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The Internet Society or ISOC is an international organization that promotes Internet use and access. It states that its mission is: - to assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world. [1]
Its members are both individuals (for whom membership is currently free--membership is open to anyone), and also corporations, organizations, governments, and universities.
History
The ISOC was officially formed in 1992, with one of its purposes being to provide a corporate structure to support the Internet standards process. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...
Many of the driving forces in the Internet arena, such as the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), were (and still remain) very informal organizations from a legal perspective. There was a growing need for financial support and organization structures. The Internet Society was incorporated as a non-profit educational organization. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standard bodies; and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite. ...
Like many functions and organizations active in the Internet, growth and evolution have been so rapid that no single perspective gives an understanding of the Society. From one view, the ISOC is the parent corporation of the IETF; as such all IETF Request for Comments documents, including those RFCs which describe "Internet Standards", are copyrighted by ISOC (although freely available to anyone, including non-members, at no charge). From another perspective, the ISOC grew out of the IETF, to support those functions that require a corporate form rather than simply the ad-hoc approach of the IETF. In internetworking and computer network engineering, Request for Comments (RFC) documents are a series of memoranda encompassing new research, innovations, and methodologies applicable to Internet technologies. ...
The ISOC today Its major standards efforts are directed through the IETF and the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). Some functions of both organizations are supported by shared resources, known as the Secretariat. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and promotes Internet standards, cooperating closely with the W3C and ISO/IEC standard bodies; and dealing in particular with standards of the TCP/IP and Internet protocol suite. ...
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) is the committee charged with oversight of the technical and engineering development of the Internet by the Internet Society (ISOC). ...
ISOC today is the parent company for the Public Interest Registry, which runs the .ORG top-level domain. Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit corporation created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the . ...
The ISOC used to sponsor an annual conference (the INET), along with various publications and training seminars.
The ISOC has joint offices in Virginia, United States and Geneva, Switzerland. Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area Ranked 35th - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²) - Width 200 miles (320 km) - Length 430 miles (690 km) - % water 7. ...
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Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees of the Internet Society is its governing body.
The current board of Trustees is composed of
- Fred Baker - Elections Committee
- Patrik Fältström
- Erik Huizer
- Daniel Karrenberg - Chair
- Veni Markovski - Served until January 2007
- Franck Martin
- Désirée Miloshevic
- Glenn Ricart - Treasurer, Audit Committee
- Stephen Squires
- Lynn St. Amour - President/CEO
- Bill St.Arnaud - Nominations Committee
- Patrick Vande Walle
- Baoping Yan
Officers Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Baker (1908-1958) led the NZ 28 (Maori) Battalion in World War II, from 13 July to 2 November 1942, and was in command during the Battle of El Alamein. ...
Veni Markovski. ...
Franck Martin is a Chartered Engineer in ICT, currently working as an ICT specialist at SOPAC on an EU funded project. ...
Désirée Zeljka Miloshevic, is an Internet public servant, currently serving on the Internet Societys board of trustees and is a special advisor to the chair of the United Nations Internet Goverance Forum Advisory Group. ...
- Scott Bradner - Secretary
Chapters - ISOC-AM - Armenia
- ISOC-AU - Australia
- ISOC Belgium vzw - Belgium
- Internet Society - Bulgaria
- ISOC-CAT - Catalonia
- ISOC-Chicago - Chicago
- ISOC-EC - Ecuador
- ISOC-GAL - Galicia (Spain)
- Società Internet - Italy
- ISOC-IL - Israel
- IAjapan - Japan
- ISOC-Los Angeles - Los Angeles
- ISOC Luxembourg - Luxembourg
- ISOC-MU - Mauritius
- MISOC - Morocco
- isoc-ny - New York Metropolitan Area
- PICISOC - Pacific Islands
- ISOC Polska - Poland
- ISOC Québec - Québec, Canada
- ISOC-ZA - South Africa
- ISOC-ES - Spain
- ISOC-SE - Sweden
- ISOC Wallonie
- ISOC European Chapters Coordinating Council - Barcelona (Europe)
Internet Society - Bulgaria® is a non-governmental organization (NGO), founded on December 4, 1995 in Sofia by a group of Bulgarian Internet professionals. ...
The Luxembourg Chapter of the Internet Society The Luxembourg chapter of the Internet Society is a part of the global Internet Society and is a not-for-profit organization. ...
The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society (PICISOC) serves the Society’s purposes by serving the interests of the global Internet community through its presence in the Pacific Islands. ...
See also Originally intended to share data between a few universities and government agencies, the Internet today allows connectivity from anywhere on earth and beyond—even ships at sea and in outer space. ...
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