4/19/93

Introducing the Charter, Founding, and Organizational Members


CHARTER MEMBERS

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL RESEARCH INITIATIVES
EDUCOM
RESEAU ASSOCIEES POUR LA RECHERCHE EUROPEENNE 


FOUNDING MEMBERS

ADVANCED NETWORK & SERVICES
APPLE COMPUTER CORPORATION
AT&T
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK
BELL COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH
BOLT BERANEK AND NEWMAN
CISCO SYSTEMS
COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION
CORPORATION FOR OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION FOR RESEARCH & EDUCATIONAL NETWORKING
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK
EUROPEAN LABORATORY FOR PARTICLE PHYSICS
FREEPORT-MCMORAN
HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
INTEROP COMPANY
ISRAELI INTER-UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTER
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
NORDUNET
NOVELL, INC.
NYSERNET, INC.
PROTEON, INC.
SIEMENS AG
SOFT-SWITCH, INC.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE
SPRINT
3COM CORPORATION
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
U S WEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
UUNET TECHNOLOGIES
WELLFLEET COMMUNICATIONS INC.


ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
NYNEX SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, INC.
TENON INTERSYSTEMS
VEDA DATA SYSTEMS, INC.



Terms of Membership

Charter and Founding Organizations provide the Internet Society with 
vital financial support.  This substantial and early support has made 
the founding of the Internet Society possible.  For-profit Founding 
members commit to a total of $20,000 during the 1992 and 1993 period 
and $10,000 per year thereafter. Non-profit, Founding government and 
educational institutions commit to half that amount.  Regular for-profit 
and non-profit organizational members commit to $10,000 and $5,000 per 
year respectively.  There is also provision for start-ups to become 
regular members during their first three years at a cost of $1,000 
per year.  Organizations interested in participating in this program 
should contact Vinton Cerf at the Internet Society secretariat.