[Chapter-delegates] Year End Thoughts

[Sivasubramanian M]

Dear Bob Hinden


Thank you for sharing your thoughts in a well written message, and thank
you for your Holiday Wishes on the list. From the Internet Society India
Chennai Chapter we wish you, all the Trustees, Kathy and the Staff of the
Internet Society Happy Holidays.


Sivasubramanian M
Internet Society India Chennai
http://isocindiachennai.org

Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 5:08 AM, Bob Hinden <bob.hinden at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> It's been an amazing year for the Internet Society.  In late December 2013
> the Board announced that we hired a new CEO, Kathy Brown.  She followed
> Lynn St. Amour who had announced she had decided to step away after being
> the CEO for more than 12 years, and who created the Internet Society we all
> know so well.  I have an immense amount of gratitude to Lynn for her
> dedicated service to the Internet Society and how she handled the
> transition to a new CEO.
>
> Kathy started as Internet Society CEO and President on the 6th of January.
> Not very surprisingly, the world in which we work did not pause, and if
> anything, everything seemed to accelerate. Looking back it feels a lot
> longer than a single year.  Some of the events where Kathy and ISOC had
> important roles include:
>
> Internet Hall of Fame in Hong Kong
> NETmundial meeting in São Paulo
> World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
> IGF Istanbul
> ITU Plenipotentiary in Busan
> ISOC Board meetings in Hong Kong, London, and Honolulu
>
> Plus almost countless IETF, ION, ICANN, and INET meetings.
>
> Leadership roles inside of the Internet Society have changed, resulting in
> what I think is a much stronger organization. The Internet Society is now
> in a better position to address the issues that face the Internet in the
> coming years.  The new leadership team builds on what was done before and
> greatly strengthens the Internet Society.
>
> The Internet has reached the point where it is an important force in the
> world, and governments and corporations around the world have noticed.  It
> almost seems like everyone wants to control the Internet, but they don't
> understand how or why the Internet is successful.  As a result, the
> challenges facing the Internet are growing.  This include governments who
> want to capture the operation and management of the Internet, corporations
> who ask users to trade their personal information for free service,
> governments who spy on Internet users traffic, countries blocking access to
> Internet sites, and increasing amount of attacks on companies, users,
> governments, and physical infrastructure by governmental and
> non-governmental actors.  All while the work to bring the Internet to
> everyone is hardly done.
>
> We all have much to do to keep the Internet open and bring its benefits to
> everyone in the world.  This is not the first set of challenges the
> Internet has faced, nor will it be the last.  While I am very concerned
> about the challenges, I am also very optimistic that these will be overcome
> and the Internet will continue to grow to be the open global communication
> platform for everyone.  It is too much of an asset for everyone to be
> lost.  The years ahead will be as interesting, gratifying, and challenging
> as the year we are now completing!
>
> I want to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and a Prosperous New Year!
>
> Bob Hinden
> Chair, ISOC Board of Trustees
>
>
>
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