[Chapter-delegates] ISOC open letter

[Richard Hill]

Please see embedded comments below.

Thanks and best,
Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-
> bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-
> delegates
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 May 2021 19:09
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC open letter
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 10:45:16AM -0400, Veni Markovski wrote:
> >Andrew,
> >I tried to find a link from the ISOC main page to the open letter, but
> I
> >couldn't
> 
SNIP
> 
> > your name is not among the people, who
> >have signed it? How is ISOC writing to the government, without the
> >signature from the President&CEO?
> 
> Our Regional Vice President for the region (in this case, NA) signed it.
> That's how we normally do these.

Wouldn't it also be normal to consult with the membership before signing
such a letter? If for no other reason, so that the membership be made aware
of the issues.

SNIP

> In this particular case, it's a direct attack on the critical properties
> of the Internet, as outlined in the Internet Way of Networking materials
> (https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/internet-way-of-networking/).

Which provisions of the bill directly attack which parts of the "Internet
Way of Networking"?  That isn't obvious to me from the summary posted here:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Act_to_amend_the_Broadcasting_Act_(43rd_Can
adian_Parliament,_2nd_Session) 

Here is what the Canadian government says:

  https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/pl/charter-charte/c10.html 

And here is the draft law:

  https://parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/bill/C-10/first-reading 

SNIP