[Chapter-delegates] ISOC open letter

[sivasubramanian muthusamy]

Sivasubramanian M



On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 1:09 AM Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 02:27:16PM -0400, Veni Markovski via
> Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> >May be a separate page, where such communication is being kept?
>
> There is some work going on to adjust how we publish things through the
> web pages, so don't be too surprised to see adjustments in areas like this
> in the future.  People may have noticed that there are designated funds in
> the 2021 budget that are aimed at implementation of the content strategy;
> that's part of what it's about.
>
> >Ah, OK, good to know that they sign on behalf of the organization.
>
> We have a staff process that identifies when and how that happens, yes.
>
> >Well, that's where you can count on the chapters to let you know
>
> Indeed, one of the central strengths of the way we are organized, I have
> always thought, is the Chapters system.  There are many organizations that
> oppose the Internet for their own reasons.  Some of them want control or
> want to ensure political opposition has no voice, and those organizations
> often can literally print money because they are governments.  Others just
> want to own it all, and are some of the best-capitalized corporations in
> the history of the world.  Against those who want to turn the Internet into
> a tightly-controlled, centrally-managed utility




> we have our relatively small numbers and miniscule budget;


This is the imbalance in the multi-stakeholder process that needs to be
emphatically addressed. Governments are powerful, Business lobbies are well
funded, the Civil Society and the Community actors are sometimes dwarfed,
but the missing strengths  could paradoxically be provided and enabled for
Community and the responsible Civil Society from within sections of
Government and from within some actors from Business who could enable
balance with a larger, long term foresight.


> and of course, we (still) have the advantages that the Internet gives all
> humanity.  But we need to ensure we work together against these long odds
> to build, promote, and defend the real Internet, or we'll lose it.  That
> would be a terrible thing, and so we need very much to make sure that
> Chapters are alert to these challenges and work with us to try to make sure
> the I
>  nternet way is the way people (including governments) pick.  That way,
> everyone gains.
>
> >This was way back, and we got support by Vint Cerf and Don Heath (then
> >President & CEO); the intervention helped us a lot; today's ISOC is
> >quite different.
>
> Yes, I definitely cannot comment on what the Internet Society did in that
> period.  I'm not even sure where I'd find the records of such decisions, if
> they exist (many of them won't, because they'd be past our document
> retention policy age).
>
> Best regards,
>
> A
>
>
> --
> Andrew Sullivan
> President & CEO, Internet Society
> sullivan at isoc.org
> +1 416 731 1261
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