[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: User Centric Internet

[Anne Lord]

Dear colleagues,

[apologies for any duplicates]

The email below was sent to ISOC's Public Policy mailing list. It is  
being forwarded to this list to reach chapter delegates not on the  
Public Policy mailing list.  ISOC is seeking feedback on the User  
Centric Internet document at the URL below.

Best wishes,

Anne
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> From: Matthew Shears [mailto:shears at isoc.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:32 PM
> To: 'ISOC PP'
> Subject: User Centric Internet
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> Dear members,
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> We have posted the first piece of the User Centric Internet work  
> program, which is a major focus for 2007 and beyond.  The purpose  
> of the UCI work is to:
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> “….reassert, in debates and discussions related to the future of  
> the Internet, the importance of the design values and fundamental  
> principles that have underpinned the Internet's success.  The  
> Internet Society believes that principles such as openness, user  
> choice and control, edge based intelligence, etc., are central to a  
> thriving Internet and, we believe, will be so for the foreseeable  
> future. In focusing on user-centricity the Internet Society is  
> seeking to ensure that the primacy of the user is not forgotten  
> when it comes to new architectures, commercial offerings and policy  
> making.”  (From the UCI page on the ISOC site).
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> The UCI page is at  http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/focus/ 
> usercentric.shtml.  We have provided a link on the page for  
> comments and feedback on the paper and the evolving work program,  
> and will be increasing the interactivity of the UCI page as we go  
> forward.  We can of course use this list for discussion as well.
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> I would also very much appreciate your thoughts on some of the next  
> steps, such as:
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> * Further exploration of the critical design values that underpin a  
> thriving Internet
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> * Further exploration of the fundamental principles central to user- 
> centricity
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> * The importance of open standards and open standards processes to UCI
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> * Innovation and UCI, etc.
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> I would also welcome a discussion on what constitute the most  
> important design values-based principles to the future of the  
> Internet and user-centricity.   We will likely distribute a survey  
> on this and UCI more generally to the membership, but some initial  
> thinking would be very welcome.
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> Finally, pointers to other organizations that embrace user- 
> centricity and the fundamental principles that underpin the  
> Internet would be extremely useful - for example, while  
> specifically focused on Network Neutrality, this policy brief  
> captures many of the Internet fundamentals: http://www.cdt.org/ 
> publications/policyposts/2007/1.
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> Many thanks!
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> Best regards,
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> Matthew
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> Matthew Shears
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> Director of Public Policy
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> Internet Society
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> + 45 30 71 74 10
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> shears at isoc.org
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> www.isoc.org
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