[Chapter-delegates] Proposed law to ban Skype in Russia?

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello Leslie,

It is good to see ISOC taking an active part in the RANS meeting as also in
several other meetings and events around the world. On this issue Alejandro
wrote

"what do we need as chapters? In thisinstance, I think it is the discussion
itself, plus documentd cases and reading and rallying materials, in local
language or at least in nCyrillic alphapet languages, that our colleagues in
each country can use to intervene intelligently in public-policy
discussionns in-country."

ISOC does intelligently intervene in public policy discussions, but I notice
a set pattern that it adopts worldwide in its efforts to help shape public
policy. In Europe, in United States, in countries such as Australia, a
certain approach- that of participting in public policy forums or
conferences, would help contribute to the local public policy. In certain
other countries, policy changes happen in complete disregard of public
debates or discussions in a conference. So what would consitute an effective
measure to contribute to the policy making process of the European
Parliamentary process may be completely be an ineffective method in certain
other regions. What may be required in such situations is a different form
of involvement, a different sytle of diplomay and a completely different
approach.  Perhaps a meeting with the Leaders, perhaps a meeting with the
Business Leaders, or a meeting with the leading journalists of the local
press..  ISOC may have to think of strategies to suit regions in addition to
standard efforts to take part in conferences and meetings.


Sivasubramanian Muthusamy


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Leslie Daigle <daigle at isoc.org> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> A brief word about our involvement in the upcoming RANS meeting in Russia:
>  yes, we are sponsoring the event, and intending to take an active role in
> the agenda.   We are doing this very much *because* we would like the
> opportunity to communicate the open Internet model in Russia.
>
> In terms of actual contributions --  Lynn will have a prepared message for
> the opening of the event, and Standards & Technology's John Schnizlein may
> wind up reading it out to the opening plenary.  Apart from that, we have
> offered a talk on DNSSEC/DNS Security (John's area of focus), and are having
> troubles getting confirmation that it will be part of the main conference
> agenda.  Additionally, since our level of sponsorship allows for a booth at
> the conference, we are sending along some basic background materials (as we
> did to the ITU WTPF meeting) -- now translated into Russian, as well as the
> other UN languages.
>
> So -- that's our current plan.  Comments and help welcome :-)
>
> Leslie.
>
> On Aug 15, 2009, at 5:03 AM, Marcin Cieslak wrote:
>
>  Fred Baker wrote:
>>
>>> Per Google Translation:
>>>
>>> So - some operators are worried about their monopoly stranglehold, and
>>> users are worried.
>>>
>>> Not sure what your question is. What would you like to see said and/or
>>> done, and by whom?
>>>
>>
>> First, I think it is good to know, since we don't have a chapter there.
>>
>> I heard that ISOC will be present on an upcoming conference in Moscow
>> and I think we might want to present our position there and probably to
>> gain some ground to carry out ISOC's mission in Russia.
>>
>> Besides that I think this case is worth watching since I can imagine
>> there are many other countries following the same pattern, for example
>> ex-Soviet countries in Central Asia, where there is still one
>> telecommunications company and some people hardly imagine that one might
>> need more than one.
>>
>> --
>>             << Marcin Cieslak // saper at saper.info >>
>>
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