[Chapter-delegates] NEWS: The Internet Society Names New Regional Bureau Director for North America

[JOHN MORE]

Dave

I agree with Veni. 

John More
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> On Apr 14, 2016, at 3:03 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> Not sure the choice of North America director is of interest for all chapters, but I also hope that Mark will be working with other countries, not only USA and Canada. Would be good to hear which countries are within his region. 
> Also, he starts on May 2nd, not sure if he is reading this list :)
> 
>> On Thursday, April 14, 2016, Dave Burstein <daveb at dslprime.com> wrote:
>> Mark and folks
>> 
>> Best of luck. ISOC is changing, I hope rapidly, to a bottom-up model, a good thing.
>> 
>> On Linked-in, you describe yourself as a 
>> Senior public relations and policy professional
>> Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaPublic Relations and Communications
>> 
>> and on Twitter "PR guy in the Internet governance world."
>> 
>> which is very different than the job you've taken on, to support the chapters and members, both institutional and individual.in a bottom up multi-stakeholder organization. 
>> 
>> As soon as you hit the ground, let's hear from you at a Chapters' call how you're going to respond to the very different requirements of the new job. 
>> 
>> In particular, ISOC is already overloaded with communications professionals. Kathy Brown and Sally Wentworth are senior policy advocates who have the skills and connections to take care of business. (None dare call them lobbyists.) 
>> 
>> I sure I'm not the only one who hopes to hear your plans to move forward. 
>> 
>> ISOC has the potential to be very helpful, especially in connecting the poor in all countries. There are immediate issues in the U.S. and Canada that we should be taking the lead on. Let's make it so.
>> 
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Best,
> Veni
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