A nine member Board of Directors is the governing body of NECINA, and they are elected by the NECINA's members and serve 3-year terms. In addition, the NECINA activities are administrated by 10 executive officers. For the year of 1996. NECINA will bring together the experts in the following industries to share their experiences among the members: Client/Server, Internet/WWW, LAN/WAN, Multimedia, Network Management, Telecommunications, and Transmission technologies.