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[atlarge-discuss] Re: Jonathan Robin -- V&C Committee Correction

Danny:

Thank you for your post to atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de with a copy specifically to me.

Based on your input the committee was able to make appropriate amendments to Report03 (Revision 3.5) FINAL which will be published this evening Wednesday, May 28, 2003 * 8:00 PM EDT USA [Thursday May 29, 2003 * 00:00 AM GMT].

You will find the updated information for Jonathan when the new Report is released per above in "New Candidate Link(s) from Report02 [carried forward with all the additional additions in subsequent reports]" on page 2, including a "Certification Score" of "2.5" and a "Yes" for "Certification."

Please trust that it was sheer ill-timed fatigue and PC-screen snow-blindness that lead to missing seeing the link to Jonathan's ISOC candidacy information at the link http://www.isoc.org/members/vote/2003election/profiles/index.shtml included (and repeated) in Report01.

We extend our apologies to Jonathan, and our members. We pray our lapse has had nothing to do with Jonathan's "withdrawal" for the election.

You have done us, the members and Jonathan a real service by providing the particular link and the additional links as well.

/s/ Joey Borda/Bordo

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 * 4:55 PM EDT USA

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At 12:28 AM 5/28/2003 -0400, DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

I was rather suprised to note a "blank" or "zero" score for Jonathan Robin at
the Verification Committee's webpage. Jon recently was a candidate in the
ISOC elections and the link that he provided led to the following URL
(endorsement) which outlines his credentials (hence I fail to understand the notation
"This page can be found, but the purpose of the link provided cannot be
discerned"):

http://www.isoc.org/members/vote/2003election/profiles/c-robin.shtml

2003 Internet Society (ISOC) Elections


Candidate Profile: Jonathan Robin
jonathanrobin@messagerie.net
http://www.jonathanrobin.net

Jonathan would encourage greater BoT recognition of the role of Chapters, and
an explicit link between Chapters' representatives and their constituency -
which is not the case at present. We need good faith in dealing with Chapter
related affairs, clarification of the roles of both Chapter and Global
membership, and proactive Chapter support - perceived by many to be insufficient, to
retain ISOC's credibility.

Jonathan's experience and activities in favour of ISOC's Mission Statement,
and the lead role taken in ensuring UNESCO recognition of ISOC as an NGO was
explicitly commended in a "Thank You" letter to him and to the BoT by the
previous Chair of ISOC.

Given the international focus on Disabilities this year it seems appropriate
to mention that Jonathan serves on the Advisory Board of the International
Center for Disability Resources on the Internet http://www.icdri.org and was
Co-Author ISTF Special Needs WG Jonathan would work through the Board of Trustees
to raise awareness among Chapter and Global membership of the importance of
this.
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=
5444&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1038592146

As rapporteur of the WSIS UNESCO NGO Forum Emerging Technologies Theme and of
its final Geneva PrepCom II Report this year, Jonathan obtained explicit
support for archive integrity and for IPv6. For Bucarest PrepCom Jonathan WSIS
Jonathan organized the funding of a dozen East European ISOC representatives. As
Trustee, Jonathan would seek to widen the relationships with other NGOs and
international organisations, rather than these relationships decline - which is
the perception that many at present have of ISOC.

Over 3 years growing awareness of IPv6, and as a member of the European
Commission IPv6 Task Force http://www.ipv6tf.org and Vice President of the French
IPv6 TF Jonathan has initiated explicit endorsement from the WSIS Executive
Secretariat, from the French Prime Minister following the September IPv6 Task
Force French Senate launch, and at the Intergovernmental Conference during the
English E-Envoy Summit http://www.e-envoy.gov.uk/e-summit where Jonathan was the
only international Civil Society representative invited. Awareness of the
interface between the technical, legal, and societal implications of IPv6 needs
reinforcing

Jonathan would seek to grow Chapter awareness of PIR funding possibilities -
and of the need to avoid all conflicts of interest between projects put
forward through members of the Board of Trustees and those elsewhere in ISOC.
Regional Chapter Councils could be empowered to evaluate projects for PIR Funding.

In respect of relationships between Chapters and ISOC Organization Members
there is at present no exchange platform. This could reinforce all parties.
Should ISOC's financial situation improve, one would hope that 10% of Organization
Members' subscriptions could be remitted to the national Chapter of their
Head Office, if they are not also members of that Chapter. That would also
encourage Chapters to seek new ISOC Organization members.

Jonathan would seek a BoT ruling that no more than 30% of Vice Presidents
could be drawn from one country - many perceive the current figure to be
unrepresentative, untransparent and US Centric. There are aspects of the "new
governance plan" , notably in respect of BoT Election participation, which Jonathan
would urge the BoT to reconsider in the interests of ISOC's credibility and
democratic transparency.

Jonathan would work towards a more transparent definition of the roles and
responsibilities of all parties especially in respect of the societal impacts of
emerging technologies. This does not mean that Standards should be ignored,
but that they should be determined with an appropriate understanding of human
factors and of the legal implications of Internet architectural modifications
which seem insufficiently integrated by many actors at present. The human
factor is too often ignored in the initial stages of standards implementation -
leaving lawyers to pick up the pieces.

Jonathan's long term commitment to ISOC's Mission Statement that the Internet
is for Everyone has as its corollary a desire to create a win/win situation
for ISOC's membership and extended constituency both for Organisation and for
individual membership. This ethical independance, attested by Jonathan's work
as Election Chair of the former ISTF, may not make some people happy, it may be
perceived by some to be "divisive" but it has the merit both of making people
think, and of avoiding double-think.

This candidacy platform aims at offering Chapter Chairs a viable choice,
which if refused, will at least stand for the record in future. ISOC's principles
reinforce its historical legitimacy with the perception of added value. If we
lose our principles then we will have only ourselves to blame - and there is
"In My Humble Opinion" a need to clear the air of the perception of "new
governance" disinformation to allow the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society to
be respected everywhere.

BIOGRAPHY
Born in London in 1947, Jonathan has lived in Paris since 1973
Since 1972: Fellow, Japan Society of London,
http://www.japansociety.org.uk/main.html
Zoological Society, http://www.zsl.org/ioz/index.html
1994: member, France's IT Think Tank, Club de l'Arche.
1996: Organizer Internet Forum 50th Anniversary MENSA International.
1997: Festive Committee Internet Fiesta http://www.internet-fiesta.org
1998 IBM e-business trophy: best website France category Innovation
1999: Vice-President French Teleworking Association http://www.aftt.net
Nominated to initial ISTF Steering Group by Vint CERF, Jonathan initiated
ISTF online election procedure with http://www.election.com
Author, Chair Internet Societal Task Force Privacy Security WG.
http://www.istf.org/wg/privsec/index.shtml

Scientific Committee UNESCO/UNITAR.

Jonathan has since early 2000 taken a lead role in growing awareness on IPv6
societal issues http://www.fr.ipv6tf.org

Initiaton of ISOC participation in several European and International
conferences and meetings.
AFRICA ISOC Cameroon partnership http://www.yaoundenet.com
ISOC Uganda invitation European Parliamentary Education Conference
ISOC Morocco http://www.misoc.org.ma
2002 Moroccan Governmental Conference on Human Rights
May 2003 MISOC conference
1989 Newropeans Congress http://www.newropeans.org
2000 ISOC presence UK Government Balkans Conferences
Former ISTF Speaker: French and European Parliamentrary Conferences
As former Secretary General ISOC European Chapters' Coordination,
http://www.isoc-ecc.org Jonathan enhanced intrachapter communication and international
recognition of ISOC ECC including to UNESCO and WSIS meetings preparing for
PrepCom

Other initiatives include :

Swedish Government Conferences
http://itvisions.amb-suede.fr/index.php3?lang=fr&page=3
2001 ISOC OECD Forum participation http://www1.oecd.org/forum2001/index1.htm
Paris July 2002 & 2003 Organisation European Domain Name Summit
http://www.eurocio.org/domainname/index.php?lng=1&chp=0&rub=
Paris September 2002 Technological Rapporteur for the 9th European
Teleworking Assembly in Paris http://www.ework-in-europe.com/page.cgi?page=conf&lg=en
UNESCO February 2003 http://www.dirigeantes.com/maillage/index.htm
London April 2003 Global Womens Inventors & Innovators Network
http://www.gwiin.com

There is much more that could be said, and more examples of Jonathan's work
for ISOC, notably in the context of the French Chapter and of the European
Chapters Coordination Council. He is available for any questions that Chapter
Chairs or their membership would like to ask and regrets that no "Ask the
Candidates" facility is anticipated this year which would allow all those entrusted to
represent their Chapters in this election a wider basis on which to base
their decision.
Thank you for your attention and support.