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Articles of Incorporation of Internet Society

RFC 2134             ISOC Articles of Incorporation           April 1997


      B. The Articles of Incorporation may be amended by the affirmative
         vote of at least four-fifths of the members of the Board of
         Trustees then in office, except that unanimous consent of the
         members of the Board of Trustees then in office shall be
         required for any amendment of this Article 7.

      C. Upon the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
         corporation, after all of its liabilities and obligations have
         been paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate provision has
         been made therefor, all of the assets of the corporation shall
         be distributed exclusively for such educational, charitable and
         scientific purposes as the Trustees (or such other persons as
         may be in charge of liquidation) shall determine, provided that
         such distributions shall be made to one or more organizations
         which qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3)
         of the United States Internal Revenue Code as amended (or
         corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal
         Revenue law).

   8. The address, including street and number, of the initial
      registered office of the corporation is c/o C T Corporation
      System, 1030 15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, and the
      name of its initial registered agent at such address is C T
      Corporation System.

   9. The number of Trustees constituting the initial Board of Trustees
      of the corporation is fourteen, and the names and addresses,
      including street and number, if any, of the persons who are to
      serve as the initial Trustees until the first annual meeting or
      until their successors be elected and qualify are:

      Charles N. Brownstein
      National Science Foundation
      1800 G Street, N.W.
      Washington, DC  20550

      Vinton G. Cerf
      CNRI
      1895 Preston White Drive, Suite 100
      Reston, Virginia  22091

      A. Lyman Chapin
      Bolt Beranek & Newman
      70 Fawcett Street
      Cambridge, Massachusetts  02138






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