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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">+1, Steve. <br>
I'd also add, that George is active in the DC chapter, and is an
ongoing support for the Bulgarian chapter, as well. He served 10
years on the Bulgarian President's IT advisory committee
(2002-2012), and as director of the Global Internet Policy
Initiative, he helped my country to achieve one of the most
Internet-friendly legislation on the planet. I also served with
him on the ISOC Board in the yearly 2000s, and found him among the
most progressive members, understanding very well the value of the
chapters for ISOC. </font><br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I can also say I had a
petition campaign in 2004, and managed to get elected for a second
term thanks to the chapters! <br>
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I'd just kindly remind the people, the chapter leaders, who
support George petition to do it not (only) on this list, but to
send an email as per his description - to </font><br>
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href="mailto:petition.candidate1@elists.isoc.org"
target="_blank">petition.candidate1@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
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Note what the original email says, <br>
"Only emails from ISOC Chapter voting delegates (usually the
Chapter chair or president) will be valid for my petition, and
these emails must:
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1. come directly from the Voting Delegate via his or her
email address of record with ISOC;<br>
2. include the name of the petition supporter’s Chapter, and;<br>
3. include the name of the person whose petition is being
supported (i.e. my name)."<br>
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On 2/14/20 11:51, Steve Crocker via Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I strongly support George's petition. I have known
and worked with George for quite a few years. We overlapped on
the ISOC board during 2003-2004, and we were both heavily
involved in ICANN, including many years together on the ICANN
board. George is a thoughtful, independent and caring person.
He is deeply knowledgeable about the community, the
organizations and the issues. He stays above the political
games and doesn't take sides. When faced with
controversial issues, he analyzes and thinks through the
component pieces and then comes to ell reasoned conclusions. He
communicates well and is passionate, but he always holds his
temper in check. He is a well trained mathematician, computer
scientist and economist, and he functions well at the board
level of any organization.
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<div>Steve Crocker</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:25
PM George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates <<a
href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org"
moz-do-not-send="true">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>>
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<div>Dear Colleagues,</div>
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<div>I am writing to you as a member of the Council of the
ISOC-DC chapter and as a petitioner for the current ISOC
Board election. </div>
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<div><b><u>Background</u></b></div>
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<div>I have filed a petition to be included on the
election ballot for the ISOC Board of Trustees. My
petition is listed on the ISOC Petitions page:</div>
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<a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/</a>
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<div>My name on the Petitions page links to this page with
the information I provided and my petition mailbox
address:</div>
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<a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/George-Sadowsky/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/George-Sadowsky/</a><br>
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My petition signatures mailbox address is:</div>
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<a
href="mailto:petition.candidate1@elists.isoc.org"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">petition.candidate1@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
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<div>I have filed for the Chapters Election. I need to
receive at least nine (9) signature emails from ISOC
Chapter voting delegates by the deadline, Friday, 28
February 2020 at 15:00 UTC, so that my name will be
added to the candidate slate for the Chapters
election. Only emails from ISOC Chapter voting
delegates (usually the Chapter chair or president)
will be valid for my petition, and these emails must:</div>
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1. come directly from the Voting Delegate via his
or her email address of record with ISOC;<br>
2. include the name of the petition supporter’s
Chapter, and;<br>
3. include the name of the person whose petition is
being supported (i.e. my name).</div>
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<div>If I receive the required number of signatures from
ISOC Chapter voting delegates in support of my petition
by the deadline, we will notify you and add your name to
the slate of candidates for the Chapters election.</div>
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<div><b><u>My request to you</u></b></div>
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<div>I write to ask you to read my statement on the site
above and then, through your Chapter voting
representative, support my petition to be on the
ballot. This support, if successful, only puts my name
on the ballot; the actual voting for the Trustee
position comes later.</div>
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<div>In my view, ISOC is in a crisis, largely
self-inflicted by the manner in which it has moved to
sell PIR to Ethos Capital. This crisis could turn out
to be existential. Regardless of the outcome of the
process leading to the sale or its retraction, ISOC will
have lost significant trust of the membership and
standing in the not-for-profit community. I believe
that current crisis exists in part because the
organization has lost some degree of fundamental contact
and rapport with its membership. I am running for a
seat on the Board in order to change that as best I can.</div>
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<div>ISOC will need help in picking up the pieces and
re-establishing itself as best possible as a trusted
member of the Internet ecosystem. It has been an
important resource for the Internet ecosystem since its
conception, and it is doing valuable work in several
areas. My goal is to help it to preserve its legacy and
to continue its work as best it can. I think that it
would be a tragedy if the current crisis rendered it
isolated and/or ineffective, and I believe that I have
the history, experience and ability to help avoid that
outcome.</div>
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<div>I'm available to respond to questions that you might
have regarding my statement or other views I have.
There's more detail about me at <a
href="http://georgesadowsky.org" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">georgesadowsky.org</a>. I
will be grateful for your support.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
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<div>George Sadowsky </div>
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<div><span>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br>
<span>George Sadowsky
Residence tel: +1.301.968</span><span>.4325</span></div>
<div><span>8300 Burdette Road, Apt B-472
Mobile:
+1.202.415.1933</span><br>
<span>Bethesda MD 20817-2831 USA
Skype:
sadowsky </span><br>
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">george.sadowsky@gmail.com</a>
<a
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target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.georgesadowsky.org/</a> </span><br>
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