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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi.<br>
Thanks for the response. Some comments below.</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/18/21 13:09, Andrew Sullivan via
Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20210518170919.pcl5aipotmq3xxo5@outlook.office365.com">Hi,
<br>
<br>
On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:45:16AM -0400, Veni Markovski wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Andrew,
<br>
I tried to find a link from the ISOC main page to the open
letter, but I
<br>
couldn't
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
It appears an internal step for these kinds of interventions got
missed, and the link didn't get added to the front page. It's
been fixed now. That said, any communication with any particular
government is unlikely to dominate our main web page, since it
would be by definition interesting only to part of our global
communiity.</blockquote>
<br>
May be a separate page, where such communication is being kept?
Attempts by governments around the world to control the Internet,
and the reaction against that by ISOC (regional/chapters/etc.) is
always good for other regions. <br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20210518170919.pcl5aipotmq3xxo5@outlook.office365.com">
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">the government of Canada, but your name is
not among the people, who
<br>
have signed it? How is ISOC writing to the government, without
the
<br>
signature from the President&CEO?
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Our Regional Vice President for the region (in this case, NA)
signed it. That's how we normally do these.</blockquote>
<br>
Ah, OK, good to know that they sign on behalf of the organization. <br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20210518170919.pcl5aipotmq3xxo5@outlook.office365.com">
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">In any case, this is a detail, but I
wanted to ask if that means ISOC
<br>
would be willing to support other such efforts in situations,
where a
<br>
separate country may face some issues, related to the Internet?
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
In this particular case, it's a direct attack on the critical
properties of the Internet, as outlined in the Internet Way of
Networking materials
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/">https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/</a>).
We likely can't do this in every country, of course, because we
don't really have the resources to monitor everything that is
happening everywhere. <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Well, that's where you can count on the chapters to let you know -
else, some people may think that Canada has a special importance
(similar to what Bulgaria has for me;-).<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20210518170919.pcl5aipotmq3xxo5@outlook.office365.com">
We are better able to do it in places where we have active local
chapters and various partners who are leading the way in such
activities (as can be seen in this case, for instance). <br>
</blockquote>
<br>
Indeed. Perhaps this conversation, in the delegates' list, could
trigger other chapters to be also more engaged and active, if they
know they can count on ISOC's shoulder if they are in need of
support. <br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20210518170919.pcl5aipotmq3xxo5@outlook.office365.com"><br>
<blockquote type="cite">remember few years ago, when we had an
issue with the Internet
<br>
regulation in Bulgaria,
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I'm not sure I can comment on that case. Do you remember when it
was and what the context was?
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
This was way back, and we got support by Vint Cerf and Don Heath
(then President & CEO); the intervention helped us a lot;
today's ISOC is quite different. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20210518170919.pcl5aipotmq3xxo5@outlook.office365.com">
<br>
Best regards,
<br>
<br>
A
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