[Chapter-delegates] Request that board member Sunday discuss forming a group to review the chapter proposals

[Satish Babu]

We (ISOC India Trivandrum) also wholeheartedly support this proposal.





satish


On Jun 4, 2017 3:27 PM, "i freedom Uganda" <ifreedomuganda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you Dave;
>
> I strongly agree with you.
>
> Regards
>
> On Sunday, June 4, 2017, Imran Anwar <imran at imran.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree.
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Imran
>>
>> On Jun 4, 2017, at 1:25 AM, Dave Burstein <daveb at dslprime.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gonzalo and folk
>>
>> As most of you know, last spring a proposal was made to allocate 3% of
>> the ISOC budget for the chapters to spend on their activities. Depending on
>> the allocation formula, that would be $15,000-$50,000 per active chapter.
>> Careful review to avoid fraud was included.
>>
>> I believe the majority of the board was supportive and one board member
>> said he was confident things would be approved after the chapters committee
>> developed a concrete proposal. Instead, staff has chosen another path.
>>
>> It's time for those on the board to set policy. The staff proposal
>> ignores the primary points and instead suggests spending $500,000 on
>> branding is the best way to help the chapters. The staff proposal will soon
>> be public, I'm told. The differences will be very clear.
>>
>> The elephant in the room, of course, is that most ISOC chapters are in
>> the Global South, as is most of the board. Almost all policies are made by
>> senior staff, almost all in the Global North and strongly supportive of the
>> "DC Consensus." I can provide several clear examples of ISOC opposing Group
>> of 77 proposals strongly supported by the African and Asians because they
>> would lower the price of Internet access. (Previously discussed at ISOC
>> events.)
>>
>> I spend time on ISOC because I think we can deliver concrete progress on
>> the Internet for All. I don't think I'm alone in believing our $30M PIR
>> subsidy can be far more effectively used. I believe the chapters will
>> demonstrative that, if they had support.
>>
>> Frankly, the people on the ground in Africa I've met have a far clearer
>> understanding of what's needed than D.C. lawyers and economists. I'm on a
>> U.S. State Department committee, and I'm amazed how in DC ideology takes
>> precedence over knowledge. We can and should bring the public interest
>> issues to the forefront. We haven't.
>>
>> So I request the board members informally begin looking closely at the
>> chapters proposal, with a possibility of forming a group to show respect
>> for the opinions of the chapters.
>>
>> The rest is commentary. I've been up almost 24 hours working on this and
>> am fading. If my comments are unclear, please request clarification from me
>> or the members of the chapter committee.
>>
>> I'll be making concrete proposals after I get some sleep and catch up on
>> the technology reporting I do for a living. In particular, we should change
>> the symbolic meaning of some old charter rules and actively reach out to
>> those not well represented.
>>
>> In particular, nearly 1/3rd of the Internet is now Chinese. Both Africa
>> and India will soon have more Internet users than the U.S.
>>
>> Any global policy is likely ineffective unless a way is found to
>> incorporate this missing third of the Internet in decisions.
>>
>> How can ISOC build those bridges? Many of us, including Bob Kahn and Vint
>> Cerf, have been personally working on this
>>
>> Ideas needed.
>>
>> Dave Burstein
>> --
>> Editor, Fast Net News, 5GW News, Net Policy News and DSL Prime
>> Author with Jennie Bourne  DSL (Wiley) and Web Video: Making It Great,
>> Getting It Noticed (Peachpit)
>>
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