[Chapter-delegates] It's in the wild..

[Eduard Tric]

It's in the wild = People are reading news, including our romanian chapter members, many of them being long term Slashdot users. 
Some of them asked us about the rationale of this choice , we failed yet to answer. 
It is not a question of agreeing or not with the choice (we are not us-based chapter , we have no moral right to give our opinion about other regions of the world , and chapters don't elect Regional directors anyway ), but to respond to our local members concerns.
We chose to be the romanian  civil society voice on ACTA issue, one of the  consequences is that everything Isoc does , even at global , US or regional level it's watched, scrutinized, interpreted by both romanian civil society and government, we have to live with this on a daily basis.
It's not big news that news are news and Lobbist are Lobbying, but somehow the Butterfly effect theory works, we are affected at local level.
Regards,
Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sivasubramanian M" <isolatedn at gmail.com>
To: "Elena Zvarici" <elena.zvarici at isoc.ro>
Cc: "chapter-delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 7:36:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] It's in the wild..


Dear Elena Zvarici, 

The discussions in our Chapter list is alright, though it is a publicly archived list, the debate is internal and despite the views expressed, it is healthy. But I am somewhat surprised at the 'coverage' of this appointment in various blogs and in the news media. I have a feeling that this appointment is getting at least a little more than due attention, which indicates that at least some of the external criticism is orchestrated and borders on propaganda. 

I don't know Paul Beringer, so I am not trying to defend the appointment here, but wonder if there is a possibility that the Copyright and Intellectual Property Lobby has become uncomfortable with Paul's decision to become a part of the Internet Society and as typical of their ways, engage in a propaganda that would indirectly weaken Internet Society's and Paul's resolve in adhering to this appointment. 

This is just a thought, some of the concerns expressed in this list arise from Chapter Delegates, more in the nature of seeking an explanation or assurance from ISOC that the choice is right. But some of the external press coverage happens to be in the nature of a categorical assertion that the Internet Society has done something very wrong, that something has gone wrong with the Internet Society, and there is one report after another, some of which perhaps designed to add up to a reversal of this decision either by ISOC or by Paul. 

Paul could some day tell us if this campaign is part of the methods of operations which makes Business Lobbies so strong and successful in their pursuits. 

Sivasubramanian M 



On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Elena Zvarici < elena.zvarici at isoc.ro > wrote: 


More about Paul Beringer's appointment now on Slashdot: 

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/03/23/2324224/isoc-hires-mpaa-executive-paul-beringer#comments 

Elena 
Isoc România 

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