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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello Veni,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I think that what ISOC is doing is great and fully
support it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A number of your questions will be answered
in:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://amzn.com/1405887338">http://amzn.com/1405887338</A> and
</FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="http://amzn.com/140588732X">http://amzn.com/140588732X</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I have a preference for the second version, with
cases, because they really open the door to operational strategy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Olivier</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=veni@veni.com href="mailto:veni@veni.com">Veni Markovski</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=chapter-support@isoc.org
href="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org">ISOC Chapter Support</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org
href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:18
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Chapter-delegates] Future
Internet Scenarios</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Jon,<BR>I've read the
published scenarios, and wanted to find out what exactly "<I>other
possibilities</I>" the senior staff at ISOC has had in mind, with regards to
the future of ISOC? I am asking, because you are planning to use our ideas and
input in t<U>he planning and operational activities</U>. This is a heavy
weight, and I am not sure also when you say that these scenarios were reviewed
<I><U>with </U></I>the ISOC Board, if they were reviewed <I><U>by</U> </I>the
Board, and taken into consideration, or given some grades, or marks, or
comments, or it was just an exercise.<BR><BR>You also say that this is an
important initiative to support the health of the Internet, but I probably
miss the connection between an exercise of ISOC staff and the health of the
Internet, for which ISOC does not appear to be an Internet doctor, so to
speak. Is there something that you know about the health of the Internet, and
the need for such an initiative? Also, when you talk about "the Internet of
the future" - is it different than the Internet as we know it, or do you mean
that in the future there will be a new internet? Also, you say that the
discussion will ensure that the Internet of the future truly is for everyone.
I somehow have doubts that a discussion may ensure a future uncertainty (I
mean, the current slogan of ISOC is "Internet is for everyone", why would we
say "Internet of the future truly is for everyone"?); a discussion may come to
a conclusion, or not. A discussion may bring together differences of opinions,
divide or unite people. Some of the chapters have made possible that not only
the "Internet of the future", but the Internet today is truly for everyone -
open, without governmental control whatsoever. But that has been successful on
a national level; I haven't seen enough [successful] efforts from ISOC on the
global stage to achieve the same. <BR><BR>I am starting to look into more
details in the messages that come from ISOC, because often chapters delegates,
who have their daily jobs, may not pay enough attention to such messages, and
may not have the time to comment in a timely manner, and then face results,
which are unexpected, or even not wanted. <BR><BR>I will make more comments on
the web site itself, because there are some really strange suggestions in some
of the scenarios, and I don't feel comfortable starting a <I>discussion</I>
here. <BR><BR>Best regards,<BR>Veni Markovski<BR>President and Chair of the
Board,<BR>ISOC-Bulgaria, <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="http://www.isoc.bg">www.isoc.bg</A> <BR><BR> </FONT><SPAN
lang=EN-GB></SPAN><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues:</P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Recently,
senior staff at the Internet Society engaged in a scenario planning exercise
to reveal <I>plausible</I> courses of events that could impact the health of
the Internet in the future. The results of the scenario planning exercise
were subsequently reviewed with the Internet Society Board of
Trustees.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT">Scenario planning is a methodology used widely
in business, and increasingly in other sectors, to allow organizations to
anticipate </SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial-ItalicMT">possible
</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT">futures in an environment of
great uncertainty. Scenario planning is neither blue-sky guesswork nor
statistical analysis. </SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial-ItalicMT">It
is a structured process to help organizations break free from ties to “the
official future” and to consider other possibilities they may confront over
the longer term.</SPAN></I></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>The result
from ISOC’s own scenario planning process is four scenarios – or stories –
that </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT">are intended to reveal
</SPAN><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial-ItalicMT">plausible
</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ArialMT">courses of events, not
probable ones. While they are imaginative, they are intended to make the
organization aware of possibilities that could have an impact.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN>Scenarios always start
from a question about the future. In this case, the focal question for the
exercise was: "Will the world embrace or resist the open Internet model?"
with a second-level question to narrow the field: "What model will be more
successful? Command and control? Or, distributed and
decentralized?"</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>We would
like to engage with you in evaluating these stories, which can be found
at: </SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB><A
href="http://www.isoc.org/scenarios"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.isoc.org/scenarios</A></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>I would very
much like to encourage discussion and feedback by all members of the
Internet Society through the comment features available on the scenario web
pages. You should also feel free to share these scenarios with anyone
interested in the future of the Internet.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>We will
incorporate your input and ideas on the substance of these scenarios in our
planning and operational activities. In addition, while incorporating your
insights, our Communications team will build, with chapters and members, an
external outreach campaign to partners and the public at large that will
allow us to continue to evaluate these scenarios on a regular basis, to
raise awareness, and to promote courses of action as various parts of these
scenarios play out over time.</SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>We look
forward to hearing from and working with you on this important initiative to
support the health of the
Internet.<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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