[Chapter-delegates] RIP ISOC?

[Thomas Lowenhaupt]

Joly,

When in casual conversation with non-members I say ISOC, catch myself, 
and say the Internet Society. So I'm OK with this. I'm sure we'll 
continue to use ISOC in more casual conversation.

By the way, the longest and shortest of these organization names are 
presented as follows:

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
Internet Society

As IEEE did not present its name in the original email, I looked it up. 
It's the worlds largest professional organization with 400,000 members, 
and it took 5 click on their website to locate the actual name: 
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. They truly are 
committed to their acronym.

Best,

Tom Lowenhaupt


On 8/29/2012 11:24 AM, Joly MacFie wrote:
>
>     --- Five leading global organizations---IEEE, Internet
>     Architecture Board (IAB), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF),
>     Internet Society and World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
>
>
> The Internet Society is notable in the above list in that it is the 
> only organization that does not have an acronym.
>
> Now, we all know that "Internet Society" has been the preferred 
> expression for the last few years, but how do Chapters feel about the 
> further deprecation of the ISOC identity?
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