The Membership WG has created a new draft for the community to review and discuss.
This draft is not intended to be language for bylaw amendment. Once general consensus is reached on the membership policies work will begin on writing language for bylaw amendment where necessary. The subsections contain notation in parentheses indicating which section of the bylaws are related or already have relevant language. For the purpose of simplifying discussion it should be assumed that section 5 (membership) of the bylaws do not exist. For the Membership WG Kris Foster, chair ---- NewNOG Membership Policy Draft 1.0 Definition of membership 1.1 (Consistent with B3) Members of NewNOG are those individuals who have a demonstrated interest in Internet network operations and have met all necessary requirements set forth in the organization’s bylaws. 2.0 Member rights 2.1 (B8.4) Members have the right to elect individuals to the Board of Directors. 2.1.1 (B8.4.1) Members have the right to nominate individuals as candidates for the filling seats on the Board of Directors. 2.1.2 (B8.4.1) Members have the right to post endorsements of candidates to the NewNOG website, or alongside candidate biographies. 2.2 (B8.4.1 for BoD) Members have the right to nominate for positions on committees set out in the bylaws, or committees that the Board of Directors may create from time-to-time. 2.3 (B14) Members have the right to put forward proposals for ballot propositions that meet the necessary criteria set out in the bylaws. 2.4 (new) Members have the right to participate in governance related functions, forums, and working groups created by the Board of Directors and open to general membership participation. 2.7 (B8.8) Members may remove a sitting Director by a super majority vote of the membership. 3.0 Member privileges 3.1 (B8.9) Only members in good standing may hold a seat on the Board of Directors. 3.1.1 (B8.4) Only members in good standing may be nominated to serve on the Board of Directors. 3.2 (B9) Only members in good standing may hold positions as officers of the corporation. 3.3 (B9) Only members in good standing may hold positions in the corporation’s committees. 3.4 (new) Members are entitled to any benefits approved by the Board of Directors. 3.5 (new) Member benefits shall be published on the NewNOG web site. 3.6 (new) Section 3.3 will come into force for all those appointed after the transition from Merit to NewNOG has completed in its entirety. 4.0 Membership requirements 4.1 (new) Members are required to be active within the Internet network operations community by way of current employment or previous employment if retired, participation in industry forums, academic instruction or scholarship, or volunteer positions. 4.1.1 (new) Members are required to maintain membership dues as set out by the Board of Directors and approved by the membership. 4.1.2 (new) Members must be individuals and may not be organizations of any form. 4.1.3 (new) New memberships will be approved by vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors. 4.4 (new) Directors, officers, and committee members must rectify any lapse in good standing within thirty days. 4.4.1 (new) Committee members who fail to regain good standing within 30 days will become inactive and may be removed from the committee at the discretion of the Board of Directors. 4.4.2 (new) Directors who fail to regain good standing within 30 days may be replaced by an interim director at the discretion of the Board of Directors. 4.5 (new) An individuals membership may be revoked by super majority of Directors. 4.6 (new) Membership is not required to attend the conferences administered by NewNOG. 4.7 (new) The Executive Director must be a member in good standing during the course of their employment with NewNOG. 5.0 Membership dues 5.1 (new) The membership fee structure will be reviewed from time-to-time by the NewNOG Board of Director. The Board of Directors may propose changes to the membership fee structure. Any changes to the fee structure requires a majority vote of current members. 5.2 (new) Dues must be paid prior to receiving any of the rights, privileges, or benefits granted to members. 5.3 (new) Lapses in membership must be paid retroactively up to 12 months to regain good standing. The member’s anniversary date will remain the same. 5.4 (new) Membership which has lapsed up to 12 months is considered inactive. Inactive members are ineligible to any rights, privileges or benefits of membership until the member has returned to good standing. 5.5 (new) Membership which has lapsed in excess of 12 months maybe canceled at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Any future applications for membership by the individual must fulfill the same requirements as a new member. 5.6 (new) Each member will have an anniversary date by which they will need to pay any set membership dues. The anniversary date will be set as the post date of the first payment of dues. _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
