[chapter-delegates] Position of ISOC Italy on Veni Markovski's petition

[Veni Markovski]

Dear Erkki,

Whatever the outcome of the elections, this shold 
not be a question of life and death.
 From the many discussions on this and other 
mailing lists, I've learnt a lot of things, have 
found where I am wrong, and where I wam right, 
and I hope that I will be able to contribute 
more, regardless of my position in or out of ISOC HQ.

I'd like also to hear more abou what you and 
ISOC-FI do. IETF participation is really great, 
and I respect you now quite high because of that 
- perhaps also because I've never been active on 
the engineering part of the Internet.

What ISOC-Bulgaria has on the agenda in the next 
24 months are projects on Internet Governance, on 
Free and Open Source Software - www.FOSS.bg, on 
using IT in social security in the underdeveloped 
regions in Bulgaria (there are such with 50%+ 
unemployment), on freedom of speech 
(www.bg.bigbrotherawards.org), on combating 
cyber-crime (www.cybersecuritycooperation.org), 
and on Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/bg/).
We have 3 staff people, who are doing great job - 
some of you have already met Ms. Dessi Pefeva or 
Ms. Julia Velkova this year; most recently at the 
Creative Commons summit in Boston, where Desire 
Miloshevic of ISOC-UK was also present 
(http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/5488).

If you ever need information from our part of the 
world on these and any IT-related subject, 
please, do not hesitate to contact me - I'd be happy to help!


Sincerely,
Veni

At 06:35 28-06-05  +0300, you wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>The membership of ISOC Finland cast a total of 
>13 votes. These were divided among the 
>candidates 4-5-4. For obvious reasons, there had 
>been no (public) discussion on the merits or 
>integrity of any of the candidates.
>
>In light of also the recent discussion on this 
>list, I see no point in my participation in this 
>activity. Nevertheless, I'll continue to work 
>within the IETF and other standards related 
>communities on technical issues of interest.
>
>All the best for your endeavours.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Erkki I. Kolehmainen
>Tilkankatu 12 A 3, 00300 Helsinki, Finland
>(09) 4368 2643, 0400 825 943; Int'l: +358 - 9 4368 2643 / 400 825 943
>
>----- AlkuperДinen viesti -----
>LДhettДjД: "Tommi Karttaavi" <tommi.karttaavi at iki.fi>
>Vastaanottaja: <chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
>LДhetetty: 7. toukokuuta 2005 22:04
>Aihe: Re: [chapter-delegates] Position of ISOC 
>Italy on Veni Markovski's petition
>
>
> > Veni, All,
> >
> > Veni Markovski wrote:
> > > This was the time when ISOC Finland decided that it will not support
> > > */the petition /*(please, note the difference between support of
> > > petition and support during the actual elections!). I hope that in the
> > > interest of the fair elections, you will give me a chance in the
> > > election campaign:)
> >
> > You are right. The decision not to support your petition was made by the
> > board of ISOC Finland on the grounds that we (the board members) were
> > unanimous about the need for geographical diversity among the _chapter_
> > representatives in the BoT.
> >
> > The election, however, is a whole different ball game. Our vote will not
> > be decided by the board, but by the members of ISOC Finland.
> >
> > I feel it is my responsibility as the chapter president to point out
> > this distinction. Other than that, I have no wish to pursue this line of
> > discussion any further, unless it is to find a solution to the above
> > mentioned problem.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Tommi