[chapter-delegates] Re: [pignet] Subject: New Expanded membership program

[Jacek Gajewski]

Lynn,

Lynn St.Amour wrote:

> No, I said it is "no better than a DOS attack" as it does not seem 
> intended to support a constructive discussion but rather seems 
> designed only to fill my mailbox - which will only get in the way of 
> having a discussion.  A letter from the PICISOC Chapter President 
> stating the chapter's concerns would have had the same effect and, in 
> my personal opinion, would have been more effective.



> I understand your concern that if your mailbox is filled with 
> thousends of  protest letters, your ability to perform  normal  mail 
> exchange will be limited.  May be, the ISOQ HQ admin should set up for 
> you a special account, where the ISOC member can send those protest 
> mails. And then you can analyze them separately.


In  1989 I was organizing a campaign to collect signatures of Polish 
scientist and students on a petition to Presiden Bush, to lift the COCOM 
restrictions, which didn't allow (post-)comunist countries to join  to 
the net (BITNET at that time). And a signal from the White House/Capitol 
was crystal clear - you have to collect 10.000 signatures to be 
effective. They didn't said that it will be 'DOS attack' on White House, 
they found it a normal (for US type of democracy) way of expressing 
peoples will.

Since the letters sent by chapter delegates seem to have no desired 
effect on ISOC HQ  [we would expect at least the suspension of 
introduction of new system, if not the apologies or at least a clear 
statement that this issue will be re-considered at next BoT meeting], 
then in my opinion we have no other way to make clear how much we are 
dissapointed than to organize a massive protest action, in a style which 
is characteristic for US style of democracy.

Best Regards,
Jacek Gajewski
ISOC-PL