[Chapter-delegates] My petition for inclusion on the Chapters election slate for the ISOC Board of Trustees

[Greg Shatan]

George,

I couldn’t have said it better myself. You have ISOC-NY’s full support.
Email to be sent shortly. Thank you for stepping forward.

Greg



On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 9:25 PM George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am writing to you as a member of the Council of the ISOC-DC chapter and
> as a petitioner for the current ISOC Board election.
>
> *Background*
>
> I have filed a petition to be included on the election ballot for the ISOC
> Board of Trustees.  My petition is listed on the ISOC Petitions page:
>
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/
>
> My name on the Petitions page links to this page with the information I
> provided and my petition mailbox address:
>
>
> https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/petitions/George-Sadowsky/
>
> My petition signatures mailbox address is:
>
>     petition.candidate1 at elists.isoc.org
>
> I have filed for the Chapters Election.   I need to receive at least nine
> (9) signature emails from ISOC Chapter voting delegates by the deadline,
> Friday, 28 February 2020 at 15:00 UTC, so that my name will be added to the
> candidate slate for the Chapters election. Only emails from ISOC Chapter
> voting delegates (usually the Chapter chair or president) will be valid for
> my petition, and these emails must:
>
>     1.  come directly from the Voting Delegate via his or her email
> address of record with ISOC;
>     2.  include the name of the petition supporter’s Chapter, and;
>     3.  include the name of the person whose petition is being supported
> (i.e. my name).
>
> If I receive the required number of signatures from ISOC Chapter voting
> delegates in support of my petition by the deadline, we will notify you and
> add your name to the slate of candidates for the Chapters election.
>
> *My request to you*
>
> I write to ask you to read my statement on the site above and then,
> through your Chapter voting representative, support my petition to be on
> the ballot.  This support, if successful, only puts my name on the ballot;
> the actual voting for the Trustee position comes later.
>
> In my view, ISOC is in a crisis, largely self-inflicted by the manner in
> which it has moved to sell PIR to Ethos Capital.  This crisis could turn
> out to be existential.   Regardless of the outcome of the process leading
> to the sale or its retraction, ISOC will have lost significant trust of the
> membership and standing in the not-for-profit community.  I believe that
> current crisis exists in part because  the organization has lost some
> degree of fundamental contact and rapport with its membership.  I am
> running for a seat on the Board in order to change that as best I can.
>
> ISOC will need help in picking up the pieces and re-establishing itself as
> best possible as a trusted member of the Internet ecosystem.  It has been
> an important resource for the Internet ecosystem since its conception, and
> it is doing valuable work in several areas.  My goal is to help it to
> preserve its legacy and to continue its work as best it can.  I think that
> it would be a tragedy if the current crisis rendered it isolated and/or
> ineffective, and I believe that I have the history, experience and ability
> to help avoid that outcome.
>
> I'm available to respond to questions that you might have regarding my
> statement or other views I have.  There's more detail about me at
> georgesadowsky.org.   I will be grateful for your support.
>
> Best regards,
>
> George Sadowsky
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
>
>
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Greg Shatan
President, ISOC-NY
“The Internet is for Everyone”
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