[Chapter-delegates] Year End Thoughts

[Ariel Manoff]

Dear Bob,

Thank you very much for this summary. This is very inspiring. Hector 

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De: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] En
nombre de Richard Hill
Enviado el: martes, 06 de enero de 2015 14:05
Para: Bob Hinden; ISOC Chapter Delegates
Asunto: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Year End Thoughts

Dear Bob,

Thank you for this.  I fully agree with your summary of the challenges
facing the Internet.

Best,
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chapter-delegates
> [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org]On Behalf Of Bob 
> Hinden
> Sent: mercredi, 24. décembre 2014 00:39
> To: ISOC Chapter Delegates
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Year End Thoughts
>
>
>
> 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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