[Chapter-delegates] Chapter advice on live streaming

Sat Feb 8 12:14:04 PST 2025

The name of the new YouTube channel 'Internet-Society-On-Demand' aligns
with the rationale, voiced here by Ted Hardie and others, for
terminating my contract, which funded ISOC LIVE, that livestreaming was no
longer required, since everyone had Zoom, and any further requirement for
access to the material was on-demand, and the Zoom recordings would
suffice.

This myopic view was immediately debunked by me and several others, in that
it ignored the reality of what ISOC LIVE actually did.(and, for now, still
does).
1) Providing a single source of live events of interest to the ISOC
community
2) Reformat  events for ease of access.
3) Promote those events to the wider community.
4) While live, recomposite visually, and run separately available real time
text, so that content could be rapidly and easily assimilated..
5) After the event: trim. segment. correct  transcript and captions, and
archive in a downloadable location.

On the new channel there are 5000+ videos that have less or more received
this treatment from me. Not one is a simple Zoom recording. (I will note
here that the Channel includes a number of events subsequent to my contract
being terminated on March 31, for which I have received no compensation
from ISOC.)

If one looks at ISOC's chosen platform 'Zoom Events' one will find that the
recordings do expire after a short time. So some events that I didn't
simulcast have already disappeared.

Chapters, in the meantime, are supposed to use their own Zooms, funded out
of admin grants.

One place this comes a cropper is in India, where, due to
bureaucratic snafus, Chapters do not receive grants. Supposedly the
regional ISOC team fills in. However, without a Regional Bureau, and a
continuous turnover of Community Engagement Managers with little expertise,
ISOC LIVE has actually been the Indian Chapters Zoom provider over the last
few years. In fact we have an established working method where viewers
watch a livestream, while only panelists and invited respondents are in the
Zoom. There are often remote hubs, or entire classes viewing on their
personal devices, this has worked well. An example of this is this week's
ISOC Bangalore DNS Workshop, but also ISOC Mumbai's popular webinars.

Another example were the recent ISOC Ethiopia events, the Internet
Development Conference, and the Peering Forum. Since there were parallel
track in the IDC, at the last minute teh Chapter was given access to the
ISOC Zoom Events account, but with little or no support or instruction.
Take a look at the IDC *https://bit.ly/4asv9os
<https://bit.ly/4asv9os> *(expires
Feb 22)* vs *https://isoc.live/18750/ or *https://bit.ly/40HSZJQ
<https://bit.ly/40HSZJQ> vs *https://isoc.live/18776/

As I said before, the new "on-damand' channel *is* useful in that at least
the content will remain available, but try finding your Chapters content on
there. Compared to searching for it on ISOC.LIVE. for example ISOC Nigeria
https://isoc.live/?s=ISOC+Nigeria,  on the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22ISOC+Nigeria%22

For an example of a well-done archive, you might look at
https://archive.open-data.nyc/ - this is an official NYC site.

See that
1) one can filter by topic and year before even browsing
2) concise descriptions + layout
3) Clicking the '+' brings a dropdown of the YouTube and a more
detailed abstract, without losing one's browsing place.

I am certainly looking at this as a model.

*Every single video is a re-edit of Zoom recording*, recomposited, some
descripted, most with AI-enhanced audio. What you might also observe is
that every video also has an Internet Society logo on the bottom right
throughout, and is in ISOC LIVE format. This is because I did these edits
on behalf of ISOC-NY as a partner to BetaNYC who managed the sessions,
just as my ISOC contract expired. I did get paid by NYC for the work
though. .

I am happy to say I have been re-hired for this year, but there will be no
ISOC logo as the ISOC-NY partnership terminated with my recent demotion in
the chapter.

Joly

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

> Hi Charles,
>
> AFAIK the way that YouTube works that the 13 days ago was the day they
> were made 'public', they may have been uploaded and 'unlisted' before that.
>
> The more reliable date is that the channel 'joined' on Aug 14, 2024.
>
> Now, ISOC-NY's BTN rejection letter was dated July 16 2024. I
> remember being surprised because, at BoT 181 on June 22, I was pretty sure
> I had heard Andrew Sullivan deflect a question from Cheryl on this, by
> saying funding had just been approved for the archiving.
>
> I assumed this meant our grant application.Wiser now.
>
> Joly
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM Charles Mok (gmail) <charlespmok at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Joly, you are right that most or all of us are unaware of the new
>> channel. Looking at it, it seems that all the videos in there were uploaded
>> en masse 13 days ago. I wonder if I missed any public announcements
>> about it over the last two weeks? Or maybe an announcement about it will be
>> coming? In any case, we will have some questions to ask.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates <
>> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Chreyl,
>>>
>>> The silver lining is of course that the material *IS* available, if not
>>> in proper archive form, and chapters can go ahead and find their stuff on
>>> that channel and upgrade legacy links, embeds etc.appropriately
>>>
>>> Joly
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM Cheryl Langdon-Orr <langdonorr at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jolly, I am very disappointed with how all this is being "managed" I
>>>> must say, Thank YOU for YOUR extraordinary service to us in
>>>> volunteer/Chapter land for so many years in this actually quite demanding
>>>> area. and **HUGE SIGH**
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <https://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb>
>>>> Cheryl Langdon-Orr
>>>> about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr
>>>> <https://about.me/cheryl.LangdonOrr?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 at 08:04, Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates <
>>>> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you for your support!
>>>>>
>>>>> ISOC Zambia does great work.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM levy syanseke <lsyanseke at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This is a hard read.
>>>>>> Thanks Joly, for your hard work and commitment to the Internet
>>>>>> Society.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do hope recognition of your work goes beyond word to probably being
>>>>>> rewarded, especially following the new channel with most of your work and
>>>>>> you havent been consulted or engaged.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wish you well. I do remember our first work when the chapter was
>>>>>> launched, your work is indeed great.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wish you well once again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Levy Syanseke
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Media Studies Tutor | Ramah Designs
>>>>>> <https://web.facebook.com/ramahdesigns/> - Founder
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Internet Society Zambia Chapter <https://isoczambia.org> - Founding
>>>>>> president
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Youth IGF Movement <https://youthigf.com/>- Community Coordinator
>>>>>> +260 978 210 494 <+260+978+210+494>
>>>>>> lsyanseke at gmail.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <https://ramahdesigns.business.site/>
>>>>>>  God Loves You!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates <
>>>>>> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have a further update on this issue i.e. the preservation of the
>>>>>>> Livestream.com archive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As you may recall ISOC Foundation rejected ISOC-NY's small grant
>>>>>>> request for $1200 expenses on the basis "*the total number of
>>>>>>> requests we receive exceed the amount of funding we have available and we
>>>>>>> must select projects most closely aligned to the goals of our Foundation*
>>>>>>> ."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Faced with the prospect of 1000+ ISOC events disappearing into the
>>>>>>> ether, in the last weeks of November I dug into my personal savings, and
>>>>>>> went ahead on my own. It turned out that a) scraping was a little more
>>>>>>> complicated than I had thought, and b) there was mode data than I had
>>>>>>> imagined  so that I ended up needing 3 drives. The total expenses were $
>>>>>>> 1670.94
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The scraping process took a over two weeks. ISOC's 3 accounts were
>>>>>>> due to expire in the second week of December, and it was a race against
>>>>>>> time to bring in all the data.  As it turned out, only Channel 3 was
>>>>>>> immediately deleted. Fortunately we just got it all in time.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Meanwhile the Internet Archive itself was having issues. It had been
>>>>>>> hacked and access was severely limited. They had their hands full.  The
>>>>>>> task remained (and remains) to reshape the raw JSON metadata into something
>>>>>>> that their system can ingest.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But at least everything was safe. The idea was proposed, and
>>>>>>> informally discussed, with Chris Locke, that ISOC Foundation could be
>>>>>>> approached to cover my outlay and the further processing cost.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And that was where it stood, until this week, when to my total
>>>>>>> surprise, it was revealed that ISOC had opened it's own YouTube Channel '*Internet
>>>>>>> Society On-Deman*d
>>>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/@InternetSocietyOnDemand>' in August, and
>>>>>>> by some method, either scraping or via Vimeo, itself collected and posted
>>>>>>> 5.1k videos from Livestream! It posits itself : " Watch past
>>>>>>> Internet Society streamed and recorded events and videos all in one place.
>>>>>>> " Written by someone with a sense of humour, obviously!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Every single one of these videos is my work.Was I consulted/informed
>>>>>>> at any point? No. Were even other ISOC people who might have told me
>>>>>>> informed? Were Chapter  Leaders informed? No. Were Chapter Trustees
>>>>>>> informed? No. No.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Was someone else paid a good deal of money to do this? Probably.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How I discovered this at all is because when, earlier in the week,
>>>>>>> the Cybersecurity SIG had requested funding to have me livestream a
>>>>>>> forthcoming event, they were told, we have our own channel now, why do you
>>>>>>> need Joly at all?l
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If a SIG or chapter wants to record their event via Zoom, they can
>>>>>>>> send it to us and we will post it on our Internet Society on Demand YouTube
>>>>>>>> page, https://www.youtube.com/@InternetSocietyOnDemand
>>>>>>>> If you require live streaming  (not sure how this differs
>>>>>>>> from leveraging your current Zoom account and inviting members to join.),
>>>>>>>> please provide a document with rationale, benefit, and associated costs for
>>>>>>>> Joly's services and we can apply through the external contractor process.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So, as Chapters/SIGS I work with know there are several things ISOC
>>>>>>> LIVE does beyond just reposting Zooms, e.g. co-promoting their events,
>>>>>>> recompositing the streams live, simulcasting (including to regional FB
>>>>>>> pages before they removed my access) , editing the recordings, making and
>>>>>>> correcting transcripts etc etc.  It shou;d be easy enough to ,ale a quick
>>>>>>> Statement of Work for that stuff. We'll see the response.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But SIGs are a special case,.Unlike Chapters that are chartered
>>>>>>> entities, SIGS are internal projects and funded internally. I suspect that
>>>>>>> any Chapter looking for similar funding will be referred to the BTN Small
>>>>>>> Grants process (wherever it reappears) with its 8 week run up etc.  As I
>>>>>>> have said before, this is basically a non-starter, since in all my days
>>>>>>> I've rarely if ever had more than a few days notice of a Chapter
>>>>>>> livestream. Nevertheless, a draft Statement of Work will be created that
>>>>>>> Chapters can use for this purpose.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the bigger picture the way this has been done is just another
>>>>>>> example of ISOC Staff imposing top-down solutions, but, in this case,
>>>>>>> underhandedly, in the face of vociferous advocacy from the community.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My feeling on this is that Chapters should act collectively to take
>>>>>>> control of their media output, say a Chapters Media Council or similar,
>>>>>>> that, given ISOC's failings in this area, both in vision and practice,
>>>>>>> could take over ISOC LIVE, and contract me, or someone else, to keep up the
>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This I suspect would also satisfy ISOC Comms, who plainly want to
>>>>>>> maintain a clear distinction between Chapters output and that of ISOC
>>>>>>> itself, in order to focus their messaging. They have never promoted the
>>>>>>> livestreaming (with the notable exception of the PIR fiasco).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Joly
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 1:50 PM Caleb Ogundele via Chapter-delegates
>>>>>>> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Speaking in my personal capacity.*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Many thanks, Charles you for sharing your thoughts, which resonate
>>>>>>>> with some of my own reflections. I have been following this conversation
>>>>>>>> closely, and while I may have a different perspective on certain comments
>>>>>>>> made by a few other persons  in this thread, I want to emphasize that ISOC
>>>>>>>> is community-driven and community-powered. Engaging in discussions like
>>>>>>>> this makes us better, as we can all learn from one another and work towards
>>>>>>>> earning each other’s trust.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For the record, I support open engagement that enhances our
>>>>>>>> Chapter, even though my fiduciary duty at this point is to ISOC.org, which
>>>>>>>> limits the extent of my engagement as a member of ISOC's Board of Trustees.
>>>>>>>> However, I will always advocate that community comes first, and ISOC is no
>>>>>>>> exception in the multistakeholder approach we have all championed. As an
>>>>>>>> African proverb states, “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” For
>>>>>>>> ISOC to become what we all envision in that child I see in that proverb, it
>>>>>>>> must always be driven by engagement within our community.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I want to express my gratitude to all the community members who
>>>>>>>> have relentlessly engaged on this topic. I believe that the concerned
>>>>>>>> individuals in this thread are listening, and listening is a key component
>>>>>>>> of accountability. I am optimistic that taking the right steps to earn the
>>>>>>>> community's trust and needs is important and I hope this issue will soon be
>>>>>>>> resolved.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>> *Caleb Ogundele*
>>>>>>>> Chapter Elected,
>>>>>>>> ISOC Board of Trustees Member
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 3:07 AM Charles Mok (gmail) via
>>>>>>>> Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks Eduardo.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Eduardo you are right that chapters and our members form an
>>>>>>>>> important part of who ISOC is. In "About Us" on our website, you see we
>>>>>>>>> prominently mentioned "128,265" Members, "131" chapters and SIGs, and 84
>>>>>>>>> OMs. This is by no means to compare which is/are more important, but it is
>>>>>>>>> also fair to say that without chapters, we will become more like a trade or
>>>>>>>>> industry consortium, which is clearly not what ISOC wants to be seen as.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But I also want to go back to the points that Barry talked about.
>>>>>>>>> (Following Barry's lead, I also say here for the record that I am a trustee
>>>>>>>>> elected by chapters.)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The point that Barry (and Luis) reiterated that "once any of us
>>>>>>>>> becomes a trustee we are not representing the community that put
>>>>>>>>> us here: we are representing the Internet Society itself and
>>>>>>>>> acting in the interest of the Society as a whole" is true. But,
>>>>>>>>> to me, this is more about how the communities (including chapters, their
>>>>>>>>> leaders and members) should perceive the trustees, more than binding what
>>>>>>>>> they trustees should "care about." It is true that it is common that
>>>>>>>>> chapters may have the "wrong perception" that their elected trustees
>>>>>>>>> "represent" them, or possibly also the same perception exists for some in
>>>>>>>>> the OM or IETF communities too. But that has more to do with
>>>>>>>>> the constituents' perception and hence expectation, more than what it
>>>>>>>>> should limit what the trustees can or should do. In fact, it shouldn't. As
>>>>>>>>> a trustee, I believe we can still advocate for chapters, oir OMs, or IETF,
>>>>>>>>> or anyone else. The fortunate part of it is that there shouldn't be a "zero
>>>>>>>>> sum" scenario among ISOC constituents and the Internet communities as a
>>>>>>>>> whole. After all, in virtually all situations, I strongly believe what is
>>>>>>>>> good for the chapters as a whole should be good for the other communities,
>>>>>>>>> and vice versa. Even what's good for the OM community "as a whole" (not
>>>>>>>>> individual company members) should be good for chapters and the whole
>>>>>>>>> Internet community too. So why not? Even when we talk about this case about
>>>>>>>>> live streaming, those in the OM or IETF communities can listen to and
>>>>>>>>> benefit from it, and I am sure some do too, right? So, I choose to advocate
>>>>>>>>> for any or all of them as appropriate for the matter, rather than avoiding
>>>>>>>>> any one (or all) of them, including the constituent that just happens to
>>>>>>>>> have elected me to the board.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And about the point that the board should not interfere with
>>>>>>>>> management actions, I agree too that is proper. The board should not
>>>>>>>>> micromanage the executive management. But that does not mean that the board
>>>>>>>>> must collectively agree with or defend any (past or present) management
>>>>>>>>> decision either. Otherwise, it may be the management micromanaging the
>>>>>>>>> minds of individual board trustees :) That would not be a nice thing :)  Of
>>>>>>>>> course, due to confidentiality, trustees (and management too) should not
>>>>>>>>> discuss the details of the proceedings in the board. But, that should not
>>>>>>>>> be necessarily construed as that the board collectively agrees completely
>>>>>>>>> and without any reservation with any or management decisions, the kind of
>>>>>>>>> thing that we just said the board cannot interfere with in the first place.
>>>>>>>>> So, there may be some management decisions that some trustees may choose
>>>>>>>>> not to defend.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> As Barry well said, "management has to have the freedom and
>>>>>>>>> flexibility to handle day-to-day operations as it sees appropriate, within
>>>>>>>>> the strategic plan that we worked with them to
>>>>>>>>> create." It should and can also have the freedom and flexibility
>>>>>>>>> to change course and make revisions to policies or executive decisions
>>>>>>>>> based on new information, feedback received from the communities, and
>>>>>>>>> plainly learning to fix something that did not work very well.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> There have been a lot of useful discussions here. It is
>>>>>>>>> unfortunate that the past decision has got us to this point. For that, as
>>>>>>>>> they say, it is what it is, or, it was what it was. Looking to the future,
>>>>>>>>> I think we can move on, and it seems pretty clear that there are ways
>>>>>>>>> (including some discussed in the thread here) that can lead to a better
>>>>>>>>> outcome.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Charles
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM Eduardo Diaz via Chapter-delegates
>>>>>>>>> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Barry,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I appreciate your insights regarding the responsibilities of the
>>>>>>>>>> Board of Trustees for the entire Internet Society. However, it is crucial
>>>>>>>>>> to recognize that most of the Internet Society's composition consists of
>>>>>>>>>> its chapters. The ISOC chapters serve as the organization's foundation;
>>>>>>>>>> without them, ISOC would face considerable challenges in effectively
>>>>>>>>>> communicating its message. With approximately 128,000 members, the chapters
>>>>>>>>>> are essential in mobilizing and engaging the broader community. When
>>>>>>>>>> individuals join a chapter, they become ISOC global members before
>>>>>>>>>> selecting their preferred chapter, emphasizing the chapters' importance in
>>>>>>>>>> representing the entire ISOC community.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Chapter Advisory Council (ChAC) was established in the ISOC
>>>>>>>>>> bylaws to ensure a unified voice for all chapters, allowing them to present
>>>>>>>>>> issues pertinent to their members. Consequently, when the Board receives
>>>>>>>>>> formal advice from the ChAC, it should be regarded as a collective
>>>>>>>>>> perspective from its chapters. Given that the Board does not engage in
>>>>>>>>>> operational matters, it would have been prudent to thoroughly review the
>>>>>>>>>> ISOC strategic documents to identify areas where the functionality
>>>>>>>>>> explicitly requested by the chapters could be integrated into the strategy
>>>>>>>>>> and then request the ISOC CEO to implement it. I believe this consideration
>>>>>>>>>> needed to be adequately addressed by all the trustees, particularly given
>>>>>>>>>> the informal way it was discussed. The Board's request to present this
>>>>>>>>>> issue to the staff has been interpreted as a lack of concern for the
>>>>>>>>>> chapters.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> So, I would like to ask whether the trustees are willing to
>>>>>>>>>> consider a bylaw change that would allow the ChAC to send formal advice to
>>>>>>>>>> the ISOC CEO regarding matters deemed operational. Absent such a change,
>>>>>>>>>> staff may overlook valuable advice, resulting in a lack of incentive for
>>>>>>>>>> them to respond or take official action, and the chapters will have no
>>>>>>>>>> other avenue to voice these concerns.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> -ed
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Just an ISOC member
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 10:51 AM Barry Leiba via
>>>>>>>>>> Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm responding to something in Luis's note, but it's not really a
>>>>>>>>>>> response to Luis -- it's a clarification of what the roles are.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> >  Our BOT elected members (and of course, IETF and OMAC ones if
>>>>>>>>>>> isolated) are a minority in the Board
>>>>>>>>>>> > and they are promptly remembered that they are not
>>>>>>>>>>> representing a sector but the Internet Society as a
>>>>>>>>>>> > whole, as written in the legal framework.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> For the record: I'm a trustee who was elected by the
>>>>>>>>>>> Organization Members.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> First, on the "minority" point, I want to highlight that the
>>>>>>>>>>> Organization Members used to select half the board, six members.
>>>>>>>>>>> Three each were selected by the Chapters and by the Standards
>>>>>>>>>>> Community (the IETF, trustees appointed by the IAB).  This change
>>>>>>>>>>> around ten years ago to the current balance -- one Organization
>>>>>>>>>>> selection was transferred to the Chapters, and one to the IETF
>>>>>>>>>>> -- so
>>>>>>>>>>> we now have each of the three communities having an equal say
>>>>>>>>>>> (four
>>>>>>>>>>> trustees each) in the constitution of the board.  We also have a
>>>>>>>>>>> thirteenth trustee now (Funke Baruwa), who was appointed by the
>>>>>>>>>>> board
>>>>>>>>>>> itself and whose background lies outside all three of those
>>>>>>>>>>> communities.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Second, as Luis said and which can't be stressed enough, once
>>>>>>>>>>> any of
>>>>>>>>>>> us becomes a trustee we are not representing the community that
>>>>>>>>>>> put us
>>>>>>>>>>> here: we are representing the Internet Society itself and acting
>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>> the interest of the Society as a whole.  We have both a legal and
>>>>>>>>>>> moral responsibility to do that.  Of course, we each come with
>>>>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>>>>> respective individual backgrounds and experience, which certainly
>>>>>>>>>>> affects our individual views, and that diversity is crucial in
>>>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>>>> a broad global perspective.  Sometimes that means that we have
>>>>>>>>>>> different views of what is best for the Society.  But it doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>> change the basic truth that we are all acting not as
>>>>>>>>>>> representatives
>>>>>>>>>>> of the communities we came from, but as trustees of the Internet
>>>>>>>>>>> Society.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Third, the board's role is never to manage operational decisions
>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>> running the Society -- that's the job of the Internet Society
>>>>>>>>>>> management.  It is to work with the Society to set strategic
>>>>>>>>>>> direction, to oversee the mission of the Society.  A board that
>>>>>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>>>>>> micromanage things would be overstepping its role and would be
>>>>>>>>>>> toxic
>>>>>>>>>>> to the health of the organization, whose management has to have
>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>> freedom and flexibility to handle day-to-day operations as it
>>>>>>>>>>> sees
>>>>>>>>>>> appropriate, within the strategic plan that we worked with them
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> create.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Barry Leiba
>>>>>>>>>>> Internet Society trustee
>>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> *Caleb Ogundele*
>>>>>>>> Email: muyiwacaleb at gmail.com
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