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Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Annual Meeting 2020 was held as a virtual meeting by videoconference.

Board Members present (by videoconference): Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Gao Xinmin, Antoine Geissbühler, Rashid Ismailov, Ed Pentz, Adama Samassékou, Peter Wittenburg, Steve Wolff and Stefan Eberhard, as well as Ulrich Schwardmann and Xihui Zhen for the second day following their election as new Board members on July 1, 2020.

Also present (by videoconference): Alexander Ntoko, institutional representative of ITU; Patrice Lyons, institutional representative of CNRI; and the DONA Foundation's Executive Director, Christophe Blanchi.  In addition, guests who had participated in the DONA Coordination Group (DONA-CG) meeting, held on June 29 and 30, 2020, were present for most of the Open Sessions of the Board meeting at the invitation of the Chair.

Board Members Present: Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Gao Xinmin, Antoine Geissbὒhler, Ed Pentz,
Steve Wolff and Stefan Eberhard; Peter Wittenburg was present by phone for part of the meeting.

Also Present: Alexander Ntoko, institutional representative of ITU; Patrice Lyons, institutional representative of CNRI; the DONA Foundation’s Executive Director, Christophe Blanchi. In addition, guests who had participated in the DONA Coordination Group meeting held from October 13 to 15, 2019, were present for most of the Open Sessions of the Board meeting at the invitation of the Chair.

Board Members Present: Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Gao Xinmin, Antoine Geissbühler, Ed Pentz, Peter Wittenburg, Rashid Ismailov, Steve Wolff (on the phone), and Stefan Eberhard.

Also Present: Alexander Ntoko, institutional representative of ITU; Patrice Lyons, institutional representative of CNRI; the DONA Foundation’s Executive Director, Christophe Blanchi. In addition, several guests were present at most of the Board meeting at the invitation of the Chair.

Board Members Present: Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Stefan Eberhard, Gao Xinmin, Antoine Geissbὒhler, Ed Pentz, Adama Samassékou, Peter Wittenburg and Steve Wolff.

Also Present: Alexander Ntoko, institutional representative of ITU; Patrice Lyons, institutional representative of CNRI; DONA Foundation’s Executive Director, Christophe Blanchi; and, as a guest, Vasiliy Dolmatov, technical representative of absent Board member Rashid Ismailov.

Board Members Present: Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Stefan Eberhard, Gao Xinmin, Antoine Geissbühler, Rashid Ismailov, Ed Pentz, Adama Samassékou, Peter Wittenburg and Stephen Wolff.

Also present were: Alexander Ntoko, representing ITU; Patrice Lyons, representing CNRI. The DONA Foundation’s Executive Director, Christophe Blanchi. In addition, several invited guests were present at most of the meeting at the invitation of Dr. Kahn.

Board Members Present: Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Xinmin Gao, Antoine Geissbühler, Stefan Eberhard, Norman Paskin, Adama Samassékou, Peter Wittenburg, Stephen Wolff. Also present were:

Institutional Observers: Alexander Ntoko, representing ITU; and Patrice Lyons, representing CNRI. The DONA Executive Director, Christophe Blanchi. In addition, several invited guests were present at most of the meeting at the invitation of Dr. Kahn.

On notice duly given, a meeting of the Board of Directors of the DONA Foundation (“DONA” or “Foundation”) was held at the Louis-Jeantet Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland beginning at 2:30 pm on July 3, 2014. The Chair thanked the University of Geneva for making the facilities of the Louis-Jeantet Foundation available for the Board meeting and for their hospitality.

Present at the meeting were Robert E. Kahn (Chair), Stefan Eberhard (Secretary), Xinmin Gao, Antoine Geissbühler, Norman Paskin, Adama Samassékou, Peter Wittenburg and Stephen Wolff, being all the members of the Board of Directors; and (for portions of the meeting) Patrice A. Lyons, Christophe Blanchi and Sam Sun representing CNRI, and Alexander Ntoko, Preetam Maloor and JeoungHee Kim representing ITU. In addition, several invited guests were present for most of the meeting at the invitation of Dr. Kahn.