[Chapter-delegates] Appointment of former MPAA CTO Paul Brigner as North American Regional Director of Internet Society

[Lynn St.Amour]

On Mar 21, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:

>> I am profoundly disturbed by the appointment of Paul Brigner as North
>> American Regional Director of the Internet Society.
>> 
>> In his previous position as Chief Technology Officer at the Motion
>> Picture Association of America (MPAA) he worked for the passage of PIPA
>> and SOPA.
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> The effective endorsement of MPAA policy positions by the Internet
>> Society with the appointment of Brigner threatens to poison those
>> relationships and severely damage the good name of the Internet Society.
>> 
>> I respectfully request that you reconsider the appointment of Paul
>> Brigner as North American Regional Director of the Internet Society.
> 
> I really hope you give Paul a chance to show you what he can do. He worked
> for the MPAA for just one year. COICA, SOPA, and PIPA were in the works
> for significantly longer than that so I seriously doubt Paul had any hand
> in crafting those policy positions. Working on issues of copyright and
> blocking is important to ISOC and having someone with close knowledge of
> that seems to me to be valuable.
> 
> His full CV is at http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrigner which says to me
> there is a lot he brings to the table.
> 
> - Jason
> 

Jason,

Indeed and thank you.  And David, thank you for your obvious concern for ISOC and our MIssion.  I won't jump in now as much of what I would say has already been said, but I am confident Paul will be a great asset and an ally.

Best regards,

Lynn