[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Statement on the NETmundial Initiative

[CW Mail]

Dear Raúl:

> … there had not been a bottom up open discussion

Okay, but that would ring a little more truly should there be rather more of that within ISOC itself,

There are fundamental issues being discussed in the transition and in accountability.
What are your delegates saying in which fora, with what consultation among our members?

Best regards

CW


On 19 Nov 2014, at 15:38, Raul Echeberria <echeberria at isoc.org> wrote:

> 
> Olivier:
> 
> ISOC is not closing any door. 
> What the statement says is that there had not been a bottom up open discussion so far on this initiative and there are concerns with regard to the consistency with our principles in that sense. 
> But through this  statement the Board is also asking ISOC’s CEO to conduct an open dialogue within our community. This is what should have happened before. 
> 
> So, answering your question “Where do we go from here?”, my answer is Open Discussion without anticipating any outcome of those discussions.  
> 
> Best, 
> 
> Raúl 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> El 18/11/2014, a las 16:03, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> escribió:
> 
>> 
>> On 17/11/2014 04:39, Greg Wood wrote:
>>> At the conclusion of its meeting in Honolulu, the Internet Society Board of Trustees issued the following statement: 
>>> 
>>> We will follow up in the next week with more details on the community dialogue.
>>> 
>>> -Greg
>>> 
>>> https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-statement-netmundial-initiative
>> 
>> Thanks for this pointer, Greg. I note that there's been much discussion
>> on the ISOC web group platform as well but for the sake of convenience
>> will reply here. I am sorry to not have followed this more closely but
>> am engulfed in the NTIA functions Stewardship Transition discussions
>> hence which appear to be more of a priority at the moment.
>> 
>> I am in two minds about the Statement. I do not disapprove it. However I
>> do have concerns about "where do we go from here?" Like many people in
>> our multistakeholder space I felt uneasy about this initiative landing
>> in the WEF in a rather top down manner but could understand *some* of
>> the rationale behind it, which I felt related to the funding of the
>> initiative in particular. WEF has deep pockets.
>> 
>> So where do we go from here and does ISOC's rejection of the initiative
>> indicate a deeper disagreement between the I* organisations? Has ISOC
>> clearly closed the door? More importantly where are we (as in all
>> defenders of the core principles which are listed in the ISOC Board
>> Statement) going to find the funding for our continued defence of these
>> principles?
>> 
>> Kindest regards,
>> 
>> Olivier
>> (own views)
>> 
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