X-ASVP Committee Bylaws:

In keeping with the mission statement of the X-ASVP, 
the controlling committee has established these bylaws 
to govern the working of the committee and the operation
of the established supporting infrastructure.

1. All registrars of a X-ASVP.tld domain are eligible
to become members of the X-ASVP Controlling Committee, 
and to nominate board members, and to participate
in the working groups of the Committee.

2. Board members are elected at the Annual X-ASVP
Controlling Committee meeting.  Candidates for the
board must be nominated by representatives of at least
3 secondary registrars.  (I.e., the voting member
from each of 3 X-ASVP.tld domains.)

3. The Board shall consist of the following positions:
	- Chair
	- Vice-Chair
	- Treasurer
	- Recorder
	- Technology Officer
	- Operations Officer

4. Each registrar is entitled to assign voting rights
among the various committee members representing that
registrar in the Committee.

5. Each registrar is eligible an allotted number 
of votes as calculated by the following formula:

[(Fees paid by registrar / Total fees paid to Committee)
rounded up to the nearest whole number]

6. To excercise these voting rights, the member 
registrar must have accepted the terms of the committee
bylaws and be current in payment of maintenance fees
to the Committee treasury.

7. The fees paid to the X-ASVP Committee treasury
shall be dipersable at the discretion of The Board or a
duly appointed committee of the Board, to which the Board
has assigned disbursement authority.  
Maintenance fees can be used for:
	a. The maintenance and operation of X-ASVP
	   supporting servers and infrastructure
	b. Expenses related to the performance of
	   committee research and activities
        c. Supporting representation, research and 
	   participation in other open Internet 
	   education, standards and technology focused
	   organizations. (Such as the Internet Society.)
	d. Or for any such other purpose as the Board or 
	   Committee deems appropriate

8. The following working groups shall be established
by appointment of the Board from members of the Controlling
Committee:
	a. Governance Committee
		Establishes and performs the business
		functions of the committee to include
		proposing the operating budget, media
		relations, establishing the rules
		otherwise governing the committee
	b. Operations Committee
		Performs the operations and maintenance
		of the servers, hardware and software
		supporting the failover capabilities of
		the X-ASVP protocol.
	b. Technology Committee
		Reviews and approves or rejects submissions
		for extensions to Level-1 methods.  
		Proposes scope for Committee research
		projects, and performs projects as limited
		in scope or budget by the Governance 
		Committee

9. The Governance Committee may establish other
working groups as needed by plurality vote in a
regularly scheduled committee meeting.

10. The Governance Committee retains a right of first
refusal on the sale or transfer of any "second level"
(i.e. X-ASVP.tld) domain name.  Failure of a Committee
member to gain Governance Committee approval before the
sale or transfer of a second level domain name may
result in adverse consequences to the purchaser of the
domain, which may include: increase in maintenance fees
due to the committee, loss of voting rights, listing 
in the Committee DNSBL, or other consequences deemed
appropriate by the Committee.  Any adverse actions 
recommended by the Governance Committee must be approved
by a majority of Board members prior to implementation.