[Chapter-delegates] ISOC LIVE- One year out

Sun Apr 6 21:40:02 PDT 2025

Dear all

I, together with so many others of the Internet Society community, deeply
appreciate the work done by Joly. It's a shame that he has been let go,
although the work that he has done so far will be used be many in the
community.

I wish there was some way to retain his services for the future.

With kind regards

satish

--
Founding Chair, ISOC India Trivandrum Chapter

On Mon, 7 Apr, 2025, 04:39 Secretary via Chapter-delegates, <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Dear Internet Society colleagues,
>
> On behalf of ISOC India Mumbai, we write to express our full and
> heartfelt support for Joly MacFie, whose unwavering commitment to
> livestreaming and documenting critical Internet governance events
> through ISOC.LIVE has been a cornerstone of this community’s
> transparency, inclusivity, and reach.
>
> Joly’s contributions have profoundly impacted our chapter. From the
> Internet Governance Praxis series to webinars on Women in Tech
> Leadership and the recent Interplanetary Internet Race 2.0, his efforts
> have ensured that our local work received international visibility and
> engagement. For small but active chapters like ours, that support is
> invaluable.
>
> His work is not simply about broadcasting events. It is about building
> bridges, preserving institutional memory, and enabling equitable access
> to knowledge for communities around the world. He has made the global
> Internet governance conversation more accessible to all—especially to
> the Global South.
>
> We were especially moved by the quote Joly recently shared from Thomas
> Merton:
>
> “Do not depend on the hope of results... In the end, it is the reality
> of personal relationship that saves everything.”
>
> Indeed, it is the relationships and community spirit that Joly nurtures
> through ISOC.LIVE that have made a lasting impact. His livestreaming is
> more than a technical service—it is an act of service to the mission of
> ISOC and its global community.
>
> We respectfully urge the Internet Society and ISOC Foundation to
> recognize and renew support for ISOC.LIVE. Let us not allow this vital
> initiative to disappear due to lack of funding, especially when it
> uplifts the very values ISOC stands for.
>
> To Joly: Thank you. Your dedication has elevated our work and inspired
> our community. We hope you will continue. Know that ISOC India Mumbai
> stands with you, and we are not alone.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Nupur Vijh
> President and Secretary
> ISOC India Mumbai Chapter
>
> On 2025-04-01 03:31, Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> > Yes, it was March 31, 2024 that the Internet Society terminated my
> > contract, that funded ISOC.LIVE, on the basis that it was surplus to
> > requirements.
> >
> > This quote struck me this week, coming from someone here is New
> > York,whose job is to interview DOGE'd federal employees, whom the
> > state is actively recruiting
> >
> >  In 1967, a young man asked the writer and monk Thomas Merton how to
> > act in the face of systemic injustice. This was his unconventional
> > reply:
> >
> > "Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact
> > that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve no result
> > at all, if not perhaps results opposite to what you expect. As you get
> > used to this idea, you start more and more to concentrate not on the
> > results, but on the value, the rightness, the truth of the work
> > itself. You gradually struggle less and less for an idea and more and
> > more for specific people. In the end, it is the reality of personal
> > relationship that saves everything."
> >
> > And it is true, it is not  ISOC's mission as much as its community
> > that drives this livestream work. The breadth of that community,
> > dedicated to a common purpose of enabling interpersonal communication,
> > is what attracted me to ISOC in the first place, and continues to
> > inspire...
> >
> > As does one person in particular, Vint Cerf,
> > died-in-the-wool-3-piece-suit  people-centric that he is, Big thanks
> > to Vint for being the only ISOC LIVE sponsor thus far, ,funding 5 out
> > of the 12 months. The other 7 months have been maintained out of my
> > rapidly diminishing savings. Not a sustainable option. I still do hold
> > out hope that one day I may change that 'unfunded' tag to "Funded by
> > the ISOC Foundation'. Never say die.
> >
> > Meanwhile, here is a list of just some events that it has been my
> > pleasure to document and share over the past 12 months.
> >
> > Apr 02, 2024 - A11yNYC - A Taste of ReelAbilities New York 2024  [1]
> >
> > Apr 03, 2024 - IPNSIG Academy Keynote: Chasing Peaceful Innovation
> > Exploring intersections between technical Internet and Lunar
> > governance  [2]
> >
> > Apr 10, 2024 - TikTok AMA: IGP answers your questions about the TikTok
> > ban [3]
> >
> > Apr 11, 2024 - Internet Society Foundation Research Funding
> > Information Session 2024 [4]
> >
> > Apr 16, 2024 - The UNs Global Digital Compact: - Considerations on the
> > Zero Draft [5]
> >
> > Apr 20, 2024 - AFNOG WEBINAR - Packet Analysis Theory & Practical Lab
> > [6]
> >
> > Apr 23, 2024 - NYC Mesh Org Meetup [7]
> >
> > Apr 25, 2024 - ISOC Nigeria Girls in ICT 2024 [8]
> >
> > Apr 30, 2024 - RDRS How to access WHOIS data today [9]
> >
> > May 02, 2024 - topDNS Best Practice Webinar: A partnership to empower
> > domain name registries to disrupt CSAM [10]
> >
> > May 08, 2024 - ISOC Tanzania Encryption Seminar for Policymakers [11]
> >
> > May 15, 2024 - 2024 NARALO/ISOC-NY Universal Acceptance Day [12]
> >
> > May 17, 2024 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence with Tools and
> > Techniques [13]
> >
> > May 20, 2024 - ISOC India Bengaluru Chapter Webinar on Cyber Hygiene:
> > Keeping Your Digital World Clean and Secure. [14]
> >
> > May 21, 2024 - Lord Renwick Memorial Lecture As If Human: the
> > Regulation, Governance, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence with
> > Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt [15]
> >
> > May 25, 2024 - ISOC Mumbai Internet Governance Praxis Series:
> > Introduction to Internet Governance [16]
> >
> > May 30, 2024 - IPNSIG Academy: Low-cost movable and static wireless
> > sensor node for future Lunar explorations  [17]
> >
> > Jun 04, 2024 - eco - NETmundial+10 recap webinar [18]
> >
> > Jun 04, 2024 - A11yNYC Leveling the Playing Field: Toward Equivalently
> > Accessible Video Game Worlds  [19]
> >
> > Jun 17, 2024 - DC-IoT Session at EuroDig - IoT deployment for
> > sustainability [20]
> >
> > Jun 17, 2024 - DCAD Session at EuroDig - The European Accessibility
> > Act: a Model for a More Accessible Digital Europe [21]
> >
> > Jul 02, 2024 - IPNSIG Academy: LTE/4G for Lunar Surface Communications
> > Luis Maestro [22]
> >
> > Jul 16, 2024 - A11yNYC - Mobile Accessibility Tools: Camera Switches
> > and More Shafik Quoraishee [23]
> >
> > Jul 22, 2024 - NARALO - Post ICANN80 Readout [24]
> >
> > Jul 25, 2024 - ICANN80 - Ghana Readout  [25]
> >
> > Aug 02, 2024 - Uganda Internet Governance Forum (UIGF) 2024 [26]
> >
> > Aug 10, 2024 - ISOC Mumbai - Digital India: Enhancing Governance or
> > Expanding Surveillance [27]
> >
> > Aug 13, 2024 - IPNSIG Academy: DTN over Lasercom Relay [28]
> >
> > Aug 17, 2024 - ISOC Mumbai - Women in Technology Leadership Webinar
> > Reimagining Digital Identity [29]
> >
> > Aug 22, 2024 - Internet Society Online Safety SIG - Strengthening
> > Online Safety: Encryption, Advocacy, and Global Security Practices
> > [30]
> >
> > Aug 23, 2024 - Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum
> > (APrIGF) 2024 [31]
> >
> > Aug 29, 2024 - ITIF - Emerging Tech and the Future of Accessibility
> > [32]
> >
> > Sep 03, 2024 - Pacific Islands Internet Governance Forum (PacIGF2024)
> > [33]
> >
> > Sep 10, 2024 - A11yNYC - The Dos and Donts of Disability
> > Representation in Media  [34]
> >
> > Sep 11, 2024 - IEEE SA - Pathways to Progress: Building Rural
> > Connectivity to Meet the SDGs [35]
> >
> > Oct 02, 2024 - A11yNYC - Locking in Best Practices Early: Building
> > PACNYC.org Vlado Vince and Natalie Kertes [36]
> >
> > Oct 08, 2024 - Half-Day Stakeholder Forum - WSIS+20 and the future of
> > Internet Governance [37]
> >
> > Oct 14, 2024 - Naveed Haq Keynote at IEEE CTU Summit 2024 - Everest
> > Community Network [38]
> >
> > Oct 14, 2024 - IEEE - Connecting the Unconnected Summit 2024 [39]
> >
> > Oct 19, 2024 - BSidesNYC 2024 [40]
> >
> > Oct 24, 2024 - Digital Multilateralism After the UN Summit of the
> > Future [41]
> >
> > Oct 25, 2024 - New About the Internet Society video [42]
> >
> > Oct 25, 2024 - Whats in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech
> > Jurisprudence and Content Moderation [43]
> >
> > Oct 30, 2024 - ISOC Egypt - Digital Infrastructure:An Industry
> > Overview [44]
> >
> > Oct 30, 2024 - IPNSIG Academy: Lunar Communications for the Artemis
> > Program [45]
> >
> > Nov 01, 2024 - Youth at IGF 2024 [46]
> >
> > Nov 08, 2024 - Unpacking Global Digital Compact | Book launch [47]
> >
> > Nov 19, 2024 - A11yNYC - How Continuous Accessibility Can Boost Your
> > Accessibility Maturity Andrew Hedges [48]
> >
> > Nov 22, 2024 - Africa Internet Governance Forum 2024 [49]
> >
> > Nov 26, 2024 - NYC Mesh Org Meetup [50]
> >
> > Nov 26, 2024 - ICANN81 Readout Highlights & Take-Aways from the Annual
> > General Meeting [51]
> >
> > Dec 03, 2024 - i50y EVENT - Celebrating 50 Years of the Internet from
> > a Youth Perspective [52]
> >
> > Dec 03, 2024 - A11yNYC - Verizon's Accessibility Technology &
> > Innovation Lab Fred Moltz [53]
> >
> > Dec 04, 2024 - IPNSIG Academy: Space Communications and Networking 101
> > [54]
> >
> > Dec 15, 2024 - Global Internet Governance Academic Network (Giganet)
> > Annual Symposium 2024 [55]
> >
> > Jan 08, 2025 - DIPLO 2025 Forecast: AI and Digital Developments [56]
> >
> > Jan 13, 2025 - ISOC Masr - The Politics of Digital Infrastructure [57]
> >
> > Jan 22, 2025 - Manthan: A Stakeholder discussion on the Draft Digital
> > Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 [58]
> >
> > Jan 23, 2025 - Internet Development Conference 2025, Addis Ababa [59]
> >
> > Jan 24, 2025 - Ethiopia Peering Day [60]
> >
> > Feb 04, 2025 - A11yNYC - Older Adults and Digital Inclusion Tom Kamber
> > [61]
> >
> > Feb 06, 2025 - Beyond WHOIS: Towards a New Framework of Internet
> > Domain Registration Data Disclosure [62]
> >
> > Feb 07, 2025 - ISOC Bengalaru - Workshop on DNS and DNS Security [63]
> >
> > Feb 18, 2025 - EURALO Round Table - The New Generic Top-Level Domains
> > (gTLD) Program, community reflections [64]
> >
> > Feb 18, 2025 - GigaNet Online 2024 Symposium [65]
> >
> > Feb 24, 2025 - Pulse Internet Measurement Forum Malaysia [66]
> >
> > Feb 26, 2025 - International Cybersecurity Norms in the UN and Beyond
> > [67]
> >
> > Feb 26, 2025 - SELECTED WEBCASTS - APRICOT 2025 Conference [68]
> >
> > Feb 27, 2025 - Beyond Whois: Filling the Gaps [69]
> >
> > Mar 04, 2025 - A11yNYC Benchmarking Usability and the Cognitive A11y
> > Frontier [70]
> >
> > Mar 10, 2025 - NARALO Roundtable - DNS Abuse and AI: Combatting and
> > Enabling Threats [71]
> >
> > Mar 19, 2025 - ISOC NORGE AGM Keynote: Norways role in the governance
> > of the Internet [72]
> >
> > Mar 21, 2025 - Encryption Under Threat: - The UKs Backdoor Mandate and
> > Its Impact on Online Safety [73]
> >
> > Mar 23, 2025 - ISOC Mumbai - Interplanetary Internet Race 2.0 (with
> > Vint Cerf) [74]
> >
> > Mar 25, 2025 - Free State Foundation 17th Annual Policy Conference
> > [75]
> >
> > Mar 29, 2025 - NYC School of Data 2025 [76]
> >
> > --
> >
> > --------------------------------------
> > Joly MacFie  +12185659365
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] https://isoc.live/17459/
> > [2] https://isoc.live/17561/
> > [3] https://isoc.live/17618/
> > [4] https://isoc.live/17652/
> > [5] https://isoc.live/17656/
> > [6] https://isoc.live/17712/
> > [7] https://isoc.live/17730/
> > [8] https://isoc.live/17740/
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> > [14] https://isoc.live/17919/
> > [15] https://isoc.live/17929/
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> > [17] https://isoc.live/17964/
> > [18] https://isoc.live/17987/
> > [19] https://isoc.live/17823/
> > [20] https://isoc.live/18051/
> > [21] https://isoc.live/18047/
> > [22] https://isoc.live/18121/
> > [23] https://isoc.live/18021/
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> > [32] https://isoc.live/18308/
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> > [53] https://isoc.live/18587/
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> > [72] https://isoc.live/19024/
> > [73] https://isoc.live/19040/
> > [74] https://isoc.live/18961/
> > [75] https://isoc.live/19057/
> > [76] https://isoc.live/19086/
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