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

[Veni Markovski]

At 14:15 29-04-05  +0200, Vittorio Bertola wrote:
>While we entirely support the work of the Nominating
>Committee, we think that, given the situation, it would be better to let
>Veni be subject again to the vote of his constituents, so that they can
>approve or reject his plan of action.

Vittorio,
I thanked you in a private message, but in the general forum, I'd say that 
actually I was running under petition once - in 2005, and there's nothing 
bad in that.

>At the same time, we remark that the present discussions are severely
>damaging the public image and the internal cohesion of ISOC, and we
>encourage all parties to work to reduce such damage and to ensure that
>all points of view in the ISOC community find a way to be properly
>represented and taken into account.

May I ask you exactly what you mean by that?
Which discussions do you have in mind? Why do you think that a discussion 
within ISOC's chapters' list will damage the image of ISOC? You have seen 
the discussion on the governance mailing list, where people who know ISOC 
from the inside speak. Will you also ask them to stop speaking?
Vittorio, if we have a problem, we need to face it, not to hide it under 
the carpet. Problems under the carpet happen to come at the most 
inappropriate time, when we are not ready.
In a constructive discussion we will be able to define the problems, and 
look together for a solution.

All people on this list are friends and colleagues. We all have the same 
goal - to make sure the Internet is being developed in a free, open and 
democratic way. We surely don't want to stop this discussion, do we?

best,
veni