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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-IN link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>+1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Diversity should be given priority if we want ISOC to be truly inclusive. For example, there seems to be no representation from Asia Pacific a huge and diverse region in terms of geography, culture, economies and development.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Amrita<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John More via Chapter-delegates<br><b>Sent:</b> 10 September 2020 20:31<br><b>To:</b> Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com><br><b>Cc:</b> ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org>; Dave Burstein <daveb@dslprime.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] Unfortunately, the Internet Impact Toolkit is unsound<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>+1. As always.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>John<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sep 10, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Thanks for the URL, Gonzalo.<br>An interesting observation - out of the four non-US Trustees, 3 are elected by the chapters (the fourth one is actually you;).<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>This is a sign that the chapters are not only vital part of ISOC, but also a part, which pays attention to diversity - not only in geography, but also in culture, views, ideas, etc.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>Perhaps people, who are critical of the chapters, could look at the numbers and think again if their criticism is not misguided:-) <span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>v/<br style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>On 9/10/20 02:23, Gonzalo Camarillo via Chapter-delegates wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>for the record, we wrote the following blog post back in July about building a strong diverse Board:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/07/building-a-diverse-and-strong-internet-society-board-of-trustees/">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2020/07/building-a-diverse-and-strong-internet-society-board-of-trustees/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gonzalo<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Mike Godwin<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:mnemonic@gmail.com"><mnemonic@gmail.com></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Wednesday, September 9, 2020 20:01<br><b>To:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Dave Burstein<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:daveb@dslprime.com"><daveb@dslprime.com></a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>ISOC Chapter Delegates<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org"><chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org></a>; Andrew Sullivan<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="mailto:sullivan@isoc.org"><sullivan@isoc.org></a>; Gonzalo Camarillo<a href="mailto:gonzalo.camarillo@ericsson.com"><gonzalo.camarillo@ericsson.com></a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Unfortunately, the Internet Impact Toolkit is unsound<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 12:30 PM Dave Burstein via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>9 of 13 of our Board are from the U.S., as are many of our senior staff. To be effective, we should clearly take positions that benefit Internet users around the world. We must be very careful not to take positions that protect U.S. giant companies.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>FWIW, although I'm from the U.S. I don't consider myself to be a defender of "U.S. giant companies." Most of my writings over the last several years have articulated criticisms of those companies, whose flaws I know best. (You'll find very little from me that's critical of, say, Alibaba or Tencent, two companies I've hardly studied at all. For the record, I favor small companies that as market entrants (take Zoom, for example) manage to compete strongly against the incumbents--because it's not just great for them but also good for the incumbents when there's competition.)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mike<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS):<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login">https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>View the Internet Society Code of Conduct: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/">https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br style='caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Veni<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><a href="https://www.veni.com/">https://www.veni.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>pgp:5BA1366E <a href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>The opinions expressed above are those of the <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>author, not of any organizations, associated <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>with or related to him in any given way. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed<br>to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS):<br></span><a href="https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>https://admin.internetsociety.org/622619/User/Login</span></a><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'><br>View the Internet Society Code of Conduct:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>