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

[Christian]

George, Thank you for putting your name forward. I hope chapters will 
support your petition

best wishes


Christian

On 14/02/2020 02:25, George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates 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 
> <mailto: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 <http://georgesadowsky.org>.   I will be grateful 
> for your support.
>
> Best regards,
>
> George Sadowsky
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> George Sadowsky  Residence tel: +1.301.968.4325
> 8300 Burdette Road, Apt B-472                  Mobile: +1.202.415.1933
> Bethesda MD  20817-2831  USA          Skype: sadowsky
> george.sadowsky at gmail.com <mailto:george.sadowsky at gmail.com> 
> http://www.georgesadowsky.org/
>
>
>
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