Subject: n-1-4-002.01 President's Message Dear Internauts: I hope that this issue of Internet Society News finds you enjoying a pleasant holiday season and looking forward to a challenging and prosperous 1993. There is much to report about the Internet Society this quarter. The Internet Society Board of Trustees met 10-11 December in Reston, Virginia, (in the first snowstorm of the season!). During the course of that meeting, we completed the actions required to incorporate the Internet Society as an independent, non-profit organization. Trustee Hideo Aiso regretfully reported that increased responsibilities at his home institution prevented him from continuing to serve. The Board acknowledged his extraordinary service to the Internet Society as general chairman of INET92 and wished him well with his new tasks. His seat on the Board will be filled through the upcoming elections in 1993. As should be apparent from the list on the back cover of this issue, organizational support for the Internet Society continues to grow. If your company or institution is not a member, please give consideration to recommending that it join. Details may be obtained from . I am particularly interested in participation of organizations outside the US so as to have their views available on the Advisory Council. The Trustees also heard a report from the POISED working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) which had been formed to respond to my request for recommendations on the responsibilities and interactions between the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and the IETF. The Trustees accepted an oral report by the chairman, Stephen Crocker, and endorsed in principle the general recommendations of the working group and looks forward to more specifics on procedures. In sum, the IAB has delegated to the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG) the responsibility for promoting Internet Standards along the standards track and new procedures are to be tested for filling positions on the IAB and IESG. A new ISOC committee interested in elementary and secondary education and the Internet is forming (send inquiries to for further information.) Liaison linkages with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Organization for International Standardization (ISO) are in progress. INET93 plans for San Francisco in August are progressing well, according to general chairman, Eric Benhamou, program co-chairmen Barry Leiner and William Yundt, and ISOC Conferences VP, Larry Landweber. 1993 will be a critical year for the Internet. It is vital to develop, implement and test solutions to the "scaling" problem that the exponential success of the Internet poses. We will also see the effects of increasing packet audio and video multicasting on the capacity of various parts of the Internet, notably the international connections. As the global Internet expands, the real work of the Internet Society is just beginning: bringing knowledge of the Internet and its utility to all who can benefit from it. I look forward to seeing each of you at INET93! Vint Cerf President