<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">One of the perennial complaints about ISOC is we are very slow to respond tactically to events.<div><br></div><div>One of the perennial values the community has is ISOC is very deliberate and thorough about collecting the whole story, putting together a technical and policy response, and (usually) getting community feedback on the response before releasing the message.</div><div><br></div><div>If we did not value community feedback, it would be trivial for ISOC to respond to such incidents as the Pakistani twitter cutoff and Egyptian Internet isolation. Staff could make statements whenever they see the need. Dictatorships are so very efficient. If we went this route, we would most likely give up on our reputation of being thoughtful and balanced.</div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts from the community on how we can be more responsive, yet keep true to our values?</div><div>--</div><div>- Eric</div><div><div><br><div><div>On May 20, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Plenty of reaction on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23pakistan">https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23pakistan</a> and
<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23twitterban">https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23twitterban</a> including proxy info<div><br></div><div>While ISOC might hesitate as a body to issue an immediate policy statement, there is nothing to stop individual members or even chapters from joining in the chorus of criticism.</div>
<div><br></div><div>My initiial response was to refer back to the ISOC statement issued at the time of the Egyptian thing -
<a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1712">http://isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1712</a> but that addresses specifically a general cutoff</div><div><br></div><div>One wonders how the ban is being enforced technically and if it messes with standards such as DNSSEC.</div>
<div><br></div><div>j</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 10:20 AM, President ISOC Cambodia <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:president@isoc-kh.org" target="_blank">president@isoc-kh.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Colleagues,<br>
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I got this text down here from Fouad Bajwa. As many of you know,
Fouad Bajwa is a Member of a Global ISOC Facilities Committee and
was recently also at the Geneva meetings.<br>
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Does ISOC Global, or the affected Regional Bureaus, have any
procedures or suggestions for such a case?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Norbert<br>
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<pre><a href="http://Twitter.com">Twitter.com</a> is used by the Civil Society and Citizens of Pakistan to
express their personal thoughts and opinions and the total blanket
shutdown of <a href="http://Twitter.com">Twitter.com</a> is a fundamental human right violation
preventing Pakistani Citizens both online and offline to express
themselves using the Internet through their personal computers and
mobile phone devices. Authorities are restricting access to
<a href="http://Twitter.com">Twitter.com</a> without consulting the citizens of Pakistan through
multistakeholder processes.
STILL TWEETING THROUGH <a href="http://LINKEDIN.COM/" target="_blank">LINKEDIN.COM</a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<div>-- <br>
<font color="blue">Norbert Klein, President, ISOC Cambodia Chapter</font><br>
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Website: <a href="http://www.isoc-kh.org/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc-kh.org</a><br>
eMail: <a href="mailto:president@isoc-kh.org" target="_blank">president@isoc-kh.org</a><br>
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