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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dear Evan</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I apologize for taking so long to get back to this,
but I wanted to consult the full ISOC-CH membership. ISOC-CH decided to
joint this effort, but in the end we didn't, for two reasons. One is that
we didn't find a way to get a certificate at low cost, and the other is that the
web site uses Twitter to authenticate a request to join the initiative, and I'm
not comfortable with using Twitter for that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>So in the end we didn't join.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Richard</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=evan@telly.org href="mailto:evan@telly.org">Evan Leibovitch</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org
href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">ISOC Chapter Delegates</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 07, 2014 4:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Chapter-delegates] Reset the
Net ... ?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr>Hello all,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I notice a new initiative, "<A href="https://www.resetthenet.org/">Reset
the Net</A>", being launched.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Its aim is to get more websites to use HTTPS, and to encourage more end
users to learn and use surveillance-resistant tools.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Central to the campaign is to declare June 5, the one year anniversary of
the first Snowden-derived news leak, as "reset the net day". On that day,
participating sites would sport an appropriate banner. The site is also
collecting signatures for a "pledge" to implement resistant tools.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Current supporters include Greenpeace, the Free Software Foundation,
Reddit, and about a dozen smaller orgs. Missing from the list is the EFF and
especially ISOC and any chapters. I also have not heard mention of it here
before,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Exclusion can be for one of a number of reasons, I'd like to know if any
of these apply:<BR><BR>
<UL>
<LI>ISOC and/or chapters are not aware of the campaign (if so, now it is :-)
)<BR><BR>
<LI>ISOC and/or chapters are aware of the campaign but do not agree with all
its aims or tactics<BR><BR>
<LI>There are just too many of these unconnected campaigns (OpenStand,
Necessary and Proportionate, etc) and they are losing their power because
they all are starting to look the same<BR><BR>
<LI>ISOC is working on its own campaign along these lines<BR><BR>
<LI>Reset the Net is too US-specific (very NSA-specific, no
translations)</LI></UL></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Comments?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Evan Leibovitch</DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Canada Chapter</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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