[Chapter-delegates] Special Invitation to Global INET 2012

[Borka Jerman Blazic]

Dear Veni,

Congratulation! I support your openness and your   viewing. My modest 
proposal was the ISOC Chapter delegate (one per chapter)
to  not  be charged for the conference fee. I assume that not many 
Chapter members from the distance locations will
attend the conference due to high travel cost, so the number of these 
attendees  is expected to not  be high.

With regards,

Borka


Dne 24.1.2012 10:41, pis(e Veni Markovski:
> Hi, everyone - some light on this question.
> I got an email that the invitation was sent to me as a former Board of 
> Trustees member. Needless to say, this wasn't in the invitation, as 
> you all saw it.
> However, to respond to some of the off-the-list emails -
>
> I wrote to ISOC that I wouldn't mind joining the INET in Geneva, *if 
> the invitation was going out to all current members of ISOC, or at 
> least chapter presidents and trustees. *
> I also noted that this is important for me, because I was a Trustee, 
> elected by chapters, and I would have liked to see this invitation as 
> a sign that ISOC finally has recognized the importance of the 
> chapters, which elected me, and not the importance of the Trustees.
>
> I know it may sound naive, but many of you here remember the time, 
> when we were struggling to persuade ISOC that it has to work closely 
> with the chapters, and it should recognize the importance of the 
> chapters, and of the fact that they, the chapters, bring legitimacy to 
> the organization.
>
> I hope you would agree with me that chapters should have been given 
> special treatment at this special INET, with at least allowing their 
> officers to participate free at the INET (although, given the tens of 
> millions of USD that ISOC is spending, I would argue that a free 
> admission for everyone in Geneva would be a better investment and 
> would have had a great return for the organization). After all, travel 
> and stay in Geneva for most of the countries of the world is a pretty 
> expensive adventure, but the participation fee could be used instead 
> for airplane ticket or hotel stay for several nights. ISOC must show 
> more respect towards its chapters, many of which made the .org deal 
> possible by gathering support from around the planet to prove that 
> ISOC will be a good guardian of the public interest, if they are given 
> the management of the .org top level domain.
>
> best,
> veni
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com 
> <mailto:veni at veni.com>> wrote:
>
>     I am not sure if this is for chapter presidents, or how I was
>     selected to be invited, but thought that in the light of what we
>     discussed earlier on our list, it is important to find out how
>     these invitations are being sent. I certainly hope that they are
>     not coming as a response to our comments in the list.
>     Perhaps Ted could also tell us how come?
>
>     best,
>     veni
>
>
>
>     -------- Original Message --------
>     Subject:        Special Invitation to Global INET 2012
>     Date:   Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:24:01 -0500 (EST)
>     From: lynn.st.amour at isoc.org <mailto:lynn.st.amour at isoc.org>
>     To: veni at veni.com <mailto:veni at veni.com>
>
>
>
>     Dear Mr. Markovski,
>
>     To commemorate the Internet Society's 20th anniversary in 2012, we
>     are hosting an international conference, Global INET 2012, in
>     Geneva, Switzerland from 22-24 April.
>
>     As a vital player in the Internet ecosystem, and a partner in our
>     20 year shared history,  I would like to extend a special
>     invitation to attend the Global INET 2012.
>
>     Please take a moment to review the attached invitation.  I hope
>     you will be able to join us in Geneva.
>
>     With best regards,
>
>     Lynn St. Amour
>
>
>
>
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