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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I know Paul since the time
he was working at Verizon, and as one of the active participants
at the ISOC-DC, quite a positive one, in fact. <br>
<br>
While I understand the controversy with his position at MPAA, I
talked to him couple of times, when he was there, trying to find a
way to propose a solution to some of their issues, but it was a no
go. Clearly, he must have been more frustrated to search for a new
opportunity to move out of MPAA. Plus, Sally is now full time
ITU-related, and ISOC needed a new director for North America
anyway. <br>
<br>
I am afraid, that if chapters attack new appointees immediately,
that's not a good starter, unless of course there's a serious
breach of trust or conduct. <br>
In principle - <b>there are no people at ISOC, who should be
attacked - there are policies at ISOC, which deserve criticism,
</b>but not people (unless, of course, they also make a move that
deserves criticism;-). <br>
<br>
So, I believe it is fair, if we give Paul some time to prove
himself (and only if he doesn't, then we criticize him:-)<br>
<br>
I am <b>more worried </b>at the problems we as chapters are
facing with regards to the <b>lack of positive reaction to our
initiatives on policies, than on their appointments. </b>ISOC
has a CEO, who is running the organization for 10+ years, and
surely knows what kind of people to appoint, that's part of the
CEO's job. <br>
What worries me even more, given the enthusiasm of the chapters by
every appointment last year (and I hear more good announcements
are coming), <b>we did not see the same enthusiastic reaction by
ISOC towards the chapters</b>. <br>
<br>
The latest developments around the LoA are just one more sign that
relations between ISOC and chapters are not good. <br>
<br>
<b>I would rather see change of policy from ISOC, with Paul
participating in it, than spend time questioning his
appointment.</b><br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Veni<br>
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On 3/21/2012 11:26, Livingood, Jason wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I am profoundly disturbed by the appointment of Paul Brigner as North
American Regional Director of the Internet Society.
In his previous position as Chief Technology Officer at the Motion
Picture Association of America (MPAA) he worked for the passage of PIPA
and SOPA.
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<pre wrap="">The effective endorsement of MPAA policy positions by the Internet
Society with the appointment of Brigner threatens to poison those
relationships and severely damage the good name of the Internet Society.
I respectfully request that you reconsider the appointment of Paul
Brigner as North American Regional Director of the Internet Society.
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I really hope you give Paul a chance to show you what he can do. He worked
for the MPAA for just one year. COICA, SOPA, and PIPA were in the works
for significantly longer than that so I seriously doubt Paul had any hand
in crafting those policy positions. Working on issues of copyright and
blocking is important to ISOC and having someone with close knowledge of
that seems to me to be valuable.
His full CV is at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrigner">http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrigner</a> which says to me
there is a lot he brings to the table.
- Jason
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