[chapter-delegates] Cerf/Kahn evening

[Martin Burack]

Gene Gaines spent a good bit of time getting all the emails into a 
consistent format and then printing out two set which were presented to Bob 
and Vint at the event.  It would be "icing on the cake" if ISOC could take 
another pair of sets (that Gene can provide electronically for printing, or 
in final form) and put them into classy binders with front and spine 
covers, and pockets for CDs that we will have of the video of the 
program.  That way, Bob and Vint would have a nicer looking remembrance 
than what we were able to give him.

The electronic versions Gene can give you could also be posted on the ISOC 
web site.  We expect Booz-Allen to put a streaming video version of the 
event on their web site.  I don't know how long they'll keep it there.  So, 
ISOC might want to consider doing the same on its web site.

Any help in making copies of the CD master for re-distribution to the 
chapters would also be appreciated.

Regards,

Marty

p.s I don't know if you could hear the murmurs of appreciation in our 
audience when the crowd realized that you had called in at 3:30 a.m., your 
time.  I know you couldn't see most of them suddenly sit up a little 
straighter.  Thanks again.


At 09:02 PM 5/10/2005, Lynn St.Amour wrote:
>Alejandro,
>
>what a wonderful note.  And I will of course be happy to help in anyway I 
>can personally and/or through ISOC.
>
>Warm regards,
>Lynn
>
>At 11:49 AM -0500 5/10/05, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>on behalf of ISOC Mexico I respectfully submit the text that follows. It
>>seems reasonable to ask Lynn to help collect these texts and deliver them
>>to Vint and Bob, and to the ACM leadership. And I guess more than one
>>among us in the chapters is ready to assist in editing that collection,
>>and eager to point to it once it is online in the ISOC webpage, from our
>>own.
>>
>>Here goes the text:
>>
>>A note from ISOC Mexico on the occasion of the ACM Awards for Vinton Cerf 
>>and Robert Kahn
>>
>>
>>Alejandro Pisanty
>>
>>
>>Vint, Bob,
>>
>>may I be so bold as to presume that you'll be reading or hearing this note.
>>
>>The last few years have given me occasion to see some of the workings of 
>>the system you so much contributed to create, and on some brilliant 
>>opportunities, to actually watch you closely at work in it and for it. 
>>It's been a privilege.
>>
>>Some years ago I realized that my first contact with what would become 
>>the Internet occurred in 1979. At the time I was spending a summer in 
>>Bloomington, Indiana, in a workshop on quantum-chemical computational 
>>methods. Coming from a punched-card-and-teletype environment, it was 
>>quite astounding for me (and for a few other participants) to see that we 
>>were using computers in Livermore, and that colleagues from Lafayette 
>>were able to bring their data files over the network to process during 
>>the workshop. Little did we know then what this whole thing, supported on 
>>the ARPANet, would become.
>>
>>I did get one prediction right at the time; on seeing something called 
>>the Texas Instrument Silent 700, a small, thermal-paper-and-no-screen 
>>teletype with two bulky rubber pieces to join it to a telephone handset 
>>and connect to a computer through phone lines and chirping sounds, and 
>>learning that the colleague with it could actually loan one out of her 
>>university and take it home, I said "this thing can ruin your family life 
>>forever even if you live alone!" Proof of the prediction is that I am 
>>writing and sending this note close to midnight, from home where my wife, 
>>recovering from an illness, has fallen asleep.
>>
>>The Internet has done so much for us in my environment - empowered 
>>millions of people, let businesses thrive, friendhips grow, expanded 
>>opportunities of access to knowledge and human contact all over the 
>>world, contribute to a global effort in organizations such as ICANN, 
>>ISOC, WGIG; moved young and old from confined, deprived environments to 
>>membership in global communities, in Castells's "space of flows," created 
>>true citizens of the world.
>>
>>Yes, also challenged us with spam, cheats, threats, spurred us to improve 
>>our security work and our systems understanding, with new forms of 
>>transnational domination and new forms to beat it when unfair. And 
>>challenged us to make our locally developed language, insights, and 
>>experiences to bear globally, by force of reason, of listening and 
>>understanding; challenged us to profoundly admit what we don't 
>>understand, and learn from others; to manage conflict, differences in 
>>outlook - literally of Weltanschauung -  and still to obtain and add 
>>value in our interactions.
>>
>>We are not only talking to you two about the original inventions and 
>>contributions that sparked so much of this. It is also to the building of 
>>mechanisms, organizations, institutions, of the ability to continously 
>>evolve, and your profound sense of stewardship that we make a reasoned 
>>but also a deeply heartfelt tribute. The many that made this a collective 
>>effort will start being recognized at higher levels thanks to this 
>>breakthrough evening.
>>
>>
>>.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>>      Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
>>Director General de Servicios de Computo Academico
>>UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
>>Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
>>Tel. (+52-55) 5622-8541, 5622-8542 Fax 5622-8540
>>http://www.dgsca.unam.mx
>>*
>>---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, www.isoc.org
>>  Participa en ICANN, www.icann.org
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