"The company has advised me that the 90-day notice will allow for negotiations with the trade unions and provide the company with an opportunity to seek new work from the group, " the East Belfast assembly member said.
There is growing demand for boards to undergo a formal evaluation process, to assess both the performance of each individual board member and how they work together as a group.
Verisign, for instance, which administers the Web's millions of .com and .net sites, has declined to comment on the APWG initiative even though it is a member of APWG and has long supported the group's anti-phishing advocacy work.