[Chapter-delegates] {Disarmed} AMS Celebration Day 2025

[Klaus Birkenbihl]

I revoke the tracker accusation wrt to http://cdn.mailscanner.info/1x1spacer.gif. The domain cdn.mailscanner.info doesn't even exist. I think it is just normal garbage - no threat. Sorry for carelessly telling nonsense while it is such a sunny day!

Klaus Birkenbihl via Chapter-delegates wrote on 15.03.25 13:01:
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> Dear Chapter Leaders,
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> once upon a time ... In order to support its work for an open, accessible, and strong Internet; in order to protect it against monopolistic attacks from big companies; in order to foster innovation, creativity and unexpected use, ISOC has set-up an Advanced Membership administration System (AMS). It was implemented carefully following open standards (as from IETF, W3C ...), providing excellent usability, privacy, and accessibility. A carefully chosen Internet-canny and innovative medium size company was mandated with the implementation. An internal group of ISOC experts carefully supervised this work ... and they lived happily ever after.
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> OK, just kidding. Seriously, back in 2020 ISOC had the audacious idea to let members participate in the requirements analysis for AMS. This was called Membernova Initiative. (To be fair: ISOC took care that this did not effect much.) Membernova was the name of the AMS used back then. In order to recognize the progress since then a Membernova anniversary day was launched to be on March 15th. But Membernova is history now and so the anniversary had to be renamed in 2024. The new name is "AMS celebration day".
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> There are too many open issues with AMS. E.g. unfortunately I'm still not allowed to provide AMS with a list of registered Chapter Members. So AMS has to live with fake data. And I have to admit that my last year's promise, to show you how to register Chapter Members with AMS, cannot be resolved therefor.
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> So I decided to make E-Mail communication within ISOC this year's subject. Remember: with AMS we "make simple things complex again" and mess it all up.
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> ISOC obviously uses different styles of group communication. There is e.g. this Chapter-delegates mailing list. Members receive messages to the mailing list and these are synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal. Simple filters allow to archive and search messages with any modern mail client. Good so.
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> Not so other groups like Internet Policy, Community Portal Updates and more. Mails go to my private Mail address sent by an anonymous mailer at isoc.de with an awesome "Reply to" something like
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>     3uykghtxob3jjt10.6tazq4euh6jfcvrj at l1ef2ykhvgrduwm3.olow1.dn-71ceimaa.usa576.chatter.salesforce.com.
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> And to make it even more transparent many mails end with:
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>     <img src=*MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "cdn.mailscanner.info" claiming to be* "http://cdn.mailscanner.info/1x1spacer.gif" width="2" height="1" alt="Web Bug from https://community.internetsociety.org/servlet/eM=M... />
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> You know what? Mails containing a "1x1spacer.gif" are considered trackers and classified as spam by my filters. (And my DNS blocks cdn.mailscanner.info.)
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> Mails often end with: "We respect your right to privacy - view our policy". which hold a link to e.g.
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>     https://click.mail.isoc.org/?qs=3eea61e07305feba25a3e0b896d16568f693a88f5fe8b4728dd2782620aca1c488d971cd4b0dd92fdb2846741df7ff219139d284110d4e6a
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> or
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>     https://click.mail.isoc.org/?qs=3eea61e07305feba2e236580bb16e112b5220dbefb1c6641982304fd26f3b8d7f25dbd0d796bb0695e1c7bb67cfc285621382b95c3577db2.
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> Obviously there are many links to ISOC's privacy policy. "Honi soit qui mal y pense" as our french colleagues would comment.
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> Beside of this there is much more progress. E.g. I used to receive E-Mails containing contact data for individuals who expressed interest in a Chapters membership. I used to process these mails by a script to welcome people and inform about our fee policy. Most people lost their interest in a membership when they read "fee" and where dropped from our database automatically. With the new AMS these mails were discontinued. When I complained mails were sent again. Good so? The only message in the new mails is "somebody has expressed interest". Privacy by ISOC.
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> I also hate to be subscribed to lists or groups automatically. I'd prefer opt-in - just to keep track - but being registered by default. But that's another story.
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> Long live salesforce.com! Don't worry and have a happy AMS celebration day,
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> Klaus
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> -- 
> Klaus Birkenbihl
> Internet Society German Chapter (ISOC.DE) e.V.
> c/o ict-Media GmbH
> https://www.isoc.de
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Klaus Birkenbihl
Internet Society German Chapter (ISOC.DE) e.V.
c/o ict-Media GmbH
https://www.isoc.de
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