[chapter-delegates] Important ISOC Request
Ramon Morales
ramon at isocpr.org
Mon Feb 14 00:34:18 PST 2005
Thanks Fred,
I have sent a notice to my Chapter Board and to the Digital Divide Network
in support of the Public Warning Network System. I would only ask that the
ISOC Board pay closer attention to the chapters' development efforts since
this could be the most important avenue to maximize ISOC impact and
galvanize the broad International support our organization seeks. Without
strong and viable chapters, ISOC's work in these areas would be infinitely
more difficult. We chapters are the "feet on the street"; we face major
challenges in establishing our presence through the voluntarism and work of
many who believe as you and I do in the mission and original purpose of the
organization's founding.
I appreciate your response and wish that we continue discovering the many
ways that we can continue to make a difference. You have my support and your
proposal will require that we place our energies to build a permanent system
that we can use in the event of future tragedies. Its scope is far reaching
and provides the basis for a major contribution to the world.
My statement was aimed at saying "Something is amiss here, Fred." And I
strongly urge you and the Board to address it now and comprehensively. There
is much at stake and we have it within us to change it now. You can count on
the Internet Society of Puerto Rico and the many chapters who wish to see
ISOC grow in the thousands in their countries on the basis of our principles
of openness and our willingness to say the truth for the sole purpose of
engendering real changes.
I appreciate you taking the time to answer this email and I am certain your
leadership on these matters will make a major difference.
Warmest regards,
Ramón Morales
Chairman
Internet Society of Puerto Rico
-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Baker [mailto:fred at cisco.com]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:29 AM
To: Ramon Morales
Cc: David McAuley; Gene Gaines; Brian Carpenter;
chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
Subject: [SPAM] RE: [chapter-delegates] Important ISOC Request
I'll speak for myself. I personally am not on the chapter-delegates list,
so I didn't see the discussion. You'll ask "well why not", and the answer
is one you may not like, but for me it is very real. I receive something in
the ballpark of 600 emails a day (I have had days where the email load
topped 6000, yes, that is a four digit number), mostly having to do with my
day job, and simply cannot be on every list and track it. Brian has a
similar problem, and at this instant is in New Zealand on holiday. Rosa,
Veni, and Patrick, plus some staff including David, do indeed track the
chapter-delegates list, and bring things to our attention when they think
the board should be aware of something being discussed.
If you want general board response or involvement on something, please copy
isoc-board at isoc.org or isoc-trustees at isoc.org on the topic.
As to what ISOC has done here, from my perspective two things have
happened. Brian and I started talking about a draft soon after the event
happened, and posted a draft in the second week of January. This was an
*IETF* draft, dealing with technology. ISOC has since picked up and asked
what it can do to be involved, on the policy and education side. Eliot
Christian of USGS among others are working with us on the technology side.
What you see in this is an activity that was proposed by USGS and is being
carried out by ISOC. There is a great deal of stuff unfolding in the area,
and ISOC will be a part of it.
I would be happy to be copied on any discussion the ISOC chapters have on
the topic, as it is relevant either to technical work Brian and I are
involved with in the IETF, the technical standards pillar of ISOC, or in
the education and policy activities of ISOC more generally.
At 09:19 PM 02/13/05 -0400, Ramon Morales wrote:
>To All:
>
>If you ask for our support, you have it. If you want my opinion. Here it
is:
>
>While the discussion concerning the tsunami crisis and how to respond was
>occurring, the only board members who posted comments were the Chapter
>representatives. We did not hear from anyone on the Board. My letter to
>Lynn asking for ISOC to place an aid banner went unanswered but, not
>unheeded as I noticed that a few days later the ad was placed on the ISOC
>homepage. I, too, prefer action over just words although a few words would
>have notified us that ISOC was moving to respond to the terrible impact of
>the tsunamis and the massive loss of lives.
>
>Now we receive this item that we are being asked to endorse. Well you have
>my commitment to present it at the next Executive Council of the Internet
>Society of Puerto Rico with my full endorsement.
>
>Now does this item mean that ISOC responded to the tragedy? Does this mean
>that we did all we could to mobilize support within our means? Do the
>chapter delegates and members of those countries feel the support? Did we
>make a difference and are we now making a difference?
>
>Did our response provide any guide to action to anyone? Did our response
>increase our credibility and influence within the global internet
community?
>
>
>Independent of the merits of the system as proposed, the principal issue
>we are failing to understand is that we face a leadership crisis; a crisis
>that places us in the too little, too late, analysis-paralysis conundrum.
>
>During the exchange of emails in this space, various views were presented
>by the chapter representatives. The debate showed that we had widely
>divergent views on ISOC and what role it should play if any at all. I
>believe that we need to look around us and realize that much has changed
>since 1991-2. We cannot be focused exclusively on standards or
>interpreting the world through standards that we help set through the
>IETF. It is as if we were reaching for a magic wand or the marching band
>leader waving a baton while the band moves and marches in another
direction.
>
>My search through the Internet brought forward a world of people actively
>working to share information, provide resources and move quickly in
>response to one of the greatest human tragedies in recent memory. I
>discovered the work of Andy Carvin and the Digital Divide Network just to
>name one. Their outstanding work during and after the tsunami shows what a
>group of Internet savvy people can do when they work together and are
>motivated by the desire to make a difference. These people did not sit
>back and ponder their limitations; instead they dove in to do whatever
>they could to help at the moment and continue to do so this day.
>
>I ask myself, if I were in one of the affected countries, whose
>recommendations and whose ideas for the future would I listen to today?
>Would it be those who reached out and placed new tools and applied what
>they knew to help us?
>
>Did we, as ISOC, learn anything? Are we closer to each other and bonded
>because we can recognize with pride and respect an organization that
>stands for both long term solutions and mobilizes its resources however
>meager in timely response as events unfold?
>
>I ask myself these questions everyday. We need to come to a consensus soon
>for as we debate these items the world is shifting very rapidly. Our
>voices do not reach those whom we do not listen to; we lose influence with
>those with whom we do not connect with. It is a difficult balancing act.
>But true leaders always find a way to be present, to show up in ways that
>open up the boundless imaginations of the creative and inspire to action
>the many who are most willing to serve.
>
>With deepest respect,
>Ramón Morales
>Chairman
>Internet Society of Puerto Rico
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David McAuley [mailto:mcauley at isoc.org]
>Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 10:39 AM
>To: 'Gene Gaines'; 'Brian E Carpenter (IBM)'; 'Fred Baker'
>Cc: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
>Subject: RE: [chapter-delegates] Important ISOC Request
>
>Gene,
>
>I think this is a step in a continuum. I know that the very active
>discussion regarding the tsunami disaster has been closely followed and
>has helped inform this and, I assume, other steps that others may take. As
>for the affected countries, this call affects all countries - it is
>forward looking, embracing any emergency.
>
>This appears a positive step that was sent to the Chapters to include them
>and ask them to consider in the endorsement gathering process. It need not
>be the only action taken in this context.
>
>David
>
>David McAuley
>Membership Director
>Internet Society
>703-326-9880, ext 104
>703-963-5887 (mobile)
>mcauley at isoc.org
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gene Gaines [mailto:gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com]
>Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 5:41 PM
>To: Brian E Carpenter (IBM); Fred Baker; David McAuley
>Cc: chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
>Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Important ISOC Request
>
>Brian, David,
>
>Of course, this step was taken after consultation with ISOC members and
>ISOC chapters in the affected countries?
>
>?
>
>Gene Gaines
>gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com
>Sterling, Virginia USA
>
>On Friday, February 11, 2005, 4:18:15 PM, David wrote:
>
>
>
>
> > SUPPORT THE PUBLIC WARNING NETWORK CHALLENGE
>
> >
>
> > Dear Chapter Delegates:
>
> >
>
> > As you have seen, the entire world has been active in
> > sending relief and support to the South and Southeast Asian
> > areas so disastrously struck by the late December Tsunami.
> > Once immediate life support activities were well underway,
> > thoughts then turned to ways to minimize the impact of such
> > events in future. And that is where our community can play
> > such a vital role.
>
> >
>
> > ISOC Chapters have been actively and creatively discussing
> > ways in which the ISOC community can help in the search for
> > solutions to such natural disasters. The natural role that the
> > Internet can play in disseminating information has quickly
> > become a point of focus ? the use of the Internet to
> > instantaneously and widely spread detailed and comprehensive
> > warnings. One important effort in that respect has been
> > initiated by ISOC?s Chairman, Fred Baker, and a former ISOC
> > Chairman, Brian Carpenter, who together submitted an Internet
> > Draft for consideration to the IETF ? it is entitled
> > Structure of an International Emergency Alert System and can
> > be found at the following URL:
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-baker-alert-system-00.txt.
>
> >
>
> > Because the Internet will play a significant role in the
> > efficient distribution of these time-critical alerts, the
> > Internet Society (ISOC) has launched the 'Public Warning
> > Network Challenge' - a call for collaborative action in order
> > to make such public warning systems a reality.
>
> >
>
> > "We encourage all our members, whether corporations or
> > non-profit organisations to endorse the 'Public Warning
> > Network Challenge' by indicating how they are able to
> > collaborate on this important goal," said Lynn St.Amour,
> > President and CEO of the Internet Society. "This is an
> > excellent opportunity to show how diverse organisations and
> > entities, supported by the Internet, can work together to
> > bring the benefits of the Internet to people everywhere."
>
> >
>
> > We encourage you to disseminate this information to your
> > members and to alert other organizations which you know and
> > which may have a particular interest in this area.
>
> >
>
> > We invite endorsements from organizations across the
> > world. Your help is needed now. For more information, see:
> > http://www.isoc.org/challenge/index.php
>
> >
>
> > Best regards,
>
> >
>
> > David McAuley
>
> > Membership Director
>
> > Internet Society
>
> > 703-326-9880, ext 104
>
> > 703-963-5887 (mobile)
>
> > mcauley at isoc.org
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>--
>
>
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