[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Board next meeting -- NET NEUTRALITY

[Mike Todd]

Marie,

ISOC's Chapter Delegates and representatives should be among the greatest 
resources for everything from the history to current developments on the 
Internet.

How about we work up a plan for recognizing volunteers, a committee to 
accept all sorts of inputs, and a mechanism for summarizing and reporting 
back to the larger group to both produce the documentation and energize more 
participation?

I know our ISOC-LA group is certainly interested as well as willing to 
participate in ways that are productive...

Mike Todd
President, Mike Todd Associates - www.MikeTodd.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <delahaut.marie-anne at wallonie-isoc.org>
To: "'isoc Delegates Chapter'" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>; 
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Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 6:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC Board next meeting -- NET NEUTRALITY


> This is interesting. We talked about Net neutrality during the Destree
> Institute conference about "Foresight of the Internet" in 2005,
> www.wallonie-en-ligne.net/2005_Prospective-Internet/Strands-of-thinking.htm.
>
> An important point to begin this debate could be to build and then to
> publish, with the help of the chapters, a multilingual glossary about
> various definitions and concepts related to the Internet, ICTs and 
> Internet
> governance.
>
> We began to do it with our chapter in 2000 about the history of the 
> Internet
> but it needs time and a team to go on.
> Parts of such "glossaries" certainly exist in many languages, maybe we 
> could
> also try to gather them.
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Marie-Anne Delahaut
> president, ISOC Belgium - Wallonia
> ___________________________________________
> Marie-Anne Delahaut * delahaut.marie-anne at wallonie-isoc.org
> directrice de recherche et responsable du Pôle Information
> director of research and head of the Information Unit
> Institut Jules-Destrée * the Destree Institute
> Namur, Région Wallonie * www.Wallonie-en-ligne.net/
> Internet Society Wallonie * www.Wallonie-ISOC.org/
> Tél. : +32(0)81.26.10.12. - Fax : +32(0)81.22.64.11.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
> [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Michael R
> Nelson
> Sent: mardi 16 mai 2006 14:51
> To: isoc Delegates Chapter; chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org;
> fred at cisco.com; shears at isoc.org; Steve Crocker
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC Board next meeting -- NET NEUTRALITY
>
>
> I see several problems with focusing just on "Net neutrality." First off,
> the term is much more popular in the US than elsewhere. Second, the term 
> is
> defined in at least four different ways. Third, when you use the phrase 
> "Net
> neutrality," the debate automatically turns to the question of whether
> regulation is needed to specify the architecture and interconnection rules
> for the Internet.
>
> I believe it's far more important to ensure "Network choice" and foster
> competition. If there is vigorous competition between ISPs, telcos, and
> cable companies, then Net neutrality will be the market result (and
> legislation won't be needed).
>
> I'd rather see ISOC write a paper or take a position on "Telecom
> Competition: Ensuring Net Neutrality and Network Choice"
>
> That also puts more focus on user needs (rather than the needs of Google,
> Yahoo, and other content creators).
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> +++++++++++++++
>
> Michael R. Nelson
> Director, Internet Technology and Strategy
> IBM Corporation
> and
> Vice President, Policy
> Internet Society
> 1301 K St., N.W., Suite 1200
> Washington, DC 20005
> 202-515-5137
> cell 703-598-5187
> mrn at us.ibm.com
>
>
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