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It is a Charity that funds projects all around the world. <br>
Of course, unlikely to be fully concerned with this. As I said it's
a voluntary thing. The Internet has an enormous impact on modern
slavery and trafficking. An estimated 50 million people are living
in situations of modern slavery. Compare this to 5-10 million under
Roman Times and a peak of 10 million slaves in US slavery -- this is
not a small, fringe problem.<br>
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As I said, it's a voluntary thing. Just like some organisations have
an explicit non-discrimination policy in relation to gender as well
as disability issues.<br>
Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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I am at a loss to understand what purpose would be served by
Internet Society having a modern slavery statement? How does
any form of slavery have a connection to the Internet Society?
Slavery seems pretty far outside the ambit of the Society -
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at
7:46 AM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Chapter-delegates <<a
href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>>
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<div> Dear Andrew,<br>
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please find my comments inline:<br>
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<div>On 16/03/2024 14:51, Andrew Sullivan via
Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 12:41:35PM
+0000, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">note that the link on
<a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/governance-policies/</a>
is wrong as it points to the Board and Officer Code of
Ethics. <br>
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Hmm, that seems to be an error. It's weird since that's
the page I used to get to it, so there's something
inconsistent somewhere. We'll fix, thanks for catching
this. <br>
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Thanks - that's fixed now.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Are there plans to make the
strategic plan public? <br>
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Yes; as I said in my previous message, there is a
communications plan, already shared with the board, for
how this will be rolled out. Look for more details in the
coming weeks. <br>
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I fail to understand how there should be a difference
between what is presented to the Board of Trustees and what
is communicated to the general public, unless there is a
significant difference between the two, which makes me
really nervous.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">What are your plans for
transparency in the way the Board operates? <br>
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I don't understand what this question is about. I should
note, first of all, that _my_ plans for how the board
operates aren't terribly interesting, since I don't get to
make those rules. The operation of the board is governed
by our bylaws and by the board policies, and those are all
determined by the board itself. But our board meets in
the open except when certain items need to be handled in
execitive session, its meetings are recorded and published
on the web, and so forth. I am not entirely sure what it
is you are asking for. <br>
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You are right. This is a matter of the Board Chair and not
CEO. I shall take this topic up with the Board.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Most of the documents you are
referring to appear to point in the other direction. <br>
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Again, I don't understand this, but I also think that you
may be addressing the wrong person. If your concern is
board policies, you really need to take that up with the
board. I think I have suggested this point to you already
within the last month. <br>
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Yes my apologies - I shall ask the Board. The discussion has
drifted outside your scope.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Incidentally, does the Internet
Society have a Modern Slavery Statement? <br>
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I am at a loss as to why we might, but perhaps you could
elucidate. <br>
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I realise this is a mandatory UK thing but the UK is also
trying to propose this as "good practice", a statement that
alerts the Charity's interlocutors that it is sensitive to
this important topic.<br>
For more information, see:
<a
href="https://www.ncvo.org.uk/help-and-guidance/running-a-charity/legal-requirements/modern-slavery-statements/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.ncvo.org.uk/help-and-guidance/running-a-charity/legal-requirements/modern-slavery-statements/</a><br>
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Many organisations do this on a voluntary basis. I propose
that the Board of Trustees looks into this and decides
whether they'd be interested in promoting good practice,
especially given the international dimension of the Internet
Society.<br>
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Kindest regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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