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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-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>While I agree with the gist of what you say below, I can think of at least two instances in which ISOC policies are not aligned with US policies: encryption and data protection/privacy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='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 [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Burstein via Chapter-delegates<br><b>Sent:</b> mardi, 17. septembre 2019 05:19<br><b>To:</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates; Christine Saegesser<br><b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-delegates] ISOC nominees must discuss ISOC's exclusion, financial support for chapters, board independence, finding waste<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Folks<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I'm putting myself forward for the nomcom because I believe that all trustees should <b>address</b> the biggest issues in ISOC: exclusion, chapter support, independent review, US government ties, and financial waste.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I am not saying anyone should be excluded for her views, merely that they explain them publicly as part of the process. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>ISOC has a $30M annual subsidy from .org. We can and should be the most active organization ensuring the Internet is for everyone. It's worth fighting for.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I would seek opinions on issues including:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Should the majority of the Internet be effectively excluded from the ISOC board and leadership?</span></i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> Asia, Africa, and Latin America - the global south - now have twice as many Internet users as the US and allies in the global north. (See </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#132845'><a href="https://netpolicynews.com/index.php/89-r/1015-the-color-of-the-net-has-changed" target="_blank" title="The Color Of The Net Has Changed"><span style='color:#132845'>The Color Of The Net Has Changed</span></a>) India now has more Internet users than the US; China, about three times as many. 7 of 12 trustees are from the US and Canada. Only two of the twelve are from the global south. China is 25%-40% of the net, depending on the measure. The total exclusion of China is an unacknowledged policy. The Internet is for everyone? </span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#132845'>Should the chapters have 3-10% of ISOC's budget? </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#132845'>ISOC has lost ~70% of our members the last few years, according to our web site. Most chapters have only a handful of active members if that. It's time to stop starving the chapters.</span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#132845'>Should the board be independent?</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#132845'> In the last 8 years, I have not seen any evidence that the board is supervising ISOC. I can't think of any time the board has overruled the CEO, who runs a top-down organization.<i> </i></span><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Should ISOC be part of the "DC consensus" or is the Global South sometimes right?</span></i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> In 2018, I reviewed six years of ISOC international policy and did not find a single instance where ISOC disagre4ed with the US government position. I asked the CEO and the VP of policy and they had no examples either. Some of the issues that divided the north and the south were the cartel-like pricing of Internet backhaul and transport and the non-payment of taxes by the multilateral giants. I don't think the US was right on either.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Should the board look for waste in ISOC? </span></i><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>We all know there is a great deal of unnecessary spending.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>--------------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I will be happy to step aside if others step up for these issues. Again, I'm not insisting that board candidates agree with my positions, merely that the candidates make clear what they believe. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I doubt I will be selected because the leadership of ISOC wants a harmonious society. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>But here are some credentials:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I have been a chapter officer since 2011 in New York. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I have been active in Internet policy for 15 years. I am a member of the ITU Focus Group 2030, which is setting the guidelines for 6G. I've written a book on DSL, another on web video, and am wrapping up a book on 5G. I am on the US State Department International Telecommunications Advisory Committee (where I often am in a minority of one or two on north-south issues.)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I've written about the Internet internationally since 1999. My work has been quoted by the <i>NY Times, WSJ, & Washington Post.</i> I've attended major ITU meetings including the WCIT and the plenipot, paying my own expenses. I've interviewed the current and previous ITU Secretary Generals and most of the major ITU officials.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I've volunteered in two community networks, which I continue to support, as well as numerous coops and community groups. I've done many Wikipedia edits.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>blah, blah, blah<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Do take a look at wirelessone.news, fastnet.news, and <a href="http://netpolicynews.com">netpolicynews.com</a> to see the quality of my work.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I believe everyone in policy should make clear where their money comes from. I earn my living writing about the Internet, broadband including wireless. I've had no financial ties with any of the carriers or advocacy organizations for since I did some consulting for bell canada a decade ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I am paid by, and sell advertising to, numerous manufacturers in telecom and accept expenses to events. I write analytic reports on topics like 5G strategies for independent groups like STL Partners, who in turn work with many carriers. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>I'm on good personal terms with many at all the companies, trade groups, regulators including the FCC, some ISOC and ICANN board members, and even a number of lobbyists. My main work is with the technical community. I do my best to represent the public interest, even if it undermines my friends' positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>---------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>ISOC has a mission to bring the Internet to everyone. We can do it better.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Editor, <a href="http://Fastnet.news" target="_blank">https://Fastnet.news</a> <a href="http://wirelessone.news" target="_blank">https://wirelessone.news</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Reply "sub" for a free subscription to Fast Net News and Wireless One. (2 or 3/month)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>