[chapter-delegates] Patent on IPv6

[David McAuley]

Veni, I have a different view on ISOC and what the chapters may or may not
say from what I saw in your mail with Franck recently. I do recognize the
point you are making but want to make clear my view on this for others. I
think we all recognize that chapters have agreed to abide by ISOC's mission,
goals and principles. Assuming they adhere to these we really have no
control over who says what in their own capacity - nor would we want that.

What I was concerned with last year was the use of the ISOC newsletter to
announce an initiative against another member. We struggle with the
newsletter now in an attempt to be comprehensive yet not so long as to turn
people off from reading through it. We are looking at alternatives to
alleviate the length issue.  

It seems sensible to use the ISOC news vehicle for passing on information
relative to what ISOC is doing, what chapters are doing, upcoming events and
more along these lines. We do not want it to become a vehicle for
publicizing legal arguments by chapter officers against other members absent
some generally compelling newsworthiness to the matter. And I should note
that we initiated this discussion - we were not prompted to do so by
Microsoft.

Best regards,
David

David McAuley
Membership Director
Internet Society
703-326-9880, ext 104
703-963-5887 (mobile)
mcauley at isoc.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Veni Markovski [mailto:veni at veni.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:42 PM
To: Franck Martin; chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Patent on IPv6

Franck,
ISOC can not take a position, where the issue concerns one of its org 
members. Whether it was a registered NGO or not, that would not change the 
situation.

And be aware, as chapters are also not supposed to make statements which 
may be considered as not proper, if they are aimed against any of the ISOC 
org members.

I have experienced this last year, when Microsoft approached ISOC in Reston 
to ask them how dare we sue them in Bulgaria at the Fair Trade Commission. 
Actually, under our laws, this is not a case, but a signal, which I sent - 
together with two members of the Parliament.

It's not easy to work in your own country, if the HQ have broader spectrum 
of interests than your chapter:)

veni

At 12:37 24-03-05  +1200, Franck Martin wrote:
>http://www.eweek.com/print_article2/0,2533,a=148304,00.asp
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>I think the above story illustrate why ISOC should be a registered NGO 
>with the WTO and WIPO.
>
>Cheers
>
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>franck at sopac.org
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