<p dir="ltr">+1 Evan.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you<br>
--<br>
Warm Regards,<br>
Talha Habib</p>
<p dir="ltr">* Sent from Galaxy Note<br>
** Kindly excuse brevity and typos.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 30, 2014 8:59 PM, "Evan Leibovitch" <<a href="mailto:evan@telly.org">evan@telly.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On Mar 29, 2014 11:34 PM, "Joly MacFie" <<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com" target="_blank">joly@punkcast.com</a>> wrote:</p>
<p dir="ltr">> Personally I see the role of the Chapters as being two-way, i.e. also representing the Internet's interests to individual people.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I agree that the relationship must be two-way, although I'm not sure that "the Internet" has its own interests to assert.</p>
<p dir="ltr">How I interpret the "top down" component of the Chapter relationship with end users is two-fold:</p>
<p dir="ltr">1) We *must* make the workings of the Internet accessible and understandable to all. That means getting through the jargon and using simple (and translated wherever needed) language. So long as only the technical and business elites understand Internet culture and jargon, only they will steer its discretion. </p>
<p dir="ltr">2) Even more challenging, we must convince end users to care about the openness of the Internet, and not allow public indifference to be exploited for financial and/or political gain. </p>
<p dir="ltr">It's easy to see that there is no shortage of Internet policy "expertise" (almost 200 submissions to Netmundial). But only ISOC has the ability to produce commentary truly based on the response of an aware and engaged public.</p>
<p dir="ltr">IMO the relationship between Chapters and their local end-user communities is at least as important as their relationships with ISOC HQ. It is our unique strength, and it must be nurtured. <br>
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