Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: PANEL CHAIR ELECTION - Free ISOC Membership - and no voice and vote by individual members..

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Vittorio and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

Vittorio Bertola wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 20:57:48 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>
> >I just note that our Panel seems to now be controlled by ISOC members.
> >There is no right or wrong to this but we must accept it. It has major
> >implications. I also believe it is no accident.
>
> You should be aware that ISOC is not a very hierarchical or well defined
> entity these days. For example, the European ISOC chapters usually have
> different perspectives than the American ones and the headquarters - we
> even have our own European coordination point, the ISOC-ECC
> (www.isoc-ecc.org) - and many European members, including myself, are not
> so happy about the changes that the US headquarters have brought to the
> internal organization. Basically, ISOC chapters now are for most aspects
> independent from isoc.org - they have their own separate incorporation,
> bylaws and membership fees, for example.
>
> Said this, the duty of each panel member, when acting as panel member, is
> to act in the interest of this organization, and not to consider any other
> of its affiliations. I don't think that there's any case in which this rule
> has been violated.

  I can recall, and if necessary, pull up the archived E-Mails that you have
sent Vittorio that might challenge you statement here in at least an indirect
way.
I hope that will not become necessary.  ????  I agree with you however that
other affiliations such as yours with the ISOC in Italy MAY not unduly
influence your thinking as your elected position as Chair of the Panel.
However it is only reasonable to assume or at least consider, as Eric,
myself, Sotiris, and other members, that such is no more than normal
to be concerned about given your personal history in frequently, in the
past, referencing the ISOC in your comments, statements and ideas
expressed in this organization.  This is not to say that drawing from your
experience in the ISOC is not possibly useful as you mention in your
comments regarding the split of the ISOC in the EU/ECC from the
US Headquarters of the ISOC...

  I for one am of the strong belief that when dealing with membership
organizations in Internet Governance business or interests, such
collaborations are a two edged sword that slices both ways and
for ICANNATLARGE.ORG would not be healthy at this juncture
of our existence.

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