[Chapter-delegates] A note about the 2020 Internet Society (ISOC) Board of Trustees Elections (BoT)

[Roberto Zambrana]

Dear Colleagues,

First of all I wish you and your families are safe and sound in your homes,
during this difficult time we are facing. I don't remember any other time
in my life in which the humanity was confronted a global crisis like this,
in a matter of weeks, and with similar complex realities in all of our
regions.

Today we have the opportunity to verify, the FUNDAMENTAL ROLE THAT INTERNET
HAS IN OUR LIVES, but also this critical situations remind us, how
important is to achieve the UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY as fast as we can,
because as we know, near half of the population is not connected as we are,
and that means that several children and also university students, are not
able to follow on line classes, several other people are not able to be
working from their homes, and many others are completely isolated without
any contact with friends and family.

And together with other important matters, our ISOC Community have a key
role to achieve what we have in our vision: "INTERNET FOR EVERYONE" through
our common objectives. And this is why I want to be elected as part of the
Board of Trustees. And because I strongly believe, we need to strengthen
the regional diversity in the BoT, with more trustees coming from countries
in the global south, in which we still have a very law Internet
penetration, despite the great efforts and work that has been done by all
the chapters in these regions.

As you know there was a specific forum where we, as candidates, received
questions and provided our answers. I hope you all had a chance to read the
messages in that forum. I am sure you will find great answers and
contributions from all the candidates, to whom I have deep respect and
recognition, because all of them had a chance to contribute to our ISOC
Community in different ways. You may find our profiles in the following
link:

www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/...
<https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/nominees/>

But if you have not had the chance to know something more about us, I also
wanted to contact you through this channel, and if you didn't vote yet, I
want to put in your consideration to support me to be one of the two
elected candidates for chapter's sits.

Thank you very much and best regards,

Roberto Zambrana

El jue., 26 mar. 2020 a las 11:44, Eduardo Diaz via Chapter-delegates (<
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>) escribió:

> Dear Chapter Delegates,
>
> The ISOC Elections Committee sent reminders yesterday to all voting
> delegates who have not yet cast ballots in the 2020 Internet Society Board
> of Trustees election. This prompted me to check on the total votes received
> so far.
>
>
>
> Until now only 30% of the eligible chapters (37/124) have voted as of 25
> March.
>
>
>
> There are a few more days to the Friday, 3 April 2020 at 15h00 UTC
> deadline for voting so my message to you is to take a pause and reach to
> your Chapter voting delegate and ask him or her to cast a vote on the
> choices this election presents. It takes less than a minute to vote. If you
> do not know who the voting delegate for your Chapter is, do not hesitate to
> contact Stine Philipsen, who is the ISOC Chapters and Individual Members
> Coordinator (philipsen at isoc.org). She will be more than happy to help.
>
>
>
> Voting is one of the few governance mechanisms that the Chapter Community
> has in its hands to make sure that a balanced Community perspective is
> present at the BoT. Engage and use it!
>
>
>
> Stay safe.
>
>
>
> Eduardo Díaz
>
> Chair
>
> Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee (ChAC-SC)
>
>
>
> ---0—
>
>    - Refer to this flyer:
>    https://isoc.box.com/s/m033wnegcrpkienwufp83patm13wv8uo for important
>    information including Chapter candidate bios, how to cast your vote as well
>    as important dates.
>    - Information on all the candidates is available online at:
>    https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/2020/nominees/
>
>    - Additional details on the elections can be found here:
>    https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/elections/
>
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