDING AND ORGANIZATIONAL LISTINGS ABOVE These companies sit on the Advisory Council which advises the Board of Trustees. The often sponsor the annual INET conference and many of them send their people to the Internet Engineering Task Force meetings to work on standards. 3. HOW IS THE ISOC CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET ADVISORY BOARD (IAB) AND ITS ACTIVITIES? The Internet Society Trustees (who are elected by the members), ratify the nominations to the Internet Architecture Board. These nominations come from a committee set up annually for purposes of preparing slates. The IAB, in turn, ratifies nominations to the Internet Engineering Steering Group which manages the day to day work of the Internet Engineering Task Force. 4. WHAT TYPE OF DECISION MAKING AND POLICY SETTING IS GOING ON NOW THAT ISOC MEMBERS WOULD BE INVOLVED IN, AND WOULD HAVE INPUT INTO? ISOC organizational members do not explicitly get involved in decision making or policy setting by virtue of their organizational membership. Their role is advisory (to the Trustees). Advisory council members have also been asked to provide input for Congressional Testimony and for other public statements on behalf of the Internet Society. 5. WHAT ROLE WOULD YOU HOPE TO SEE OUR COMPANY PLAY IN THE ISOC ORGANIZATION? WHAT DO YOU SEE US BRINGING TO THE TABLE? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE US TO DO? I think every company or organization that has requested membership in the Internet Society has already moved into the networking environment with great energy and its experiences, as a consequence, are extremely valuable to inject into the Internet Engineering and Research Task Force work. I would also want very much for Organizational members to make their key technical people accessible to the Internet Architecture Board and to the ISOC Trustees to help predict what other companies less far along can expect to encounter. I am especially interested in learning about problems that have been discovered that still need attention in applying networking technology to business. 6. IN REFERENCE TO THE NY TIMES ARTICLE ON THE "SUPERHIGHWAY", WHAT INVOLVEMENT, IF ANY, DO YOU SEE ISOC HAVING IN THIS? ISOC, because of its key responsibility for facilitating the technological evolution of the Internet, is a major player in the development of international data Superhighways. Most of the people who are likely to have roles in the creation of information infrastructure are now involved in or make use of the Internet.