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Foreword by Daniel KarrenbergChair, Board of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Foreword by Lynn St. Amour President and CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

ISOC in 2007Leadership, Engagement, Technology Advancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

What Is the Internet Society? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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Plans for the Future Partnership and Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

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The Internet Society Vision

From its inception the mission of the Internet Society has been to promotethe open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit

of all people throughout the world.

We believe the standards, technologies, business practices, and government and community-driven policies connected with the Internet

must sustain an open, universally accessible platform for innovation, creativity, and economic opportunity. In this way, the Internet can improve

the quality of life for people in all parts of the world.

Complementing its vision of the future is the Internet Society’s vision of itsrole in creating that future: As the hub of a global network of individuals

and organizations, the Internet Society is an effective advocate for thecore values of an open and accessible Internet.

Copyright © Internet Society 2008. All rights reserved.

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FOREWORD

The year 2007 was one of ongoing growth and continued strengthening ofISOC. Building on sound financial health and a long-term plan, we succeededin attracting substantial talent from all over the world, proceeded with ourwell-known activities and programmes, and prepared a number of long-termstrategic initiatives.

I’m particularly glad we made significant progress in fulfilling the potential of ISOC as a truly global organization: we have started to establish regionalbureaus and to build strong support for Chapters. This way we can better support local work that furthers the goals of ISOC.

We have continued to support the work of the Internet Engineering Task Force,to play a pivotal role in what has come to be known as Internet Governance, to support regional meetings of networkers, and to promote ISOC’s goalswherever they would be most effective. You can read about all of our activitiesand achievements in the pages of this report.

The year 2008 will bring new challenges. One of them will be to promote theadoption of IPv6 in order to maintain the growth needed to advance and extendthe Internet. ISOC is ready to do its part in meeting that challenge as well asother challenges before us.

I sincerely thank everyone who has helped us be successful: ISOC staff; Organization and Individual Members; Chapters; and all of the countless volunteers and friends of ISOC who have contributed to bringing us closer to achieving the sentiment of our motto: The Internet is for everyone.

Thank you.

daniel karrenberg, chair, board of trustees

We made significant progress in fulfilling the potential of ISOC as a truly global organization.

Daniel Karrenberg

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Today we are on the brink of a new Internet era—one in which technology andpublic policy are indisputably intertwined and in which Internet training and education are, for many, social and economic imperatives. While the Internet has grown and changed in significant ways since the Internet Society wasestablished in 1992, the challenge that we face as an organization and as a community remains the same; that is, how should ISOC promote, preserve, and protect the Internet’s unique development environment and ensure anInternet that is, and will always be, available to everyone, everywhere?

In 2007, ISOC took its most significant steps yet toward meeting that challenge: We formed two new departments, developed three new long-term strategic initiatives, and added several senior staff members. We also significantly increased the number of Members and Chapters and increasedour engagement with Members, Chapters, and other stakeholders.

Over the past few years, ISOC has successfully transformed itself from a small,highly concentrated staff to a truly global organization. More than 25 staffmembers can now be found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and NorthAmerica, thereby creating an organizational presence on nearly every conti-nent. More important, ISOC’s influence is growing as a result of the collectiveknowledge and expertise of its staff members, all of whom are well-knowninternationally in both technology and public policy circles. Leslie Daigle,ISOC’s new chief Internet technology officer, was, until recently, longtime chairof the Internet Architecture Board. Frédéric Donck, ISOC’s new director of public policy, most recently spent 10 years working closely with the EuropeanCommission in international policy areas. Bill Graham, who leads ISOC’sstrategic global engagement activities and oversees its new Global StrategicEngagement department, served as director of international telecommunica-tions policy and coordination in the Canadian government’s Department ofIndustry and Resources. Each new senior staff member brings to the organiza-tion high levels of experience and expertise that will enable ISOC to achieve

even greater influence and recognition as it tackles the more complex policy,education, and technology issues to come.

I am especially excited to announce that in late 2007, the ISOC Board ofTrustees approved three new high-level initiatives—all of them intended to help advance the Internet’s development. You’ll read more about them in the pages that follow.

Over the past year, ISOC worked hard to put into place outreach programmes,support mechanisms, and other activities that aid in its collective efforts as it works toward the common goal of an Internet that is for everyone. In 2008,ISOC will focus on building bridges that connect research, standardization, and development and that ultimately result in the deployment of new Internettechnologies.

Finally, I am pleased to report that today ISOC finds itself in a position of finan-cial health and stability. The organization and its Membership and Chaptersare growing, as are its reach and its credibility. In 2008 and beyond, ISOC will continue to build on the ambitious platform it has put into place over thepast several years. The organization will strive to make itself a place whereMembers, Chapters, employees, and stakeholders feel valued and where contributions from all are maximized, recognized, and rewarded.

I look forward to working with all of you in the support of our mission.

FOREWORD

Lynn St. Amour

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lynn st. amour, president and ceo

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Backed by solid funding and a teamof talented and dedicated staffmembers located throughout theworld, ISOC is poised to have aneven more positive impact on thefuture of the Internet.

In late 2007, ISOC announced a set of three long-term strategic initiatives. The initiatives embodyISOC’s philosophy that the Internetis for everyone, and they provide a solid foundation from which theorganization can influence stan-dards and technology development,business practices, and governmentpolicies. For more information onthe initiatives, see pages 9 and 11.

Collaboration among Chaptersimproved greatly over the past year,primarily through electronic and face-to-face meetings but alsothrough the launch of a wiki(http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org), whichwas initiated, supported, and devel-oped by Chapter members. ISOC’sbelief in the potential of its world-wide Chapters to promote theInternet and defend the principles of ISOC resulted in the launch of anew Chapter Development plan. The

multiyear effort is intended to raisethe profiles of Chapters within theirlocal communities, increase thenumber of partnerships with localstakeholders, and improve Internet-based tools, support, and informa-tion available to Chapters.

ISOC’s role in the African regiongrew considerably since the estab-lishment of the African RegionalBureau. In 2007, the bureau orga-nized an INET meeting in Abuja,Nigeria, as well as an Internet governance meeting in Kigali,Rwanda. The number of Chapters in Africa also grew with the additionof Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo,Sierra Leone, and Sudan.

ISOC played a central role in thepreparations for and success of theInternet Governance Forum (IGF),which dramatically increased the organization’s public policy profile. In addition, ISOC provided a numberof key speakers and organized avariety of workshops. Representa-tives from 10 ISOC Chapters andfrom Chapters in formation—includ-ing Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin,

Colombia, Ecuador, Fiji (as part of PICISOC), Hong Kong, Mexico,Moldova, and Morocco—served asambassadors to the IGF on behalf of ISOC. ISOC’s policy team andRegional Bureau representativesorganized a series of regional meet-ings meant to spur discussion ofissues critical to Internet deploy-ment in developing countries—particularly with regard to access, connectivity, and Internet gover-nance. The team also began workcoordinating a technical communityforum for input to the ministerialconference of the Organization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment.

In addition to expressing its ongoingorganizational and financial supportof and commitment to the standards-making excellence of the InternetEngineering Task Force, ISOC took the opportunity at the IGF tourge network operators and otherInternet stakeholders to communi-cate their operational experiencewith IPv6 deployment as the Internetcommunity prepares for depletion of the IPv4 address pool.

Also in 2007, ISOC released its“User-Centric Internet” white paper,the most forward-looking assess-ment to date of why users’ interests,choices, and capacity to innovatemust remain at the centre of all policy and technical discussionsrelated to the future of the Internet.The paper will help guide ISOCthrough its efforts to further culti-vate and develop its policy positions.

ISOC’s commitment to globalInternet education continued in2007 primarily through its support of a wide range of educational programmes, including two SANOGmeetings, AfNOG 2007, AfriNIC-6,MENOG 2, PacNOG 3, and WALC2007. ISOC continued its long-standing effort to promote develop-ment of the Internet by hosting aregulators forum at PacINET 2007 in conjunction with its PacificIslands Chapter (PICISOC). ISOCChapters made a considerable contribution to ISOC’s educationefforts through such events as theAustralia Chapter’s IPv6 summit,PICISOC’s PacINET, and ISOC’sFrance Chapter–organized Egenimeeting. In addition, ISOC held two

Lynn St. Amour addresses the Opening Session at IGF Brazil 2007.

PacINET 2007, Solomon Islands. Photo by Franck Martin.

ISOC IN 2007 leadership, engagement, technology advancement

country-code top-level-domain(ccTLD) workshops in collaborationwith the Network Startup ResourceCenter: one for the Middle East andthe other for the Caribbean. TheccTLD workshops provide the knowl-edge and skills that ccTLD operatorsin developing countries need to buildand maintain high-quality infrastruc-ture and services. ISOC also beganaddressing the challenges associatedwith development and operation ofInternet Exchange Points (IXPs) inthe developing world by hosting twoworkshops for IXP operators in Africa and by organizing a highly successfulinternational workshop at the IGFmeeting in Rio de Janeiro.

CHAPTERS IN 2007

ArgentinaISOC’s Argentina Chapter organized a task force on Web accessibility and organized a seminar for a Webwithout Barriers for Persons withDisabilities. With support from theISOC Funding Project initiative and in conjunction with the Disability andSpecial Needs Chapter, the ArgentinaChapter was able to create what has been called the most importantevent on Web accessibility ever heldin Argentina.

http://www.isoc.org.ar

Australia In 2007, ISOC’s Australia Chaptercompleted its IPv6 for e-Businessproject. Funded under the Australian government’s Information Technol-ogy Online programme, the projectsought to document the state ofreadiness for IPv6 in Australia; to develop an easy-access device,business models, and return-on-investment tools to assist Australianbusinesses in their efforts to adoptIPv6; to provide online resources and information related to IPv6; and to create IPv6 seminars in each Australian capital city.

http://www.isoc-au.org.au

Italy ISOC’s Italy Chapterlaunched JuridicalAspects of the Internet—Contribution to the

Internet GovernanceForum, a new publication designed to encourage more participation in discussions inside the InternetGovernance Forum and to help offerarguments to those who already participate in international bodiesinvolved in Internet governance. The journal is published in Italian.

http://www.isoc.it

Nigeria ISOC’s Nigeria Chapter announcedthe launch of three new Jon Postel IT centres, bringing the total numberto 11. The new centres are located at the Nigerian Society of Engineersin Abuja; the Computer Center at the Federal University of Technology in Akure, Imo State; and the SportsCouncil in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Two more are expected to be launched in 2008: one at Katsina State University and another at theUniversity of Port Harcourt. The centres, which are dedicated to thememory of Jon Postel, were createdto promote and diffuse the Internetin Nigeria through seminars, courses, and conferences.

http://www.isocnig.org.ng

Pacific IslandsISOC’s Pacific Island Chapter’s annual PacINET Honiara Informationand Communication Technology conference in 2007 focused on IPv6and the region’s One Laptop perChild project. The Chapter partici-pated in OneWebDay, a series of celebrations that included theCook Islands, Fiji, and Vanuatu. It was also involved with the PacificIslands GIS/RS Users Conference in Suva, Fiji, which aimed to bringGIS/RS users and decision makersfrom the Pacific region together

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Jonathan B. PostelService Award

In November, ISOC announced that Nii Quaynor was the2007 recipient of the

prestigious Jonathan B. Postel Service Award. The award was presentedfor Nii’s leadership in advancing Internet technology in Africa and for galvanizing technologists to improve Internet access and capabilities

throughout the continent.

Nii’s pioneering Internet work began in Africa in 1993 when he returnedto his home country of Ghana to establish the first Internet service—operated by Network Computer Systems (NCS), Ghana.COM—in West

Africa. At NCS, he and his team worked on early development of theInternet in Africa. Currently, Nii is chairman of NCS and professor of

computer science at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. He is alsoconvener of the African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) and founding

chairman of AfriNIC, the African Regional Internet Registry.

The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award was established to honor thosewho have made outstanding contributions in service to the data

communications community. It focuses on sustained and substantialtechnical contributions, service to the community, and leadership. The

award is named after Jonathan B. Postel, who embodied those qualities during his extraordinary stewardship over the course of a 30-year

career in networking.


Nii Quaynor

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to communicate and network. TheChapter was a founding member of the Asia Pacific Regional At-LargOrganization, and Chapter leaderRajnesh Singh was named its firstchair. The Chapter helped organizean IGF workshop called DynamicCoalition on Access and Connectivityfor Remote, Rural, and DispersedCommunities.

http://www.picisoc.org

Québec ISOC’s Québec Chapter announcedits Québec Connected to the Worldinitiative (Un Québec branché sur

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le monde—UQBM), which providesprofessional services and assistancefor regional communities seeking to benefit from low-cost, high-speedwireless Internet connection any-where in the province where serviceis not currently available. It alsooffers services that address digital-divide issues in communitiesthroughout the province. Piloted by the Québec Chapter, UQBM wasfunded by the Québec Chapter, ISOC,and Communautel, a nonprofitorganization.

http://www.isoc.qc.ca

South Africa In an ongoing effort to increase itsreach to the broader community, in 2007 ISOC’s South Africa Chapterinvited partnerships to take a dramatic production to school-children. The script, coauthored by the Chapter’s committee member Glen Thompson, highlights the roleof mobile technology, its positive and negative aspects, and the use of mobile devices to connect to theInternet. In addition, in its efforts to branch out to other parts of SouthAfrica, the Chapter is talking with

the Siyafunda project, a CommunityTechnology Centre whose aim is toempower, educate, and e-connectcommunities by bringing informationand communication technology tothe community. ISOC’s South AfricaChapter invites interested parties tobring to its attention areas of interestand to engage with the Chapter tobuild a stronger civil society voice in the region.

http://www.isoc.org.za

Spain ISOC’s Spain Chapter is offering acycle of conferences on hot Internettopics, with at least five video sitesconnected through high-qualityvideoconferences. Chat and directstreaming are available for thosewho are unable to attend in person.In 2007, topics covered inclusion,social networks, radio over theInternet, and the 10 main changes in the Internet in 2007. The recordedevents are available on the Chapter’sstreaming server.

http://www.isoc-es.org

TunisiaThe year 2007 was one of grassrootsfor ISOC’s Tunisia Chapter. Based atthe Khawarizmi Calculation Centreon the new university campus inManouba, Tunis, the Chapter isat the heart of the scientific andresearcher community. Efforts havebeen made to engage the communityin Chapter activities, including train-ing university professors in Web 2.0.In addition, the Chapter has signed a memorandum of understandingwith the Centre des jeunes dirigeantsd’entreprise (Center for YoungEntrepreneurs) to begin a trainingcycle dedicated to Tunisia’s youngmanagers.

http://www.isoc.org.tn

Rajnesh Singh, Chapter leader of ISOC’s Pacific Islands Chapter in 2007. Photo by Franck Martin.

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Map of Australian IPv6 readiness, part of a report from the Australia Chapter’s IPv6 for e-Business project.

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ISOC FUNDING HELPS THE INTERNET—AND CHAPTERS—GROW WORLDWIDE

In 2007, ISOC’s Project Funding Initiative programme committed USD 168,701 in project support. ISOC funded 17 projects: 14 run by Chapters and 3 by IndividualMembers. ISOC funds up to 50 percent of total project budgets (with a cap of USD 10,000), encouraging applicants to build relationships with other partners.

http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects

CHAPTER/NAME PROJECT AMOUNT FUNDED

Armenia Partnered with CEENet/NATO, Armenian Academy of Science, and the Armenian national research and education USD 10,000networks to identify achievements, problems, and solutions to help Armenian NRENs create a modern infrastructure.

Benin Capacity-building project providing IPv6 hands-on training for engineers. 10,000

Bulgaria Conduct public awareness events in Bulgaria to stimulate interest and participation in the Science, Education, 10,000and Learning in Freedom (SELF) platform.

Democratic Republic Creation of Internet content for nongovernmental organizations that are promoting human rights in the Democratic 9,163of the Congo Republic of the Congo.

Ecuador Develop Digital Inclusion kits in Spanish and Quichua in Ecuador. 9,600

Israel With partner Access Israel Association, provide increased Web accessibility to Internet sites for people with disabilities. 10,000

Italy Sensitization of the Italian-speaking community on the Internet Governance Forum from Athens toward Delhi. 10,000

Liberia Develop an Internet Training and Awareness Centre that provides basic Internet skills and awareness-raising 9,988(Chapter in formation) programmes for end users in Liberia.

Mauritius Deliver a hands-on workshop on IPv6 for countries in the Indian Ocean. 10,000

Pacific Islands Marovo Lagoon Learning Network, Solomon Islands: develop models for wide-scale deployment of One Laptop per Child. 10,000

Republic of the Congo Train a cross section of the Congolese population in three different localities on how to use the Internet; create 10,000local ISOC community clubs in each locality.

Sierra Leone With partner Sierra Vision, build Sierra Leone’s first Digital Village, offering free Internet access and training to provide 10,000exposure to the highest quality-standards based and research-based educational and literacy resources for teachers, instructors, and students in Sierra Leone.

Taiwan Set up a wiki platform for all of the Internet user communities in Taiwan in an effort to document the past and future 10,000of Taiwan Internet development.

Tunisia Deliver Internet Access to remote areas of Tunisia via the SolarNetOne platform. 10,000

Global Member Establish a Smart Computer Laboratory in tsunami-affected areas of Sri Lanka. 9,950Dr. Kasun de Zoysa

Global Member Implement Operation Tech Start wireless education facility in Tanzania. 10,000Holly Rich

Global Member Working with Childhelp Sierra Leone and SES EXPERTS (Germany), awarded funds to provide free capacity-building 10,000Kaprie Thoronka training in computer studies and the Internet for schoolchildren and young adults, focusing on disadvantaged girls

and women 10 to 35 years of age.

Members of ISOC’s Congo Chapter at Oyo, Republic of the Congo


Grantee HighlightsIn October 2007, ISOC’s BeninChapter was awarded a grant ofUSD 10,000 to facilitate IPv6 adop-tion. The grant, which covered train-ing for more than 30 network techni-cians and engineers, was designedto help sensitize stakeholders onissues surrounding exhaustion of theIPv4 pool and the need to advancewider-spread adoption of IPv6.

http://www.isoc.bj

More than 5,000 Congolese weretrained to use the Internet as adevelopment tool as part of an ISOCgrant awarded to ISOC’s CongoChapter. The course targeted boththose who were unfamiliar with theInternet and its benefits and thosewho were familiar with the Internetbut were unable to access it or werenot able to use it. Thanks to theseefforts, the Congo Chapter plans to organize a national multistake-holders meeting on the informationsociety in Oyo in an effort to promotethe Internet for all.

http://isoc.cg/index2.htm

A joint NATO/ISOC workshop titledArmenian National Research and Education Networks:Achievements, Problems andSolutions was held in November2007 to address the need to prepareArmenian academic networks for

connection to the GEANT network, a multigigabit Pan-European datacommunications network reservedspecifically for research and educa-tion. Representatives of ISOC’s nascent Tajikistan Chapter werepresent, and videoconferencing sessions were carried out with representations from two otherpotential ISOC Chapters, includingKyrgyzstan and Moldova.

http://asnet.am/anw2007

Tanzania’s Operation Tech Start(OTS) is making headway with the help of ISOC, the TanzaniaCommission for Science andTechnology, and Alliance OneInternational. The project, whichaims to improve communicationsthat benefit the rural communitieswithin the Tabora region, is nowpoised to launch within the nextmonth its research on improvinginformation and communicationtechnologies. In addition, OTS andHealth Action Promotion Organiza-tion HAPO’s centre for orphans andvulnerable children is busy pavingthe way to set up a wireless comput-er lab for teaching children comput-er and Internet basics.

http://www.operationtechstart.org

An ISOC grant is helping the SmartComputer Laboratory project inSri Lanka implement a low-costeducational computer terminal labo-ratory with local language and wire-less Internet support. At present, thefirst version of the terminal has been implemented. Around 1,000 tsunami-affected schoolchildren in grades 3,4, and 5 will study at DharmasokaCollege in Ambalangoda.

http://www.ucsc.cmb.ac.lk/wasn

Funds made available by ISOC haveenabled the creation of Internet content for nongovernmental organi-zations (NGOs) promoting humanrights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As part of the grant, six members of ISOC’s DemocraticRepublic of the Congo Chapter willtrain to be Webmasters in collabora-tion with ISOC’s Burundi Chapter,whose 15 members also benefitedfrom the training, which took place in Bujumbura. ISOC’s support helpedfinance the trainer, who came fromCameroon, as well as the partici-pants, who were from Congo. The sixparticipants from Congo are currentlycreating content for 12 NGOs work-ing in the area of human rights ineastern Congo.

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Opening speaker at the Armenian National Research and Education Networks conference,Yerevan, Armenia.

Tanzanian children explore the basics of computers and Internet access. Photo courtesy Holly Rich, founder, Operation Tech Start.

Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Manager for Africa, AfricaSebastián Bellagamba, Regional Bureau Manager for Latin America, Latin Americaand the CaribbeanConstance Bommelaer, Senior Manager of Public Policy, EuropeNancy Cole, Finance Manager, North AmericaSteve Conte, Senior Manager of Information Services, North AmericaKevin Craemer, Senior Events Manager, North AmericaLeslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer, North AmericaJulien Demierre, Database Management and Support Officer, EuropeFrédéric Donck, Director of Public Policy, EuropeLynn DuVal, Director of Finance and Administration, North AmericaAndrew Dvorshak, Senior Manager of Organizational Membership, North AmericaPeter Godwin, IT Director, EuropeBill Graham, Strategic Global Engagement, Office of the President, North AmericaGregory Kapfer, Chief Financial Officer, North AmericaConnie Kendig, Sponsored Programmes and Grants Manager, North AmericaMirjam Kühne, Senior Programme Manager, EuropeMartin Kupres, Corporate and Institutional Development Manager, Europe

Anne Lord, Senior Manager, Chapters and Individual Memberships, Asia PacificLucy Lynch, Director, Technical Projects, North AmericaDana Matthews, Finance Manager, North AmericaDonna McCague, Organization Membership Programme Coordinator, North AmericaMichuki Mwangi, Senior Education Manager, AfricaLeni Nazare, Administrative Assistant, North AmericaElizabeth Oluoch, Executive Assistant to the President/CEO, North AmericaRay Pelletier, IETF Administrative Director, North AmericaPhil Roberts, Technology Programme Manager, North AmericaKaren Rose, Director of Education and Programmes, Asia PacificGerard Ross, Senior Communications Manager, EuropeJohn Schnizlein, Technology Programme Manager, North AmericaMatthew Shears, Public Policy Advisor, EuropeRajnesh Singh, Regional Bureau Manager for South and Southeast Asia, Asia PacificLynn St. Amour, President/CEO, Europe and North AmericaArnoud van Wijk, Disabilities Project Coordinator, EuropeTerry Weigler, Office Manager, North AmericaSabrina Wilmot, Chapters and Individual Memberships Manager, EuropeHenri Wohlfarth, Web Developer, Europe

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The Internet Society was founded in 1992 to promote the evolution andgrowth of the Internet as a globalcommunications infrastructure, to provide support for the InternetEngineering Task Force (IETF), and toencourage responsible and effectiveuse of the Internet through educa-tion, discussion, and advice to publicpolicy makers. ISOC’s activities—particularly in developing countries—have helped expand the reach of theInternet, bringing a wide range of

important social, economic, and educational benefits to peoplearound the world. ISOC enjoys awell-deserved reputation for integrityand service to the public interest and is recognized as a strong advo-cate for the core values of an openand accessible Internet.

MISSION AND ROLE

ISOC’s mission is to promote opendevelopment, evolution, and use ofthe Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.

Together with its OrganizationMembers, Chapters, and IndividualMembers—in addition to its relation-ship with the Internet EngineeringTask Force and its associated bodies—ISOC stands at the forefront of the development, education, andpublic policy areas affecting theInternet and Internet users. As partof its desire to protect and preservethe elements that have made theInternet the success it is today, ISOCworks closely with many Internet

organizations: Internet serviceproviders, network operators, rootserver operators, country-code top-level domains, the NetworkStartup Resource Center, theInternet Corporation for AssignedNames and Numbers, and theRegional Internet Registries, as wellas with national and internationalgovernments and civil society groups.

Operating both on the local level andin the global arena, ISOC supportsthe formulation and adoption of poli-

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cies that make the Internet accessi-ble to everyone; that safeguard theintegrity and continuity of Internetdevelopments and operations; thatsupport and contribute to the contin-uing evolution of the Internet as anopen, decentralized platform forinnovation, creativity, and economicopportunity; and that bring authori-tative, unbiased information aboutthe Internet to individuals and orga-nizations in every part of the world.

CORE VALUES

ISOC’s core values are the funda-mental principles that guide all ofthe organization’s activities. They are the beliefs and commitments on which ISOC’s mission is based.

• The quality of life for people in all parts of the world isenhanced by their ability to enjoy the benefits of an open and global Internet.

• Well-informed individuals and public and private policy makersmake up the foundation of anopen and global Internet society.

• If the Internet is to continue to be a platform for innovation andcreativity, its open, decentralizednature must be preserved.

• Enduring and sustainableprogress toward ISOC’s vision isbest achieved by a combination

of global initiatives and activitiesat a local level that engage people in their home regions.

• Technical standards and Internetoperating procedures should be developed and assertedthrough open and transparentprocesses, with minimal barriersto participation or to access to information.

• Excessively restrictive govern-ment or private controls on computer hardware or software,telecommunications infrastruc-ture, or Internet content sub-stantially diminish the social,political, and economic benefitsof the Internet.

• Rewarding and productive use of the Internet depends on theability to trust critical services.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

ISOC pursues its mission and upholdsits core values through programmesand projects that are designed toachieve goals in the three specificareas that define its scope: stan-dards, education, and public policy.In 2007, the Board of Trusteesapproved three long-term initiativesaround which ISOC’s programmesand projects will be organized:

• Enabling Access. Address thefundamental impediments to

Internet growth and usability inthree programmatic areas:

1. Policy, Regulation, and the Access Environment

2. Technical Capacity Building

3. Underserved Communities

• InterNetWorks. Focus on the continued operation of theInternet in three programmaticareas:

1. Common and OpenInternet

2. Global Addressing

3. Security and Stability

• Trust and Identity. Identify andpromote activities and partnersworking to resolve some of themost persistent issues in keyareas, including:

1. Identity: Managing TrustRelationships;

2. Architecture and Trust:Emerging Research; and

3. Operationalizing Trust.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OF DECEMBER 2007With representative region, term of office, and officer title

Fred Baker*U.S.A./Americas, 2002–08

Hiroshi EsakiJapan, 2007–10

Patrik FältströmSweden/Europe, 2006–09

Ted HardieU.S.A./Americas, 2007–10

Daniel Karrenberg*Germany/Europe, 2005–08Chair

Franck Martin*Fiji/Oceania, 2006–09

Desirée Miloshevic*Serbia/Europe, 2007–10

Alejandro PisantyMexico/Latin America, 2007–08

Glenn RicartU.S.A./Americas, 2002–08

Lynn St. Amour*Switzerland/Europe, 2001–President/CEO

Bill St. ArnaudCanada/Americas, 2006–09

Patrick Vande WalleLuxembourg/Europe, 2004–07

Baoping YanChina/Asia, 2006–09

Officers Glenn RicartU.S.A./Americas, 2002–08Treasurer

Scott Bradner*U.S.A./Americas, 2007–08Secretary

Committees Fred Baker*U.S.A./AmericasElections Committee Chair

Patrick Vande WalleLuxembourg/EuropeNominations Committee Chair

Glenn RicartU.S.A./AmericasTreasurer, Audit Committee Chair

ISOC LiaisonFred Baker*U.S.A./AmericasIETF Nominations CommitteeLiaison

*Executive Committee member.

W H A T I S T H E I N T E R N E T S O C I E T Y ?

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ISOC Fellowship to the IETF

The ISOC Fellowship to the IETF programme helps

more technologists fromdeveloping regions attendInternet Engineering Task

Force (IETF) meetings, thereby increasing diversity

in the IETF and supportingtechnical capacity building

in developing countries. In 2007, ISOC sponsored

15 fellows from 12 countries:Brazil, Colombia, Kenya,

Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova,Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan,

Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Uruguay.

http://www.isoc.org/educpillar/fellowship

RELATED ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNET ENGINEERINGTASK FORCE

The Internet Society is proud to be the organizational home of theInternet’s premier Internet stan-dards-making body—the InternetEngineering Task Force (IETF)—together with its related bodies: the Internet Architecture Board andthe Internet Research Task Force.Without the technical achievementsof the IETF and its participants, theInternet would never have becomethe success it is today.

As a standards development body, the IETF focuses on the developmentof protocols used in Internet-proto-col-based (IP) networks. The IETF isdifferent from most standardizationbodies in that it is a totally opencommunity with no membershiprequirements other than interest andtechnical competence. It is an inter-national community of networkdesigners, operators, vendors, andresearchers concerned with both the

evolution of Internet architecture andthe smooth operation of the Internet.

ISOC provides a major source offunding and support for the IETF andits processes, including funding forthe RFC Editor function, legal sup-port, and insurance coverage. ISOC,along with its Platinum Contributors,is the IETF’s sole source of financialsupport apart from IETF-meeting-generated revenue. Support fromcompanies whose products andservices so clearly depend on thestandards developed by the IETF is essential.

http://www.ietf.org

THE PUBLIC INTERESTREGISTRY

The Public Interest Registry (PIR) is a not-for-profit corporation created by ISOC in 2002, with ISOC as its solemember. PIR’s distributions to ISOCallow ISOC to extend its activities in all critical development areas.

PIR’s mission is to manage the .ORG domain in an exemplary manner while empowering the global noncommercial community’suse of the Internet. Concurrently, PIR seeks to take a leadership position among Internet stake-holders on policy and related issuesin the domain name space.

http://www.pir.org

AFILIAS

Afilias Limited, a global leader inadvanced domain name registryservices, provides registry supportservices for PIR and is an ISOCPlatinum Contributor.

http://www.afilias.info


ISOC fellows and mentors at the 70th IETF meeting in Vancouver, Canada,

December 2007. Photo by Tomas Carlsson.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

As the Internet continues to growand expand its reach, so does theInternet Society. In 2008 and beyond,ISOC plans to focus on increasingthe involvement and participation of its Members and Chapters; onsustaining and supporting the standards-making activities of theInternet Engineering Task Force(IETF); and on expanding its influ-ence and involvement in the areas ofpublic policy and Internet governance.

Organizational emphasis will focus onthe strategic initiatives announced in2007: Enabling Access, InterNetWorks,and Trust and Identity (see page 9).

As part of the Enabling Access initia-tive, ISOC will address fundamentalimpediments to Internet growth andusability, particularly in the areas of policy, regulation, and access;technical capacity building; and the availability of Internet technologies in underserved communities. TheInterNetWorks initiative will targetcontinued operation of the globalInternet in three programmaticareas: Common and Open Internet,Global Addressability, and Securityand Stability. As part of the Trust and Identity initiative, ISOC seeks to further global understanding anddevelopment of these complex areas.

In 2008, ISOC’s Chapter Engagementprogramme will help strengthenChapter collaboration and inter-action. As part of the programme,Chapter members will have accessto e-meetings by using Marratech,ISOC’s online conferencing tool,which will make it possible forChapters around the world to con-nect. Chapters will also benefit froma programme of face-to-face meet-ings, which will be held alongsideregional events. ISOC’s Sphere project—a peer-to-peer collaborative

effort designed to bring tangible outcomes through specific projectsand activities—will further strength-en collaboration and interaction and make the best use of ISOC’s col-lective skills and talents to advancethe organization and its mission.With support from its Chapters, ISOCwill begin work on development ofthe tools, resources, and supportingdocumentation designed to assistChapters with outreach, sponsorship,funding, and publicity.

ISOC’s new Standards and Technol-ogy department will help advance thedevelopment and deployment of openstandards and promote the collabo-rative development and operations management model that has madethe Internet the global phenomenon it is today. Department membersplan to identify technology gaps andopportunities and to facilitate theappropriate actions to address them.Key items include protecting theopen-standards process, creating a virtual Technology Reading Roomas a resource for ISOC activities, and bridging future technology needswith current engineering.

ISOC’s Education programmes willcontinue to grow and expand in 2008.Building on the success of the ISOCFellowship to the IETF, ISOC willlaunch a Returning Fellows pro-gramme to help former fellowsreturn to IETF meetings to furtherenrich their standards-developmentwork. ISOC will continue to build

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EnablingAccess

Trust andIdentity

InterNetWorks

ISOC STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

partnership and transformation

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I am now in Nairobi and would like to remotely manage my farm by way of the Internet and SMS/Mobile as an experiment. The government is to set up [information and communication technology] centres in each constituency, so it’s a great time to be alive in Africa.

—Matere Lusitche, ISOC Global Member, in an e-mail to ISOC

on its partnerships with Internetcommunity organizations and devel-opment agencies, including thelaunch of a new programme aimedat building technical capacity in Asia.ISOC will further advance technicaleducation in Africa by expanding

engineer-training programmes incooperation with AfNOG and otherpartners. In addition, the organiza-tion will deepen work started in 2007on Internet Exchange Point develop-ment and launch a new project related to access to the Internet by people with disabilities, amongother activities.

ISOC’s Public Policy activities willonce again be driven by the desire to position the organization as both a leader in the political arena and a partner to high-level policy anddecision makers at the international,national, and regional levels. ISOCwill continue strengthening its col-laborative and cooperative engage-ment models with the Internet technical community, including theInternet Corporation for Assigned

Names and Numbers and theregional Internet registries, amongothers. A key milestone in this objec-tive will be the organization of high-level INET meetings in key regionssuch as Africa, South America, SouthAsia, and Southeast Asia. Beyond thecritical Internet Governance Forummeeting, which will take place inHyderabad, India, in December 2008,and the Organization for EconomicCooperation and Development’s June 2008 ministerial meeting calledThe Future of the Internet Economyin Seoul, other avenues will beinvestigated, as will relationshipswith key stakeholders at the interna-tional level, such as the InternationalTelecommunication Union.

ISOC’s increasing international public policy presence has been augmented by the addition of newRegional Bureaus and through over-all closer alignment of the bureauswith ISOC’s Public Policy activities.The new Bureau for South andSoutheast Asia will substantiallycontribute to ISOC’s desire to region-alize its policy work. The bureauswill assist ISOC in its efforts toengage more deeply on the locallevel while bridging the internationaland regional communities in a morestructured fashion.

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In addition to the technological, education, and standards issues, ISOC is involved in a variety of initiatives stemming from social, economic, political, ethical, and legal sources that can and do exert influence

on the direction of the Internet.


ISOC TOTAL REVENUES, EXPENSES, AND NET ASSETS FROM 1998 TO 2007

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INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP

Individual Members bring a uniqueand valuable perspective to theInternet Society. They reflect thediverse needs of individuals world-wide whose quality of life depends on unfettered access to the Internet.Through its Individual Membership,ISOC is able to complement theneeds and contributions of largeorganizations and institutions withthe social, cultural, and professionalpriorities of the people who make upthe millions of Internet users world-wide. Individual Members in all parts

of the world play important opera-tional and strategic roles in ISOC.Unlike many traditional membershiporganizations—which typically focusmainly on serving their members—ISOC is a widely consultative organi-zation whose primary mission is tosupport development of the Internet.Members are partners who partici-pate in the pursuit of that mission.

Any individual who agrees to theISOC Code of Conduct may join theorganization. ISOC has two IndividualMembership levels: Global Members,whose membership is free of charge,and Sustaining Members, who pay an annual membership fee, whichprovides additional financial supportfor ISOC.

Approximately 50 percent of ISOC’sIndividual Members are affiliatedwith an ISOC Chapter. Many have aprofessional interest in the Internetand its technologies; others are con-cerned about the role the Internetwill play in their lives and in theircommunities. ISOC addresses thoseinterests and concerns through programmes and communicationsactivities and by connecting mem-

bers to each other and to the manycompanies, organizations, and government bodies that are shapingthe future of the Internet.

Most important, Individual Membersin all regions of the world serve as ISOC ambassadors and supportISOC’s mission by promoting theopen development of the Internet to people everywhere.

http;//www.isoc.org/members

CHAPTERS

Individual Members who reside in particular geographic regions—suchas cities, countries, or larger geo-graphic areas—or who share a com-mon interest such as the concerns of those with disabilities or otherneeds organize ISOC Chapters.Chapters are approved by ISOCunder procedures meant to empowermeaningful activity on a local levelwhile retaining an overall commit-ment to ISOC’s goals and objectives.Chapters are expected to serve theinterests of their specific geographicor interest-based segment of theglobal Internet community in a man-ner consistent with ISOC’s missionand core values.

ISOC Chapters enable the organiza-tion to express on regional and locallevels its desire to expand Internetaccess and to promote its social,economic, and educational benefits.Similarly, ISOC Chapters infuse theorganization with regional and localperspectives. They serve as criticalagents of ISOC’s mission and impor-tant sources of the information thatinforms that mission. Like all ISOCMembers, Chapters are partnersthat participate in the pursuit of ourjoint mission.

Chapters enable ISOC Members to be personally involved in the future of the Internet. They bring a sharperand more personal focus to local andregional issues affecting the Internet.And they provide opportunities for those issues to be recognized.Chapters also offer numerous op-portunities for Members to network with other Internet-oriented peopleand to participate in locally orga-nized programmes and events thatpromote ISOC’s core values.

http://www.isoc.org/chapters

MEMBERS, CHAPTERS, AND PARTNERS

The Internet Society differs fromtraditional membership organiza-tions, which typically focus mainlyon serving their members. Ourprimary mission is to support thedevelopment of the Internet inaccordance with our core values.We consider our members part-ners in pursuit of that mission.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSBY REGION IN 2007

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1. Argentina

2. Armenia

3. Australia

4. Bahrain

5. Bangladesh

6. Belgium

7. Belgium–Wallonia

8. Benin

9. Brazil

10. Bulgaria

11. Burundi

12. Cambodia

13. Cameroon

14. Canada

15. Canada–Quebec

16. Canada–Toronto

17. Colombia

18. Congo, Republic of the

19. Democratic Repubof the Congo

20. Denmark

21. Disability andSpecial Needs

22. Ecuador

23. Egypt

24. Finland

25. France

26. Gambia

27. Georgia

28. Germany

29. Ghana

lic

30. Greece

31. Hong Kong

32. Hungary

33. India–Chennai(Madras)

34. Ireland

35. Israel

36. Italy

37. Japan

38. Luxembourg

39. Mali

40. Mauritius

41. Mexico

42. Morocco

43. Nepal

44. Netherlands

45. Niger

46. Nigeria

47. Norway

48. Pacific Islands

49. Pakistan

50. Palestine

51. Peru

52. Philippines

53. Poland

54. Puerto Rico

55. Romania

56. Saudi Arabia

57. Senegal

58. Serbia

59. Sierra Leone

60. Slovenia

61. South Africa

62. South Korea

63. Spain

64. Spain–Andalucia

65. Spain–Aragon

66. Spain–Asturias

67. Spain–Catalonia

68. Spain–Galicia

69. Spain–Madrid

70. Sudan

71. Sweden

72. Switzerland–Geneva

73. Taiwan

74. Thailand

75. Tunisia

76. Turkey–Istanbul

77. U.S.A.–Chicago

78. U.S.A.–Hawaii

79. U.S.A.–Los Angeles

80. U.S.A.–New Jersey

81. U.S.A.–New YorkMetro

82. U.S.A.–South-Central Texas

83. U.S.A.–Washington,D.C.

84. Uganda

85. U.K.–England

86. U.K.–Scotland

87. United ArabEmirates

88. Venezuela

ISOC CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE IN 2007


ISOC Opens New Regional Bureau in LAC

In January, ISOC opened a new Regional Bureau for Latin America and theCaribbean (LAC). Located in Buenos Aires, the bureau is headed by

Sebastián Bellagamba and serves as a focal point for ISOC activities,including education, capacity building, and policy initiatives. It also

enables ISOC to work more closely with local ISOC Chapters and theregional Internet community.

The bureau provided much-needed support for the Latin American andCaribbean top-level-domain (LACTLD) names’ first-ever ccTLD workshop.In October, LACTLD held in Cancún, Mexico, its first workshop on Domain

Name System management. The workshop consisted of three days of technical training in topics ranging from basic DNS features to DNSSECand IDN implementation. Eleven different ccTLDs were able to send top

technical representatives to the workshop, thanks to an ISOC-sponsoredfellowship programme. Representatives came from Chile, Colombia, Costa

Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,Uruguay, and Venezuela.

ISOC Chapters amplify our efforts to achieve ourmission and to infuse ISOCwith local and regional perspectives on develop-ment and issues that couldaffect the evolution of the Internet.

Of the 88 active ISOCChapters throughout the

world, 21 are in Africa.

Sebastián Bellagamba

ISOC CHAPTERS WORLDWIDE

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M E M B E R S , C H A P T E R S , A N D P A R T N E R S

ORGANIZATION MEMBERS

Internet Society OrganizationMembers are corporations, nonprof-its, trade and professional groups,foundations, educational institutions,government agencies, and otherinternational organizations thatshare a commitment to the vitalityand stable evolution of the Internetthrough their support of the InternetSociety. They provide a critical linkbetween ISOC and the interests ofthe private sector, nonprofits, andgovernment agencies, and they serveas a key constituency from whichperspective is sought to ensure thatall voices are heard. Representativesof each Organization Member bringthat perspective to ISOC throughparticipation on the Advisory Council.The Advisory Council acts as asounding board for staff and theBoard of Trustees as they considerprogrammes, activities, and policyplatforms, and it provides a forumfor offering opinions and advice.

Organization Members provideinsight into the needs of businessesand groups that depend on the glob-al Internet as an essential resource.They make a real difference by supporting and contributing to theevolution of the Internet as an open,decentralized platform for innovation,creativity, and economic opportunity.

The investment made by Organiza-tion Members enables ISOC toexpand its global activities and initiatives in standards development,capacity building, education, andpublic policy.

At the same time, membership inISOC aligns businesses and orga-nizations with an internationallyrespected and influential voice thatspeaks for the interest of all organi-zations that wish to ensure a fullyaccessible and highly functionalInternet. Members stay informedabout Internet policy, standards, anddevelopment issues that impact theirbusinesses and the market at large.They collaborate with key stakehold-ers to address issues affecting thegeneral welfare and effectiveness ofthe global Internet. They stay aheadof new technology trends, leveragingthat knowledge to grow their busi-nesses and expand their partner-ship opportunities. And they alignthemselves with key players in thecommunity who have committed to expanding the global Internetcommunity.

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We are very pleased to supportISOC’s mission. Our company has

grown so much over the years dueto the Internet. It is organizations

like ISOC that have made theInternet what it is today.

—Steven Lee, President, AtBatt.com

The Internet Society is an importantindustry forum to provide leadership

for the Internet evolution regarding technology, policy, and governance,

as well as for the continued development of Internet technology

for geographies that are just beginning to benefit from ubiquitous

network communications.

—Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President,Research, and Director, HP Labs,

Hewlett-Packard Development Co.

ORGANIZATION MEMBERS THAT SUPPORTED THE INTERNETSOCIETY DURING 2007

ACOnet

Afilias Limited

AfriNIC

Alcatel-Lucent

APNIC

ARIN

Association for ComputingMachinery

Assumption University of Thailand*

At Battery Company

Boeing

Catapult Communications

CERN*

Cisco Systems, Inc.

National Council forResearch—Institute forInformatics andTelematics (CNR–IIT)

Coalition for NetworkedInformation*

Comcast*

COMPTEL

Computer NetworkInformation Center

Council of HungarianInternet Providers

DENIC eG

DigiCert SSL CertificateAuthority

Dubai Municipality

ECMA International

EDUCAUSE*

Egyptian Ministry ofCommunications andInformation Technology

Ericsson

France Télécom*

Geneva Financial Center NEC CorporationFoundation NeustarGibtelecom nic.at GmbHGoogle Nippon Telegraph andGrabensee Telephone* Rechtanwaltkanslei NokiaHewlett-Packard* Nokia Siemens NetworksHitachi, Ltd. GmbH & Co. KG*

Hungarnet/NIIFI Nominet UK

IAjapan NORDUnet*

IBM* Nortel Networks

IEEE Computer Society* NYSERNet*

Intel Corporation* QUALCOMM

Interact SRL RIPE NCC

Interisle Consulting Group SATEC S.A.

International SITATelecommunication Union Stichting Internet Internet Initiative Japan* Domeinregistratie

Nederland (SIDN)InternetNZStichting NLnetInternet2Stockholm UniversityJANET (U.K.) SUNET* Japan Network

Information Center SURFnet bv*

Japan Registry Services Swisscom AG, BernCo., Ltd. Swiss Federal Office Ken Stubbs Internet for CommunicationsConsulting SWITCHLACNIC TDC Song OyLimelight Networks, Inc. TelusLombard Odier Darier TERENA*Hentsch

Thales CommunicationsLondon Internet Exchange

UNI-C(LINX)UNINETT Norid ASMatsushita Electric

Industrial Co., Ltd. University of Washington* (Panasonic) US Department MCNC/NCREN of Defense (DISA)

Microsoft Corporation* VanDyke Software

Motorola, Inc. WIDE Project

* Founding member.

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSBY INDUSTRY IN 2007

ISOC’S PLATINUMCONTRIBUTOR PROGRAMME

ISOC’s Platinum ContributorProgramme enables supporters to dedicate their contributions tospecific areas of activity. Funds are placed in a restricted account as determined by the PlatinumContributor and are used for thosedesignated purposes. PlatinumContributor annual fees begin atUSD 100,000 and are discounted by50 percent for nonprofit organizations.

http://www.isoc.org/members/platinum.shtml

Platinum ProgrammeContributorsAfilias is a global leader in advancedback-end domain name registryservices and provides a wide rangeof advanced capabilities essential tothe smooth and efficient operation ofany Internet domain name registry.Afilias services support the operationof the .ORG registry.

http://www.afilias.org

ARIN (American Registry forInternet Numbers) is a RegionalInternet Registry providing servicesrelated to the technical coordinationand management of Internet numberresources in its service region.

http://www.arin.net

Cisco Systems is the worldwideleader in networking for the Internet.Today, networks constitute an essen-tial part of business, education, government, and home communica-tions, and Cisco’s Internet-protocol-based networking solutions form the foundation of these networks.

http://www.cisco.com

Comcast was founded in 1963 as asingle-system cable operation. Today,it is the largest provider of cableservices in the United States and one of the world's leading communi-cations companies. As Comcastevolves, the company continues tolook to the future, seeking out newcommunications technologies, newopportunities, and more choices.

Motorola is committed to deliveringnext-generation communicationsolutions to people, businesses, andgovernments. Its portfolio includescommunications infrastructure,enterprise mobility solutions, digitalset-tops, cable modems, mobiledevices, and Bluetooth accessories.

http://www.motorola.com

NeuStar is a provider of essentialclearinghouse services for the global communications and Internet industry.

http://www.neustar.biz

RIPE NCC is a Regional InternetRegistry providing services related to the technical coordination andmanagement of Internet numberresources in its service region.

http://www.ripe.net

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M E M B E R S , C H A P T E R S , A N D P A R T N E R S

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION*

31 DECEMBER 2007 31 DECEMBER 2006

ASSETSCash and cash equivalentsCertificates of depositPIR Endowment accountAccounts receivableDue from PIRPrepaid expenses

$2,236,5043,562,660

877,59181,870

1,751,38346,190

$2,209,8041,577,8791,725,297

153,988622,439133,211

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS 8,556,198 6,422,618

Furniture, equipment, leasehold (Net) 312,899 220,476

OTHER ASSETS Deposits 11,213 48,213

TOTAL ASSETS $8,880,310 $6,691,307

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETSCURRENT LIABILITIESAccounts payableAccrued salaries and employee benefitsSecurity depositDeferred revenueEndowment due to PIR

$752,612289,755

4,035251,913877,591

$859,079275,419

4,035270,387891,964

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES 2,175,906 2,300,884

OTHER LIABILITIES Endowment due to PIR - 833,333

TOTAL LIABILITIES 2,175,906 3,134,217

NET ASSETS UnrestrictedTemporarily restricted

6,665,62638,778

3,526,92530,165

TOTAL NET ASSETS 6,704,404 3,557,090

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $8,880,310 $6,691,307

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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES AND CHANGES IN NET ASSETS*FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2007 WITH SUMMARIZED TOTALS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006

UNRESTRICTEDTEMPORARILY

RESTRICTED TOTALS 2007 TOTALS 2006

REVENUEProgramme supportOrganization Members and Platinum ContributorsContributionsIndividual Member duesInterest/dividend incomeIETF Meetings and other IETF miscellaneous revenueOther meetings and programme revenueNet assets released from restrictions

$9,700,000853,754

2,2504,875

244,3722,940,377

78,05423,310

––

30,525–

1,398--

(23,310)

$9,700,000853,754

32,7754,875

245,7702,940,377

78,054–

$6,060,3001,087,152

136,0345,550

101,0272,323,849

77,574–

TOTAL REVENUE 13,846,992 8,613 13,855,605 9,791,486

EXPENSESDirect programme costsGeneral and administrativePostel Award

9,168,6711,516,311

23,310

–––

9,168,6711,516,311

23,310

6,338,2871,108,416

20,000

TOTAL EXPENSES 10,708,291 0 10,708,291 7,466,703

Change in net assetsNet assets, beginning of year

3,138,7013,526,925

8,61330,165

3,147,3143,557,090

2,324,7831,232,307

NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $6,665,626 $38,778 $6,704,404 $3,557,090

*All figures cited in U.S. dollars. Figures represent activities of ISOC only and not those of its affiliate, Public Interest Registry (PIR).

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F I N A N C I A L R E P O R T

PROGRAMME EXPENDITURESIN 2007

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANTACCOUNTING POLICIES ANDGENERAL INFORMATIONThe Internet Society is the inter-national organization for global cooperation and coordination for theInternet and its working technologiesand application. ISOC was incorpo-rated as a nonprofit corporation inthe District of Columbia on December11, 1992. ISOC is exempt from federal income tax under Section501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.ISOC is not a private foundation.

Classification of Net AssetsThe net assets of ISOC are reportedin two self-balancing groups as follows:

• Unrestricted net assets includeunrestricted revenue and contri-butions received without donor-imposed restrictions. These netassets are available for the oper-ation of the organization andinclude both internally designat-ed and undesignated resources.

• Temporarily restricted netassets include revenue and contributions subject to donor-imposed stipulations that will be met by the actions of the

organization and/or the passageof time. When a restrictionexpires, temporarily restrictednet assets are reclassified tounrestricted net assets andreported in the Statement ofActivities and Change in NetAssets as net assets releasedfrom restrictions.

Revenue RecognitionWith the exception of Platinum Mem-bership dues, which are recognizedwhen received, Organization Mem-bership dues for ISOC are recordedas deferred revenue upon receipt andare recognized as revenue ratablyover the period to which the duesrelate. Deferred revenue consists ofmembership dues and conferencerevenue collected in advance.Individual membership dues arerecorded as revenue upon receipt.IETF meeting sponsor contributionsand attendee registration fees arerecognized in the year in which theassociated conference occurs.

Cash and Cash EquivalentsFor purposes of cash flows, ISOCconsiders all cash on hand, cash in banks, and cash invested with ashort-term maturity of three monthsor less to be cash equivalents.

TEMPORARILY RESTRICTEDNET ASSETSTemporarily restricted net assetsconsisted of the following atDecember 31, 2007:

Postel Network Operator’sScholarship Fund $28,253*

Jonathan B. Postel Service Award 525

SolarNetOne Project 10,000

$38,778

NET ASSETS RELEASEDFROM RESTRICTIONSThe following temporarily restrictednet assets were released from donorrestrictions by incurring expensesthat satisfied the restricted purposesspecified by the donors:

Jonathan B. Postel Service Award $20,000

Postel Network Operator’sScholarship Fund 3,310

$23,310

RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONISOC is the sole incorporator ofPublic Interest Registry (PIR). PIR is

a nonstock corporation organizedunder the laws of the Common-wealth of Pennsylvania NonprofitCorporation Law of 1988 as a501(c)(3) on October 7, 2002.

PIR is the registry for the .ORG top-level domain pursuant to an agree-ment with the Internet Corporationfor Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN). As a registry, PIR maintainsa master directory for all domainnames in the .ORG top-level domain.The missions of PIR are to managethe .ORG domain in a way that sup-ports the continuing evolution of theInternet as a research, education, and communications infrastructureand to educate and empower thenoncommercial community to mosteffectively utilize the Internet.

ISOC is the custodian of a $5,000,000grant given to them on behalf of PIR.The grant is to be distributed evenlyin the amount of $833,333 per yearthrough 2008. If in any year the fullamount is not disbursed, the unusedamount shall carry forward into thenext succeeding period. The fundsare to be used to establish anendowment to fund future operatingcosts of PIR. If PIR should lose itsstatus as the operator of the .ORG

registry, the remaining amount will be transferred to the .ORG registryoperator succeeding PIR.

In 2005, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)—which is a large,international community of networkdesigners, operators, and research-ers responsible for developing anddefining the standards and protocolsthat make up the Internet—restruc-tured its operations to be housedwithin ISOC. ISOC has been the operational home of the IETF sinceISOC’s inception; however theSecretariat function and other admin-istrative duties were performed byother helper organizations. In early2005, as part of a long-term restruc-turing plan, the IETF decided to create an IETF Administrative SupportActivity (IASA) to replace the helperorganizations and formally structuretheir administrative support functionswithin ISOC. To complete the restruc-turing process, on December 15,2005, the IETF Trust was formed tohold the intellectual property rightsassociated with the IETF’s standardsprocess.

*All figures cited in U.S. dollars.

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NOTES ON FINANCIAL INFORMATION


FOR MORE INFORMATION

About ISOCISOC Strategic Operating Planhttp://www.isoc.org/isoc/mission

ISOC Financial Statementshttp://www.isoc.org/isoc/fin/

ISOC Board of Trusteeshttp://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/

ISOC Staffhttp://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/staff/

StandardsISOC Internet Standards Programmeshttp://www.isoc.org/standards/

Internet Engineering Task Force http://www.ietf.org

Internet Architecture Boardhttp://www.iab.org

Public PolicyISOC Public Policy Programmeshttp://www.isoc.org/policy/

World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/wsis/Education

ISOC Education Programmeshttp://www.isoc.org/edu/

ISOC Workshop Resource Centrehttp://ws.edu.isoc.org

MembershipIndividual Membershiphttp://www.isoc.org/members/

Organization Membershiphttp://www.isoc.org/orgs/

ISOC Advisory Councilhttp://www.isoc.org/orgs/ac.shtml

Platinum Programmehttp://www.isoc.org/members/platinum.shtml

ISOC Chaptershttp://www.isoc.org/chapters/

ISOC Chapter Newshttp://www.isoc.org/members/newsletters/

ISOC Member Surveyshttp://www.isoc.org/members/surveys/

ISOC Discussion Groupshttp://www.isoc.org/members/discuss/

PublicationsISOC Member Briefingshttp://www.isoc.org/briefings/

ISP Columnhttp://www.isoc.org/pubs/isp/

Articles of Interesthttp://www.isoc.org/pubs/int/

PressPress Releaseshttp://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/

Conferenceshttp://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/

Public Interest Registryhttp://www.pir.org

About the InternetHistories of the Internethttp://www.isoc.org/internet/history/

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