[Chapter-delegates] 2014 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections

Sat Mar 29 13:40:45 PDT 2014

Hi,

I beg to differ... Eric's view:

1. seems to reflect a purely infrastructural view of the Internet. I'm
pretty sure that people in many chapters will consider themselves not only
as simple users Well beyond updating their Facebook walls with cute
pictures, Chapter members create e-commerce and e-government portals, train
and teach people and organizations, organize, campaign and lobby for
Internet principles at risk, develop original connectivity and software
solutions, build and deply gear, networks and services, and, what do you
know, ocassionally find themselves participating in the IETF.

2. seems to reflect a silo structure of the stakeholders and members of
ISOC, which extrapolates the necessary grouping of people and organizations
for internal organizational purposes into an existential divide. No
surprise that we find ISOC bureaucray accepting and even promoting this
silo view of stakeholders in Internet governance discussions and
activities; and little wonder they don't know what it is that hurt them
when this view bites back.

The richness of the Internet Society does not lie in how it glues together
three separate tiles. It lies in how effectively it glues together a rich
tapestry of multfunctional, committed streams. Or was that way until
recently. Has Sigmund spent one night awake too many?

Yours,

Alejandro PIsanty

On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Dave Farber <dave at farber.net> wrote:

> Well said.
> On Mar 29, 2014 2:16 PM, "Eric Burger" <eburger at standardstrack.com> wrote:
>
>> There are three legs to the ISOC three-legged stool:
>>
>>    1. Chapters: the people who USE the Internet
>>    2. Organizations: the people who BUILD and RUN the Internet
>>    3. IETF: the people who INVENT, REFINE, and ensure an INTEROPERABLE
>>    Internet
>>
>>
>> *No* leg is more important than the other:
>>
>>    - Chapters represent individual people’s interests, not driven
>>    (necessarily) by a profit or governmental motive.
>>    - Organizations represent the most people from more geographic
>>    regions than any Internet Society community.
>>    - The IETF represents the best in working out the best technical
>>    solution, irrespective of one’s company, national, or ethnic origin.
>>
>> Likewise:
>>
>>    - Without Organizations, we would not have the insights of how things
>>    *really* work.
>>    - Without Chapters, we would have no heart.
>>    - Without the IETF, there would not be an Internet for there to be an
>>    Internet Society.
>>
>> This is also why, as Jason pointed out, once each Internet Society
>> community selects Trustee(s), those Trustee do not represent that
>> community. Those Trustees work for the best result for the Internet. Not
>> Chapters. Not Organizations. Not the IETF. Not even the Internet Society as
>> a corporation. Just the best for the open, free, accessible, and
>> interoperable Internet.
>>
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:41 AM, Gihan Dias <gihan at uom.lk> wrote:
>>
>>  On 2014/03/29 පෙ.ව. 9:14, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>>
>> Any candidate can promise to throw money at a solution and hope it will
>> fix itself. (Whether, once on the Board, such a position has a realistic
>> ability to succeed, is reasonable to ask. )
>>
>> Evan,
>>
>> So I will refrain from making unrealistic promises.
>>
>> But the challenge is more than just money, it is one of changing culture.
>> IMO, those who are elected have a responsibility to ensure at the Board
>> level that chapters are a built-in characteristic of ISOC, indeed *the*
>> defining characteristic, not one that appears added on as an afterthought.
>>
>> Yes. Chapters came later in the society's evolution. However, now they
>> are (or should be) one of the two legs of the society, of equal status with
>> organisational members. I believe that the best way to do this to
>> strengthen chapters by
>> 1. Making chapters be active, visible and effective at a national level,
>> and to have chapters identify and drive national issues
>> 2. Have effective input from each chapter, through regional bureaus, to
>> the Society. This will include - but not be limited to - the Chapter
>> Advisory Council.
>> 3. Make chapters financially strong by supporting fund-raising at chapter
>> level.
>> 4. Support each chapter to have at least a part time paid staff member. -
>> otherwise volunteer officers will find it difficult to get any work done
>> 5. Encourage and support collaboration among chapters.
>>
>> I would also like to get your views on other ways of strengthening
>> chapters.
>>
>> Such cultural evolution requires far more than financial consideration to
>> ensure chapter sustainability (though that component is certainly part of
>> it). I want to hear from each candidate a vision that indicates both an
>> understanding of this challenge and the political capability to confront it.
>>
>> Each chapter is unique, and will have its own challenges. ISoc should be
>> flexible enough to work with each chapter on its own terms, while at the
>> same time avoiding favoritism.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Gihan
>> ISoc Sri Lanka
>> BoT Candidate
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