[Chapter-delegates] Why is ISOC is doing almost nothing to bring affordable Internet to America

[Norbert Klein]

On 12/21/2012 4:32 AM, Paul Brigner wrote:
> I don't think many would suggest ISOC-NA is not serving as "a focal 
> point for cooperative efforts to promote the Internet as a positive 
> tool to benefit all people throughout the world."  Of course, there is 
> always more to do and more issues to cover.
>
> Best regards,
> Paul Brigner
>
> Regional Bureau Director, North America
> Internet Society
>
> "The Internet is for Everyone"

Interesting discussion. "...there is always more to do and more issues 
to cover" - sure, but that does not pick up the core of the question: 
What is the plan of the North American ISOC Regional Bureau to achieve 
this in the USA?

This reminds me of a period of long and intensive discussion twenty or 
so years ago in Germany related to "international development," where 
some wanted to limit this discourse to "international development aid 
abroad" as "a really important issue" - while others insisted that a 
discussion of the complex problem of international economic imbalance 
has to include a discussion of the internal powers at play at home.

Is it possible to understand - and act - on international dynamics 
without tackling similar scenarios and challenges and conflicts also at 
home?

Norbert Klein
Cambodia

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