[Chapter-delegates] OneWebDay 2009 - tomorrow 22 September

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Dear Sabrina,

thanks for this reminder.

Can someone among the Chapter Delegates kindly explain to me why we 
support OneWebDay while it circulates a "pledge against the digital 
divide" that contains wording which is directly hostile to ISOC, the IETF, 
and other organizations ISOC supports?

I quote: "Right now, governments, corporate entities and technical elites 
decide the fate of the most powerful, inclusive communications platform 
ever created. They're making decisions about who will have access, at what 
speeds, and at what price. They're deciding how to invest in training and 
education in 21st century communications."

What end is served by this conspiracy-theory-like language? Do we agree to 
have "technical elites" conflated with "governments and corporate 
entities" and lumped into one?

Words of enlightenment will be welcome, as I am sure they will free my 
limited understanding.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:

> Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:34:01 +0100
> From: Sabrina Wilmot <wilmot at isoc.org>
> Reply-To: chapter-support at isoc.org
> To: Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] OneWebDay 2009 - tomorrow 22 September
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> This is a reminder that tomorrow is the fourth annual OneWebDay 
> (http://onewebday.org/). Many Chapters have work hard to coordinate events 
> and activities for this day. We would like to encourage all participating 
> ISOC Chapters to share their OWD stories with us.
>
> Let the Chapter delegates know about our successful OneWebDay 2009 and post 
> details here or submit a contribution for the ISOC newsletter. You can 
> include links to webpages and photos of your events.
>
> Regards,
> Sabrina Wilmot
> ISOC
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