[chapter-delegates] ISOC Membership

[Philippe Le Roux]

I'll had that if there's not developing country, there's not ISOC pertinence.

At 13:09 2005-03-09, Richard StClair wrote:
>Here are the views of the Pacific Region.
>
>1)      ISOC has been loudly making the claim that the Internet [ISOC] is 
>for Everyone. Free membership is what originally helped launch that 
>campaign globally.
>
>2)      Dividing members into *greater* members and *lesser* members is 
>wrong .
>
>3)      The amount of the fee is not important. For almost everyone in 3rd 
>world countries, there would be no mechanism to pay a fee even if it was 
>only ten cents.
>
>4)      The only real reason for the average individual in a developing 
>country to join ISOC is to have a voice (that means being able to vote on 
>ISOC issues that effect Internet users). Without that, there is no reason 
>to be associated with ISOC at all.
>
>5)      It then follows that if the developing world has no vote, then 
>ISOC will have no developing world participation or input.
>
>--
>Regards,
>Richard St Clair,
>Co-Founder & Internet Evangelist,
>Internet Users Society Niue, APTLD Board Member
>--------------------------------------------
>stclair at niue.nu www.niue.nu Fax 683-4624
>Niue Island, South Pacific 169 West 19 South
>--------------------------------------------
>IT Policy: "Leave the geeks alone and everything will be fine".
>
>

*PLR!

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Philippe Le Roux
Analyste Internet
Associé
V(DL)2 Inc.