Bob,<div>+1 from <span></span><a href="http://isoc.bg">isoc.bg</a> <br><br>On Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Bob,<br>
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speaking only for myself: don't interpret silence as consent. Please convey this message to the Board of Trustees, whose mailing list is in copy but understandably will bouncet this posting.<br>
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Yours,<br>
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Alejandro Pisanty<br>
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Desde: <a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org')">chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a> [<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org')">chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>] en nombre de Bob Hinden [<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'bob.hinden@gmail.com')">bob.hinden@gmail.com</a>]<br>
Enviado el: lunes, 11 de noviembre de 2013 17:17<br>
Hasta: ISOC Chapter Delegates<br>
CC: ISOC Board of Trustees<br>
Asunto: [Chapter-delegates] An Open Letter to all ISOC Chapter Members<br>
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I am writing this email as the Chair of the Internet Society Board of<br>
Trustees on behalf of the Board. The Board listens closely to the<br>
views of Chapters and believe that Chapters bring a tremendous value<br>
to the Internet Society. We see Chapters as very important to<br>
implementing ISOC’s mission around the world. They give the Internet<br>
Society a voice on the ground in a way that ISOC staff cannot. The<br>
feedback all of ISOC gets from Chapters is an important part of<br>
developing the Internet Society's strategy and policy positions. We<br>
are very pleased to see new Chapters being formed and are, of course,<br>
saddened when a Chapter closes.<br>
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As you know there are efforts underway to establish Chapter performance<br>
standards, finding new ways of providing assistance to Chapters, and<br>
establishing a Chapter Advisory Council. I think it is helpful to<br>
summarize the role of Chapters in the Internet Society.<br>
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The Board has recently approved changes to the Internet Society's by<br>
laws that formally recognize Chapters, equalizes the number of Board<br>
members elected by all communities (including increasing the number<br>
elected by Chapters to four), and authorizes Chapters to establish an<br>
Advisory Council. This was the result of a two year process to consult<br>
and listen to the views of Chapters. At the request of Chapters, we<br>
suspended several staff efforts until the update to the by-laws was<br>
completed. Now that the by-laws have been approved, these efforts to<br>
increase the Chapters’ engagement in ISOC's strategic activities are<br>
underway. This is a work in progress and we ask your patience in these<br>
activities. The problems that are being addressed have a long history<br>
and can't be solved immediately. You will see changes rolled out in<br>
the upcoming months.<br>
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The Board has given the ISOC President and staff clear and strong<br>
guidance to insure that there is strong engagement with the Chapters.<br>
ISOC staff is fully committed to this work and has the Board’s full<br>
support.<br>
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I have two other points I would like to make. First, the governance of<br>
the Internet Society has been settled since the Internet Society was<br>
formed in 1992. The charter, legal, and operational structure of the<br>
Internet Society establish it as a cause-based, mission driven<br>
organization. It is governed by a Board of Trustees. Board of<br>
Trustees members are responsible for ensuring the overall success of<br>
the Internet Society. As such, they are not on the Board to represent<br>
only the community that elected them; they are to represent the whole<br>
Internet Society. Chapters, Org members, and the IETF are all<br>
encouraged to engage with ISOC as strong contributors to positions and<br>
strategic programs and directions. The decisions taken by the Board<br>
and staff will be ultimately formulated based on ISOC’s mission and<br>
governance structure.<br>
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Second, we are all passionate about ISOC, its mission, and the<br>
Internet. The Board and I value this passion. However, I think it is<br>
unfortunate that some of the passion expressed on the Chapters email<br>
list has gone over the line into personal attacks on staff, Chapter<br>
members, and Board members. This behavior is unprofessional and does<br>
not create the open, respectful, and constructive environment that<br>
should exist. It will cause some people to withdraw from the<br>
discussion and does not create the collaborative open environment we<br>
need. Everyone who posts to the chapter list is expected to follow the<br>
ISOC elist Code of Conduct; See:<br>
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<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/elist-code-conduct" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/elist-code-conduct</a><br>
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The Board is committed to an ongoing dialog with the Chapters on the<br>
issues that face the Internet. We think the Chapters are an essential<br>
element of the Internet Society and are critical to meeting the<br>
challenges we are seeing every day on the Internet. I am sure we all<br>
agree that we want the Internet to be the open platform for worldwide<br>
communication among everyone in the world. We all need to work<br>
together toward that goal.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Bob Hinden,<br>
Chair, Internet Society Board of Trustees<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br>-- <br>Best,<br>Veni<br><a href="http://veni.com">http://veni.com</a><br><a href="https://facebook.com/venimarkovski">https://facebook.com/venimarkovski</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/veni">https://twitter.com/veni</a><p>
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