[Chapter-delegates] Sally Wentworth is the incoming CEO of the Internet Society

[Dave Burstein]

It shouldn't be me making this announcement but the secrecy is now broken.
Sally WentworthManaging Director, Incoming CEO

https://www.internetsociety.org/author/wentworth/

Instead of outreach and a search for the most qualified candidate for a
"global" "transparent" "multistakeholder" organization, she was chosen by a
small, unrepresentative committee. The Chair was from Cisco, another from
Facebook. 5 0f 7 members were from the U.S. or Canada

*The right thing for her to do now is to rededicate ISOC to*

"multistakeholderism" including global involvement in decisionmaking. (She
supported both in 2018 but ISOC has lost its way.)

transparency including detailed information.

Breaking free from our very close relationship with the U.S. gov, for which
she worked. (A while back she couldn't think of any major policy decision
where we didn't support the U.S. position, many of which were mercantile.)

Financial support so strong chapters can grow the organization.

Policies based on evidence.

Eliminating many expensive programs ith almost no results.

Open collaboration between staff & members, without fear of being fired for
speaking out.

technical expertise and basic truth in our public presentations

regular open sessions with members and chapters
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Almost all ISOC CEOs and senior staff have been from the U.S. & Canada, as
are 8 of the 12 board members. 2/3rds of the Internet is now in the global
South.

As yet another American CEO chosen by an American board, she must make
clear she will involve the people we've ignored, in both policy and
operations.

ISOC must make clear we are independent of the U.S. government. (A while
back she couldn't think of *any* major policy decision where we didn't
support the U.S. position, many of which were mercantile.)

No wonder fewer Internet users are joining and contributions are light.

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To be respected, the CEO must clarify her positions on

"net neutrality" (previously opposed.)

"multistakeholderism" and decisionmaking

transparency

how ISOC can effectively reach out and include those unrepresented in our
governance. Two-thirds of Internet users are barely involved in ISOC
decisions.

top-down decisionmaking

Whether staffers can disagree with the CEO without fear of losing their
jobs. *I don't say that without reason*

How we can bring a multistakeholder delegation to ITU and other bodies.
(The Secretary-General publicly invited ISOC to send up to 100 delegates to
support his efforts to make the ITU more representative. Instead, our
delegation has been small & ineffectual. It seems only those taking orders
from the CEO are on our delegation.)
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The Chair of the Committee (Ted Hardie) and new CEO need to have a press
conference to answer those questions rather than hiding behind pr people
who behave like pr people.
Also, regular open discussions with the chapter and membership must begin.
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