[Chapter-delegates] Doreen, please explain to IGF-USA that ITU won't take over the Internet & that ISOC members are welcome to have a big impact on ITU

[Judith Hellerstein]

Hi David and Others,
I look forward to Doreen’s talk tomorrow as for the speakers at the IGF, each panel is worked on by an organizing team and all the teams I was on work very carefully to have different voices and have diversity on the panel. Many times we are hampered in getting government officials to come because they need to get clearance. 

My suggestion for you is that is you want to help make sure that the panels are diversified than spend the time on the organizing team of each of the panels and suggest people.  Even though the IGF USA is virtual it is extremely difficulty getting people to speak and join the panels. People’s schedules are so busy and we do need the right mix of people on the panel.  I know each of the panels i was on the organizing team spent lots of time trying to find the right people to speak and it was always difficult.  We do look forward to everyone’s active participation on the steering committee and the organizing committee of each of the panels 

See people tomorrow 

Best,
Judith 

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> On Jul 13, 2021, at 3:27 PM, Dave Burstein via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
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> The keynote speaker tomorrow, Doreen Bogdan-Martin of the ITU, can dispel the current confusion at ISOC about Vladimir Putin using the ITU to take over the Internet. With one exception in a decade, the ITU works by consensus and the US + EU can and has blocked any nonsense.
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> She also can explain how dozens of ISOC members can should attend the ITU meetings because we could really make a difference. (Especially in the study groups that make some important standards.)
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> ISOC has a free membership in ITU, which wants more non-government involvement. The Secretary-General reminded our CEO we can send as many representatives as we like. (The US sends 100.)
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> Currently. Andrew is blocking attendance by people like a founder of ISOC Israel, a distinguished technologist. Our policy lead explained we can;t allow even our most qualified members to attend, because they "might say something that isn't ISOC policy."
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> An easy and important way for ISOC to encourage membership, which has been effectively stagnant or declining for many years.
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> The great Cory Doctorow also is speaking, who has important ideas on how to limit the power of web giants.
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> Other than that, far too many lobbyists and uninformed ideologues. Every reason to welcome right wingers like Michele Connelly, a respected economist. But too many of the DC favorites get lost in their biases.
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> We really need to move IGF away from the lobbyist town, perhaps to a tech center like California.
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> Dave
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