[chapter-delegates] Congrats to Gene and Marty

[Gene Gaines]

Veni, Ramon,

I am going to say a few things in response to your emails
(below). I do not ask for responses to this email; I think
it is best if there are no replies, unless you wish to reject
what I say.

Veni, Ramon, others, thank you for the messages below, but you
do not need to thank me.

I received my thanks when so many chapters sent in emails, video
clips, photos, pouring out their feelings in such heartfelt ways
to express their thanks to Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn.

I will receive my reward when:

(a) Chapters have mounted substantial cooperative projects
      of benefit to chapters and members.
(b) Chapters have learned to cooperate with and place trust
      in ISOC Hq.
(c) ISOC Hq. has learned to cooperate with and place trust in
      chapters.
(d) The ISOC Board of Trustees has learned not to turn their
      backs on membership and chapters, has learned that they
      are seen as doing so, and understands that ISOC
      membership and chapters will be aggressive in driving
      (or driving out) the Board of Trustees until this
      change is made.  The IETF is vital. Of course. Chapters
      and worldwide active members are also vital.
(e) We all have achieved a full degree of openness and
    transparency that must be present for ISOC to do its job,
    I see progress in that direction; there needs to be more.

We -- every one of us -- needs to do a better job of actively
supporting ISOC.

I believe ISOC is needed.

ISOC, and the brilliant concepts underlying ISOC are of supreme
importance to the world, and I hope will continue to be that
important for some time into the future.

I will continue kicking and yelling and doing what constructive
work I can (such as the Appreciation Evening for Vint and Bob)
until I see that ISOC chapters are building strong momentum.

ISOC has an enormous role to play. Given the continuing blinding
rate of development, growth, reach of the Internet, in relative
terms ISOC is falling behind. If we (ISOC) do not learn to move
ahead with sufficient speed to take some leadership, then we are
losing ground every day. Given the general financial
difficulties of the last five years, perhaps it is
understandable, but it is time to get going again.

I apologize for such confrontational statements.

Why am I so vocal at this moment?

Because I have read and thought about the "Announcing ISOC"
written by Vint Cerf, Bob Kahn and Lyman Chapin dated 1992.

I strongly recommend you read that document, particularly
if you do not remember its words well.  It is posted on the
DCISOC chapter web site:   www.dcisoc.org/Announcing_ISOC.pdf

Thank you Lynn St. Amour, for digging out this document and
sending it to us to have available at the Appreciation Evening
for Vint and Bob.  It is a remarkable document.  If I had read
it in early 1992, I would have attempted to sign up for ISOC
the next day.

Gene
gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com
Sterling, Virginia USA


On Thursday, May 12, 2005, 2:00:29 PM, veni wrote:

> Ramon,
> this is not fair!
> I don't agree with you!

> Please, read below comments!

> At 10:24 12-05-2005 -0400, Ramon Morales wrote:
>>All,
>>I wish to express my deepest gratitude to Gene Gaines and Marty Burach for
>>making for organizing such a terrific event in honor of Vint and Bob and for
>>having the foresight to create access to the chapters to participate in this
>>event. The conference call bridge was a brilliant idea as well as reading
>>the chapters' emails during the evening.
>>
>>When I joined the conference call, I was able to catch most of Lynn's
>>statement which were heartfelt and delivered beautifully, setting the tone
>>and temper for the evening.
>>
>>I stayed on-line for about 30 minutes and the spirit of the event came
>>through loud and clear. It was as much celebratory as it was highly
>>educational. I learned things that only through oral anecdotal expressions
>>from those that lived this history could we come to know.
>>
>>I want to encourage the chapters to take the example of DCISOC and to create
>>more opportunities of the type that Gene, Marty, Andreu and others are doing
>>to show that we at the global and at the chapter level have the commitment
>>to the dream of Bob and Vint.  We are going against the grain of
>>divisiveness and indifference in our respective countries to re affirm our
>>passion for an ISOC worthy of the goals and aspirations set by our Founding
>>Fathers 13 years ago.
>>
>>Every act such as this one brings us closer and makes us more effective in
>>bringing these dreams to become living truths in our world.
>>
>>Warmest regards
>>Ramon Morales
>>Internet Society of Puerto Rico

> I think this should not be signed by you!
> That's my disagreement! I want to sign this statement, too, and I guess all
> chapters would like that, too!

> Congratulations again to DCISOC and to all chapters who sent their greetings!

> After all.... if it wasn't for Vint and Bob, we wouldn't be here, on this
> mailing list, today;)

> v. 



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