[Chapter-delegates] A request for advice from the Board of Trustees

[Veni Markovski]

Thanks, Ted.
I was wondering if I need to write, since there was only one comment in 
the last five days. Perhaps the alarming lack of comments on such a 
topic could be of help for the BoT - and hopefully the BoT would be able 
to use this alarm for some positive work and outcome.

v/

On 10/13/22 12:00, Ted Hardie via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
> At the annual general meeting, the Board of Trustees discussed the 
> rise in attacks on the Internet way of networking and the broader set 
> of attacks on the Internet's value to humanity. The Board asked, as a 
> result of these discussions, that the staff build action plans for the 
> upcoming year that reinforced the "Defend" aspect of the society's 
> efforts to build, promote, and defend the Internet.
>
> As we look beyond the staff actions to how to mobilize the society as 
> a whole, the Board is seeking your advice.  We believe that many who 
> are now disparaging the value of the Internet are doing so to 
> audiences of regulators, lawmakers, and civil society that cannot 
> effectively imagine a network that works differently.  As a result, 
> they cannot imagine the damage or impairment that changing the 
> fundamental nature of the Internet would bring.
>
> To issue an effective call to action, the listeners must understand 
> what changes if they do not act.
>
> We would like to know your thoughts on how to provide that 
> contrast--how to show what the world would look like with an Internet 
> that has succumbed to these threats.   One in which encryption 
> provides no confidentiality; one in which access to the network is 
> determined by state approval rather than voluntary association; one in 
> which every piece of content or commentary must be submitted to 
> algorithmic acceptance prior to being made visible.
>
> As we come up to the meeting of the board on November 12th and 13th, 
> we would like you to consider what advice you can give us on this 
> point, and we ask you to provide it either with your usual report or 
> instead of it, as you prefer.
>
> Thanks, as always, for your efforts on behalf of our mission,
>
> Ted Hardie
> For the Board of Trustees
>
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