[Chapter-delegates] Application to form the Internet Society Chapter on Internet of Food

[Leah Symekher]

+1 to Evan's comment specifically...

"I myself would probably not be interested; personally I think that the 
IoF scope is too limiting for it to be of maximum value within an ISOC 
context".

Food is more than the internet and technology, many controlling and 
associated factors as noted by Evan and many of you.

Regards,
Leah Symekher


On 4/5/15 9:05 AM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> ​
> On 3 April 2015 at 10:18, Jacek Gajewski <jacek.ceenet at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jacek.ceenet at gmail.com>>wrote:
>
>     */"The proposed chapter on Internet of Food aims at leading the
>     discussion regarding this new field and to engage a wide audience
>     in building better solutions for how to feed the planet in a
>     healthy and sustainable way."/*
>
>     In this context, Internet just serves as a tool of discussion, in
>     the same manner as telephone, newspapers and other media. The very
>     topic of the discussion (food) cannot be easily linked to Internet.
>
>
> ​I think I will humbly disagree with Jacek on this. But I will suggest 
> a counter-proposal.
>
> Discussing the many possible uses of the Internet to address​ 
> nutritional health, production efficiency and hunger eradication is 
> IMO wholly appropriate within ISOC for whose who are interested, I can 
> think of multiple linkages. Yes, these are all about Internet /use/ 
> rather than /infrastructure/, but ISOC has never only been about 
> infrastructure. And if there are enough people interested in the topic 
> within ISOC and a sufficiently flexible system of SIGs were in place, 
> why *shouldn't* this happen? If you're not interested don't join; such 
> a group would succeed or fail based on its members.
>
> I myself would probably not be interested; personally I think that the 
> IoF scope is too limiting for it to be of maximum value within an ISOC
>
> I myself would probably not be interested; personally I think that the 
> IoF scope is too limiting for it to be of maximum value within an ISOC 
> context.context. Extending the scope to "Human Health and the 
> Internet" gets into deeper infrastructure issues such as the 
> confidentiality and security of digital health records, abuse of the 
> .DOCTOR, .HOSPITAL and similar new Top-Level Domains, and seeking 
> objective means of using the 'Net to separate medical fact from myth 
> (which would be useful, for instance, in the current US debate over 
> vaccinations).
>
> So -- to add to what I said earlier about Chapters and Special 
> Interest Groups -- I would suggest to the proponents to (a) change the 
> proposal from that of a Chapter to a SIG and (b) expand its scope to 
> health rather than just food. And if you still really want to extend 
> the metaphor, perhaps consider the "Internet of People" as a 
> counterbalance to the "Internet of Things".
>
> Having said that, IMO if proposed as a SIG it should not be up to me 
> or other Chapter leaders to accept or reject; if enough people want it 
> I would not get in the way. My concern is for the sustainability of 
> the group, its potential dependence on just a small number of 
> activists. Broadening the scope increases the community attraction and 
> may reduce that risk.
>
> - Evan
>
>
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