<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Chapter leaders,<br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">FYI, we have now published a post from Mark Buell, our Regional Bureau Director for North America, related to the FCC's statement yesterday about their action to rollback their network neutrality order:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="" style="font-size: 14px;">We need a more sustainable approach to Network Neutrality</b></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2017/11/need-sustainable-approach-network-neutrality/" class="">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2017/11/need-sustainable-approach-network-neutrality/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At a high level, Mark's overall message could be summarized as:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1) While we didn’t like Title II, it is the case that it put SOME rules in place to protect users. Now those are gone and replaced with a weak notion of transparency.  </div><div class="">2) The US needs a sustainable approach that isn’t at the whim of the courts or Presidential elections.  </div><div class="">3) This isn’t the time to give up on our goals - we will continue to fight for the principles that make the Internet open. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">For those who share content out on social media, the links can be found at:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/933364872997408778" class="">https://twitter.com/internetsociety/status/933364872997408778</a><br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154789024258239" class="">https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/posts/10154789024258239</a><br class=""><a href="https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/iFhNDvDLwQT" class="">https://plus.google.com/+InternetSociety/posts/iFhNDvDLwQT</a><br class=""><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6339130562703294464/" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6339130562703294464/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class="">Dan</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div>--<br class="">Dan York<br class="">Senior Manager, Content & Web Strategy, Internet Society<br class=""><a href="mailto:york@isoc.org" class="">york@isoc.org</a>   +1-802-735-1624 <br class="">Jabber: <a href="mailto:york@jabber.isoc.org" class="">york@jabber.isoc.org</a>  Skype: danyork   <a href="http://twitter.com/danyork" class="">http://twitter.com/danyork</a><br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" class="">http://www.internetsociety.org/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>