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

[Andrew Molivurae]

Like many others, I do not know Paul but I think there must have been
checks done on Paul's past before his appointment. Let him prove whatever
he has to  offer to ISOC. Having said that, I also believe these comments
are important to strengthen Paul's commitment to the job. Congratulations
Paul.


On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Steve Crocker <steve at shinkuro.com> wrote:

> Yes, I think that's an accurate and helpful way to look at this
>
> Steve
>
> On Mar 21, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
>
> Dear Steve Crocker,
>
>
> This message from you is reassuring. If Paul's appointment is a carefully
> and elaborately considered decision, then it amounts to hiring an expert
> that we don't have among us.
>
> Thank you
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Steve Crocker <steve at shinkuro.com> wrote:
>
>> David
>>
>> Let me add to Jason's and Lynn's support of Paul.  I'm one of the
>> co-authors of the white paper arguing against COICA/PIPA/SOPA, and I spent
>> a LOT of time in meetings with legislators, policy people in the
>> administration, and industry people pushing hard against the DNS blocking
>> portion of those bills.  This brought me in contact with Paul.  He worked
>> actively over the past few months to organize constructive dialog with the
>> MPAA.  Despite having spent a year with the MPAA, he's one of the good
>> guys.  I think the better point of view is that he brings knowledge of how
>> "those guys" think and he is not at all captured by them.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 21, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Lynn St.Amour wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
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Kind Regards

Andrew Molivurae
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