Internet Society Launches Epanded Individual Membership Program

Reston, VA - 1st March 2005 - The Internet Society is pleased to announce the launch of its expanded Individual Membership Program.

A new membership level, called ISOC Members, is now available worldwide at a membership fee of US$75 annually. Through this new membership level ISOC Members have an important opportunity to contribute directly to supporting ISOC's programs and activities. Membership fees will be used to enable greater support of activities that meet the challenges facing the Internet and ISOC today -- for example the Internet governance debate and the Internet standards process. ISOC Members will be reinforcing their commitment to ISOC's goals of keeping the Internet open and benefiting people everywhere. They will also participate in the elections process for ISOC Board of Trustee members and further additional benefits are currently under consideration.

ISOC's free membership level will remain just as before and will now be called Associate Members. ISOC Members and Associate Members will share the goal of supporting ISOC's Mission and Principles. All members will have on-line access to ISOC's announcements, briefings, and newsletters. ISOC's surveys and discussion groups remain available to all members. ISOC's Chapter program will continue to help ISOC members participate in activities that are both important and local to them.

A complete statement regarding the benefits of the new class of membership will be sent to the current membership in the near future, with specific instructions regarding how to change membership status or join at the new level.

The online membership application for both levels is available at:

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ABOUT ISOC

The Internet Society

is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1991 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world. ISOC is the organizational home of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other Internet-related bodies who together play a critical role in ensuring that the Internet develops in a stable and open manner. For over 13 years ISOC has run international network training programs for developing countries and these have played a vital role in setting up the Internet connections and networks in virtually every country connecting to the Internet during this time.

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FOR FURTHER DETAILS

David McAuley Membership Director E-mail: snipped-for-privacy@isoc.org

Internet Society

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