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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Faisal,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You may also be interested in this blog:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="http://www.freepress.net/blog/2015/05/13/global-internet-activists-give-thumbs-down-to-internetorg">http://www.freepress.net/blog/2015/05/13/global-internet-activists-give-thumbs-down-to-internetorg</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Richard Hill [mailto:rhill@hill-a.ch] <br><b>Sent:</b> mercredi, 13. mai 2015 16:38<br><b>To:</b> 'Faisal Hasan'; 'Joly MacFie'<br><b>Cc:</b> 'ISOC Chapter Delegates'; 'Open Forum'<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Chapter-delegates] Indian startups are pulling out of Facebook's Internet.org to protect net neutrality<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Faisal,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There has been quite a bit of discussion of this topic on the ISOC Internet Policy list. You will find the archive at:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/internetpolicy/2015-May/thread.html">https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/internetpolicy/2015-May/thread.html</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The messages in question mostly have as subject “Worth Note!”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Chapter-delegates [<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org">mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Faisal Hasan<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 12, 2015 18:51<br><b>To:</b> Joly MacFie<br><b>Cc:</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates; Open Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] Indian startups are pulling out of Facebook's Internet.org to protect net neutrality<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Joly,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks a lot for bringing this important issue. While I have been following closely how India is dealing with this issue, to my surprise I found that <a href="http://internet.org">internet.org</a> campaign has been given green signal in Bangladesh. From May 10 Bangladesh became the 10th country to enable this service.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I believe even though the chapters are raising awareness about this, the issue needs a much bigger campaign as we are fighting against some big players with lots of money. This has been a huge thing for the government as they are trying to get public praise by saying they have enabled free Internet for all. Not to mention that there is insufficient awareness about net neutrality in the developing world.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am surprised to see very little highlight on this issue on ISOC as a whole. Is there any statement from ISOC about this? It is true that <a href="http://internet.org">internet.org</a> will do more harm than good.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Faisal Hasan<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Joly MacFie <<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com" target="_blank">joly@punkcast.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Have any of our India Chapters taken a position on this? Or any elsewhere?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/15/8423075/indian-startups-leave-facebook-internet-org-net-neutrality" target="_blank">http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/15/8423075/indian-startups-leave-facebook-internet-org-net-neutrality</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444'>This morning Cleartrip, an Indian startup focused on travel, </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/04/15/internetorg-withdrawal_n_7071532.html?utm_hp_ref=india" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#FA4B2A;text-decoration:none'>pulled out of Internet.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#444444'>, the charity spearheaded by Facebook to help spread internet access to parts of the world where many people lack connectivity. Three other members of the original coalition — NDTV, Newshunt, and the Times Group — also declared that they were pulling some or all of their services from Internet.org due to concerns over net neutrality.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=hoenzb><span style='color:#888888'>-- </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>---------------------------------------------------------------<br>Joly MacFie <a href="tel:218%20565%209365" target="_blank">218 565 9365</a> Skype:punkcast<br>WWWhatsup NYC - <a href="http://wwwhatsup.com" target="_blank">http://wwwhatsup.com</a><br> <a href="http://pinstand.com" target="_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href="http://punkcast.com" target="_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br> VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href="http://isoc-ny.org" target="_blank">http://isoc-ny.org</a><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://t.yesware.com/t/b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e/806564bd162c5fc162f0654209f970e5/spacer.gif"><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://t.yesware.com/t/b3b03f93acb29dde874548d979c14638352bd06e/806564bd162c5fc162f0654209f970e5/spacer.gif"></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>_______________________________________________<br>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society<br>Chapter Portal (AMS): <a href="https://portal.isoc.org" target="_blank">https://portal.isoc.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>