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