2024 Annual General Meeting Notice
Meeting Date: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
1 – Announcement: Annual General Meeting
Section 12 of the By Laws of the SIP Forum (the “Forum”) provides that the Forum hold an Annual General Meeting. In accordance with the By Laws, this document shall serve as official notice for the Annual Meeting of the SIP Forum to be held as follows:
1.1 – Date / Time of Meeting
The general meeting will be held:
Tuesday, 29 April 2025
1:00pm – 2:30 pm U.S. Eastern Standard Time
Via GoToMeeting. Login URL, Meeting ID and Optional Dial-In Number to be sent in follow-on message via the mailing list.
2 – Subject Matter for the Meeting
In the meeting, a review of the financial operations for fiscal year 2024 will be provided, as well as a review of the operational activities that have occurred since the last General meeting.
In addition, Full Members will be asked to vote on two items.
2.1 – Voting Items
Two official voting items are on the agenda:
Please note:
As the 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held remotely, via GoToMeeting, all Full Member Representatives shall submit their email ballot or fax or email their Proxy vote using the Voting Form Proxy document prior to the AGM.
Votes must be received from > 50% of Full Members in order to have a valid election, and in order to have a valid vote regarding the Discharge item.
The deadline described below for returning ballots via surface mail is Wednesday, 23 April 2025 and email is Friday, 25 April 2025.
3 – Board Member Elections
Members of the Board of Directors serve for two-year terms, with terms expiring at the general meeting that takes place at the end of this term. Elections for new board members will take place at this general meeting.
There are nine (9) Board seats opening this year. They include eight (8) seats held by current directors Mary Barnes, George Cray, Martin Dolly, Philip Linse, Christopher Oatway, Chris Wendt, Clark Whitten, and Richard Wikoff, whose terms are expiring; and one (1) seat that is currently unfilled.
In addition, the seats currently held by John Ayers, Keith Buell, Greg Rogers, Harold Salters, Richard Shockey, and Steve Tang are not expiring.
3.1 – Voting Limits
Our current Bylaws require that a minimum of seven (7) and a maximum of fifteen (15) individuals shall sit on the Board of Directors, and that of the total of 15 members a maximum of seven (7) Directors may be Participant (i.e., Individual) Members who are not affiliated with a Full Member company on the board at any one time. Since the seats occupied by four (4) Participant Members whose terms are expiring and are up for re-election, including George Cray, Martin Dolly, Phil Linse and Richard Wikoff; and the Participant Member seats held by John Ayers and Richard Shockey, whose terms are NOT expiring, up to five (5) Participant (Individual) Members can be elected/re-elected in this election.
You will be voting by expressing a preference order for candidates. This preference order will be used to tally the Directors who are elected.
3.2 – Who Can Vote
Each Full Member in good standing (i.e., with current term Full Membership dues paid) is entitled to a single vote on the matters being presented for a vote. Each Full Member has the right to vote electronically via email by using a proxy/voting form validly executed by the Full Member. A proxy shall be executed by written authorizations signed by the Full Member, giving the proxy holder the right to vote the vote.
Alternatively, Full Members not voting via email can utilize the proxy/voting form form provided with this general meeting announcement package to use surface mail to submit their votes. The proxy/voting form provides a method to vote for the Director candidates, and grants to the Managing Director of the SIP Forum the right to cast the vote on behalf of the Full Member giving the proxy.
Full instructions on how a Full Member can cast a vote electronically, via email, is described in Section 5 of this notice.
The Board strongly urges you to submit a vote via email, submitted directly to Marc Robins, the SIP Forum Managing Director.
3.3 – Candidates for Election
- Mary Barnes – TransUnion (current board member standing for re-election)
- George Cray – GCH Technologies (current board member standing for re-election)
- Martin Dolly – AT&T (current board member standing for re-election)
- Phil Linse – Lumen (current board member standing for re-election)
- Christopher Oatway – Verizon (current board member standing for re-election)
- Chris Wendt – Somos (current board member standing for re-election)
- Clark Whitten – Cox Communications (current board member standing for re-election)
- Richard Wikoff – Comcast (current board member standing for re-election)
3.4 – Candidate Statements and Biographies
The statements by the candidates about their desire to serve on the board, along with their biographies, are shown here as provided by each candidate. The Board strongly recommends you read these, as we seek Directors who will add substantial value, so it is crucial your vote is well-informed.
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Please do not allow this order to influence your voting.
The Board has not endorsed any slate of candidates.
3.4.1 – Mary Barnes – TransUnion
3.4.1.1 – Statement of Candidacy
I have been working with SIP and other Internet protocols since 1998, having developed specifications in various SDOs and forums including IETF, 3GPP, ATIS, MWIF (since merged with OMA), IMTC (since merged with MEF) and UCIF. I have been involved in the SIP Forum since 2001 and previously chaired the User Agent Configuration Profile Task Group. I was a member of the SIP Forum board from 2011-2021 and have been on the board again since 2023. As has been shown, the SIP Forum IPNNI task group (joint with ATIS) has been highly successful in developing specifications that have served as a baseline for the development and deployment of products for robocall mitigation. While the majority of participants in SIP Forum and on the board are from North America, the SIP Forum is an international organization and given that STIR/SHAKEN is beginning to be deployed internationally, this would be a good time to increase outreach and ensure the organization is meeting the needs of everyone involved in these technologies. The SIPNOC and virtual SUMMIT events continue to provide significant value to the community. I look forward to continuing to work with the board and engaging with the community at the upcoming events.
3.4.1.2 – Biography
Mary Barnes is a Senior Product Manager for TransUnion’s STI-CA deployed in the US and Canada and the STI-PA deployed in Canada. Mary has been involved in system architecture and product development for real-time communication systems for over 25 years, focusing for the past 20 years on IP communications and standards development. She has been an active contributor and document editor for the ATIS/SIP Forum IPNNI task group, serving as editor of ATIS-1000080 (Certificate Management) and ATIS-1000084 (Operational Considerations for the Certificate Management and Policy Administrator).
She is an active contributor to the IETF. She is the author of RFCs/specifications relating to the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Centralized Conferencing, NAT/Firewall traversal, Geographic Location Delivery, Telepresence, Automated Certificate Management (ACME) and Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR). She is a past board member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and past chair of the DISPATCH WG, IETF CLUE (telepresence) WG and the SIPPING WG. Mary also served as the Vice-chair of the Technical WG in the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF) (since merged with the IMTC who has since merged with MEF).
Prior to TransUnion, Mary worked for iconectiv and served as the PMA Director for the US STI-PA and was a primary author of the US Certificate Policy version 1.0. Prior to iconectiv, Mary worked as a consultant for a broad range of organizations including a startup, Comcast and the UK government. Prior to setting up her consultancy, her experience included a position as Principal Engineer in the Video Solutions Group at Polycom and various positions at Nortel. Her final role was as Senior Advisor for Nortel, leading the IETF standards strategy for the Carrier VoIP and Application Solutions business unit (now Genband). She was also a senior manager/advisor for Nortel’s 3G IP research, participating in industry standards forums and prototyping a mobile IP based system.
She is the inventor of several patents related to this work. She also designed and developed real-time software for Nortel’s DMS-based GSM and Enterprise products. Prior to her 22 years at Nortel, Mary developed real-time embedded software for GPS and video reconnaissance systems for Texas Instruments. Mary has a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
3.4.2 – George Cray – iconectiv
3.4.2.1 – Statement of Candidacy
As a telecommunications executive committed to goals that advance our industry, I have had the privilege of designing, developing and leading teams supporting the introduction of new networking technologies and services throughout my career. I have had the opportunity to interact and interwork on a global basis and have gained valuable insights into the communications landscape, which continues to go through significant shifts. While new technologies and communications platforms continue to revolutionize the way brands and consumers connect and engage with one another, they also give rise to unforeseen challenges. The SIP Forum continues to contribute significantly to address these issues, and I would take great pride to continue in my role as a board member towards that mission.
I have extensive telecom experience from my years working at Bell Atlantic as a network planner to roles within Bellcore/Telcordia/iconectiv leading Systems Engineering, Product Management and Sales organizations. I am currently the CEO and Co-founder of GCH Technologies.
I have spoken at numerous industry events, have participated in numerous industry forums and on panels, including ones within the SIP Forum. My focus in recent years has turned to trusted communications. It is clear without restoring trust to voice and messaging, the value of those communications channels will be severely eroded. I am pleased and respect the SIP Forum for their role in shaping the industry and providing tools for ecosystem participants to win this fight. Ultimately, whether viewing this as consumers or brands trying to reach consumers, there is a dire need to be able to see and believe that our communications can be trusted as well as, have appropriate mechanisms to identify the fraudulent and illegal misuse of these channels. I offer up my personal experience and any other resources that I may have at my disposal within my role as CEO of GCH Technologies and/or through industry relationships to advance the SIP Forum agendas.
Boards hold great potential to drive real change that positively impacts all stakeholders. Continuing to serve as a Board Director of the SIP Forum is both an honor and a responsibility I welcome. Thank you for the opportunity to submit my Statement of Candidacy. I look forward to contributing my time, expertise and passion for an industry group that keeps the world connected securely, and at scale.
3.4.2.2 – Biography
George is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of GCH Technologies. GCH was established to deliver innovative and transformative solutions to the telecommunications industry. Leveraging the founders extensive experience in wireless and messaging, GCH serves as a neutral party dedicated to advancing the wireless ecosystem.
George began his career at Bell Atlantic (now Verizon) and has over 30 years of experience providing product, sales and service solution strategies to telecom network management firms and top tier service providers. George had expanded roles starting in systems engineering and growing to lead global product line management, sales and marketing organizations over his career. He previously held leadership roles at Bellcore/Telcordia, since purchased by Ericsson, JDS Uniphase (now Viavi Systems), and iconectiv.
George holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and his Master of Business Administration in Finance from Rutgers University.
3.4.3 – Martin Dolly – AT&T
3.4.3.1 – Statement of Candidacy
I look forward to serving another term as SIP Forum Director, and continuing to support the vitally important work of the association.
3.4.3.2 – Biography
Martin Dolly is an AT&T Lead Member of Technical Staff, currently assigned to the Core & Government/Regulatory Standards organization. Martin has been with AT&T Bell Laboratories/AT&T Labs for more than 31 years, where his areas of expertise being in security, signaling, and services, particularly Government Priority Services.
As a Technical Consultant in the Strategic Standards Division, Martin’s focus is on the development of necessary standards for LTE/IMS deployments, Security and Identity Management, IP carrier interconnection, IP-GETS/WPS, Public Safety, signaling control protocols, and IP Network Management controls. In this capacity, Martin represents AT&T’s interests on IP signaling, security and services issues in telecommunications standards bodies such as the Packet Technologies and Systems Committee of Service Committee (PTSC) of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), NPSTC QoS and Security WG, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) CT Protocol and SA3 Security groups, as well as Study Groups in the Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T).In addition, Martin contributes to various government Cybersecurity activities, FCC TAC & CSRIC Cybersecurity, DHS/NCS NGN GETS Security, CTIA Cybersecurity WG, and DISA LTE Security Profile.
Martin was hired into AT&T Bell Laboratory on July 8th, 1985, at AT&T Microelectronics he was part of team that developed a radiation hardened Integrated Circuit for the US Navy. In the early 1990, Martin transferred from AT&T Microelectronics to AT&T communications in Holmdel, where he worked on SS7 protocol and standards. In this role, he was a major contributor to SS7 Network to Network Interconnection (NNI) effort in support of IS 41 & GSM MAP, 8YY, Calling Card, Operator Services and voice.
Martin has contributed to many of AT&T’s SIP deployments since 2000. He is co-author of 5 IETF RFCs and contributed to many others. He contributed to and lead efforts on ISUP to SIP interworking including those in 3GPP, i3 Forum, ITU and ATIS.
Currently Martin is a driving force behind IP Interconnection, co-chair of the ATIS-SIP Forum NNI Task Force where is also the editor and major contributor to the IP NNI Profile standard and . Martin is currently co-chair of the FCC Strike Force on Robo-calling, where he is a major contributor, as well as leader.
3.4.4 – Phil Linse – Lumen
3.4.4.1 – Statement of Candidacy
There is little in life that is not somehow connected with communications and most people have some personal history with communications, many who have at least one relative that has worked or is working in Telecommunications.
I am the third generation in my family to work in telecommunications. From cord board to electro-mechanical to modern digital circuit switching, and now VoIP. Today, SIP is the dominant signaling protocol for voice communications over IP and is leading the way to the transition away from legacy circuit switch services both to serve the consumer as well as the enterprise markets.
I see the SIP Forum as the interoperability liaison between the private enterprise networks and the carriers that are the service providers that connect businesses with their customers, further paving the way for the transformation of communications networks worldwide.
Over the last ten years I have become increasingly involved in the efforts addressing robocall issues that have confronted Lumen such as the SIP Forum/ATIS IPNNI’s Secure Handling of Asserted information using toKENs (SHAKEN) standards development, Chair of the ATIS Non-IP Call Authentication Task Force(NIPCA), Co-Chair of the ATIS Test bed Landscape Team (TLT), FCC’s Industry Robocall Strike Force and the FCC’s Call Authentication Trust Anchor Working Group. The SIP Forum has been an ideal partner in this effort and this partnership will be the key to propagating the benefits of the SHAKEN technology beyond what would have otherwise been unknown to those other than the service provider community.
With a diverse background from outside plant engineering to unbundling the local switching and signaling networks to divesting the Bell Operating Companies from their Toll-Free administration obligation and now the transition to an all IP based voice network, I would consider it a tremendous opportunity to continue to serve on the SIP Forum Board.
I appreciate your consideration and look forward to working with the extraordinary and equally diverse team that makes up the SIP Forum Board.
3.4.4.2 – Biography
Philip Linse, Director of Public Policy represents Lumen in various industry standards forums such as INC, SNAC, NGIIF, PTSC, IPNNI and as Co-chair of the FCC’s North American Numbering Council’s Contract Oversight Subcommittee as well as providing Lumen with policy consult on the technology transformation as the result of the ongoing transition to IP technology.
Mr. Linse’s background spans more than 25 years in telecommunications consisting of, intercarrier and vendor contract negotiations, economic analysis and modeling, OSP engineering, and subject matter expert on network issues associated with interconnection, switching, signaling, and signaling databases. Philip currently serves on the board of directors with the Telecommunications History Group LLC. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa.
In previous roles with Lumen (formerly CenturyLink/Qwest), Philip represented Qwest in regulatory hearings, intercarrier contract negotiations, industry standards groups, FCC’s NANC, and FCC NRIC focus groups as a subject matter expert on network issues associated with interconnection, switching, signaling, and signaling databases.
Philip also developed network strategies and policies that directed the unbundling of Qwest’s networks pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Philip began his career as an Outside Plant contract drafter in Montana and Loop Technology Planning Engineer for Pacific Bell in California.
3.4.5 – Christopher Oatway – Verizon
3.4.5.1 – Statement of Candidacy
I would be honored to be reelected as a Board member of the Forum. As a Board member, I feel I can bring a law & economics perspective to the Forum that can be a constructive complement to other board members’ expertise, given the policy and regulatory backdrop associated with the Forum’s activities.
3.4.5.2 – Biography
Chris Oatway is Associate General Counsel at Verizon with responsibility for cybersecurity policy as well as his company’s project of restoring trust in voice communications. Prior to Verizon, Chris was an antitrust litigator at Covington & Burling in Washington, DC, and his early legal career included stints at major law firms in Brussels and Mexico City. Before attending law school he worked as an economic consultant, providing antitrust analysis for litigation purposes and to risk arbitrageurs.
Chris has extensive experience with the legal, regulatory, and policy issues associated with robocall mitigation, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Truth in Caller ID Act. He has drafted dozens of FCC filings and interfaced extensively with various enforcement agencies and state attorneys general.
3.4.6 – Chris Wendt – Somos
3.4.6.1 – Statement of Candidacy
Over the past 20+ years, I have had the privilege of working at the forefront of VoIP and SIP-based communications, initially as a senior architect and Director at Comcast and now as Vice President of Systems Engineering at Somos, Inc. During this time, I have been directly involved in the design and deployment of large-scale IMS and SIP infrastructures, helped shape industry specifications in collaboration with CableLabs/PacketCable and 3GPP, IETF, and ATIS. My hands-on background in building, scaling, and managing SIP application services has given me a deep appreciation of the complexities inherent in real-time communications—from reliability and geo-redundancy, 911/Lawful intercept, device provisioning and BSS/OSS systems.
In recent years, my work has increasingly focused on delivering trust, authentication, and transparency in the global telephone network. As co-author of many IETF STIR specifications and co-chair of the ATIS/SIP Forum IP-NNI Joint Task Force, I have helped guide the development of STIR/SHAKEN for call authentication and consumer protection. At Somos, I continue to advance these efforts expanding my work in the industry by collaborating with the Communications Fraud Control Association (CFCA) focusing on methods to fight fraud, chairing the Trust and Transparency Working Group, and championing standards initiatives around representing trust in telephone numbers like with Vesper (Verifiable STI Persona).
Having served on the SIP Forum Board of Directors for over a decade and more, we have seen how SIP technology has evolved from just a VoIP protocol to the sophisticated, multi-faceted communication services of today, intertwined in not only the technology landscape but the regulatory and policy landscapes. Now more than ever, our industry is challenged to balance rapid technological advancement with robust security and consumer trust. I believe the SIP Forum will continue to play a critical role in ensuring open, scalable, and secure communications worldwide. With your support, I look forward to leveraging my deep industry background, technical expertise, and unwavering commitment to innovation to help guide the Forum’s ongoing work and shape the next era of IP-based communications.
3.4.6.2 – Biography
Chris Wendt is the Vice President of Systems Engineering at Somos, Inc., a leading registry management and data solutions company. A pioneer in real-time communications and an authority in VoIP/SIP protocols, he has been instrumental in both designing and standardizing call authentication solutions. Chris is a co-author of several STIR/SHAKEN-related specifications in the IETF and the ATIS/SIP Forum IP-NNI Joint Task Force, and has served as a driving force behind the U.S. STI-GA’s trust anchor, helping establish the country’s governance model for signing and verifying telephone calls.
Before joining Somos, Chris was responsible for the architecture of Comcast’s IMS-based voice infrastructure—which supports over 25 million residential and commercial subscribers—and led the development of a cloud-based CPaaS/UCaaS platform leveraging WebRTC for voice/video and messaging services. He remains an active participant in standards bodies including IETF and ATIS. In addition, Chris leads initiatives with the CFCA to combat fraud and chairs the Trust and Transparency Working Group. His most recent work involves defining Vesper (Verifiable STI Persona), a concept that enhances the STIR/SHAKEN framework with robust verification of Right-to-Use, business and individual identity validation, authorization of Rich Call Data (RCD), and the integration of privacy and consent principles.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Music, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia. His broad technical and creative background underpins his commitment to innovative problem-solving and his ongoing efforts to secure, enrich, and evolve the global telecommunications ecosystem.
3.4.7 – Clark Whitten – Cox Communications
3.4.7.1 – Statement of Candidacy
I am focused on SIP voice with many years of design, engineering, integration, test, and leading carrier service deployments. I will contribute to the SIP Forum where I can deliver value through my deep technical expertise and operational understanding. I have participated on the ATIS/SIP Forum NNI Task Force for several years and am very knowledgeable about STIR/SHAKEN.
3.4.7.2 – Biography
Clark Whitten is Principal Architect with Cox, where he is responsible for solution architectures, service infrastructure core specifications, and CPE specifications supporting Cox’s residential and business voice and SD-WAN services. With over 20 years of experience, Clark previously held positions as a Sales Engineer, Systems Engineer, System Integrator, Tester, Designer, Project Manager (former PMP), and Architect.
Clark has worked with two start-ups that were acquired by larger organizations; Media4, a data-over-satellite company, was acquired by EchoStar; and Future Network, a voice and data CPE design and development company, which was acquired by Tellabs. Clark has been with Cox for nearly 20 years in various roles, initially supporting integration of MGCP/NCS for Cox’s initial deployment of PacketCable 1.0 & 2.0 voice over cable services. Clark has also supported Cox’s venture into LTE mobility, SIP peering, and many other SIP-based solutions. Clark has been awarded several patents for voice and non-voice related technologies.
3.4.8 – Richard Wikoff – Comcast
3.4.8.1 – Statement of Candidacy
I look forward to the opportunity to serve a second term on the SIP Forum Board of Directors and to influence the important work of the organization.
My background spans fraud solutions and network element development. It prepares me to support the Forum’s essential efforts to advance the trustworthiness of standards-based communications services.
3.4.8.2 – Biography
Richard designs system solutions to network identity and fraud issues as an Architect in Comcast’s Cybersecurity organization.
Prior to that, Richard led efforts to deploy new features and improve network efficiency in Comcast’s Communications Solutions group. Richard serves as an Alternate to the FCC Disability Advisory Committee, contributing on communication-related efforts such as conferencing and real-time text (RTT). He has 14 years of experience at Comcast and holds 5 patents in SIP session routing, with other applications in process.
Prior to Comcast, Richard wrote specifications at Sonus (now Ribbon Communications) and led development teams at Telcordia, in each role engineering highly scalable, carrier-grade systems.
4 – Discharge of Liability for Board Members and Managing Director
The By Laws of the SIP Forum require that, at each general meeting, the members vote on whether to discharge the Board Members and the Managing Director from liability for actions or inactions resulting from their service to the SIP Forum over the prior year. In all annual general meetings to date, this has been presented, and the Board Members have been accordingly discharged. At this time, the Board represents that the Directors and Managing Director have collectively performed all required responsibilities for this past year, and requests discharge from liability. Full Members shall vote Yes or No on their ballots to so discharge the Board and Managing Director.
The Board recommends a Yes vote on this item.
5 – Procedure for Voting
The By Laws permit voting by proxy, using paper ballots sent by surface mail or electronically submitted ballots that are returned using a method that the Board deems sufficient to establish the authenticity of the ballot.
5.1 – Voting by Written Proxy via Surface Mail
Included in the bundle distributed to the Full Members with this Annual General Meeting Notice is a voting form (in PDF file format) entitled “2024-sf-ballot.” If a Full Member intends to submit a ballot to vote by written proxy sent by surface mail (instead of submitting one via return email), each Full Member should do the following as described immediately below in Section 5.1.1.
5.1.1 – Minimal Procedure for Proxy Voting
The Full Member shall mark the aforementioned voting form (either by modifying the document to indicate the mark, or by printing the document and marking it in ink) to:
- Rank your votes for Director’s candidates. Mark your first preference “1”, your second preference “2”, and so on. You may vote for as many candidates as you wish, but the board recommends you vote for all 8 candidates.
- Approve or reject the discharge of Directors’ liability.
- Deliver the Voting Form to the SIP Forum Managing Director prior to the date of the Annual General Meeting by sending the Voting Form via surface mail to the address listed on the ballot. Please note that if surface mail is used, the Voting Form must be sent to arrive NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2025 or if email delivery is used, the Voting Form must be sent to arrive NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025.
5.2 – Electronic Voting via Email
The Board has concluded that one method is acceptable for electronic voting via email:
- Full Members will mark the paper Voting Form ballot, and return it to the Managing Director via electronic mail as a scanned image file or PDF. The Managing Director shall use reasonable efforts to assure that the received email has been sent from a domain name that appears to be from a Full Member organization.
5.2.1 – Email Ballots
Follow this procedure to vote by email:
- Print a copy of the voting form entitled “2024-sf-ballot”.
- Mark the Voting Form by ranking your votes for Board Member candidates, and check the box to vote Yes or No on the Liability Discharge question.
- Sign the copy of the marked voting form.
- Scan the marked and signed voting form, and attach the associated document file to an email addressed to Marc Robins, the SIP Forum Managing Director at marc.robins@sipforum.org. (PDF, JPG, TIFF, or GIF are all acceptable electronic formats.)
- Alternatively, an application such as Adobe Acrobat can be employed to complete the required fields on the form.
5.3 – Deadline for Ballot Return for Proxy Voting
Voting Form ballots sent to the Managing Director by Email to be handled by proxy must be received ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, 25 APRIL 2025 (two business days before the Annual General Meeting) in order to be counted.
5.4 – Ballot Counting
Ballots, including those received in email, and via surface mail, will be counted when the vote is called in the Annual General Meeting. Results will be announced at the meeting, and official minutes taken to reflect the voting.
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SIP Forum 2024 General Meeting Notice
March 27, 2025
Document number: GA-45-0