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ISOC, the Internet Society, is one of the Internet's core organizations. It is the organizational home of the IETF, the Internet Engineering Task Force, the IAB, Internet Architecture Board, and other groups and organizations. It is home to PIR, the Public Interest Registry, which operates the .org top-level domain, and there are over 60 regional and interest group chapters. ISOC's mission is, ". . . to promote the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world."

I knew none of this until about a year ago, when, out of the blue, I was nominated to run for Trustee. Daniel Stern (of Uganda Connect), who I met once, briefly (but liked immediately), at Telecom95 in Geneva, nominated me. As I boned up on ISOC, the more I learned, the more important to me it became. It seemed that ISOCs mission was my mission anyhow, and the organizations and informal groups that ISOC supported were ones that I valued.

Last year I lost.

This year I've been nominated again -- the NomCom chose four other great nominees, and I feel honored and awed to be in this company. Here's my Nominee's Statement and here's a Candidates' Forum where BOT candidates discuss questions proposed by the ISOC Elections Committee.

From my Nominee's Statement:

I don't pretend to special expertise in technology or protocols or infrastructure. Many others within ISOC have such expertise. Rather I bring a broad view of how the larger pieces of the Internet fit together, how the Internet could become economically sustainable while remaining open, and how the Internet might serve individuals, localities, economies and humanity. The goal is a unified global Internet so we can learn to communicate as a cooperative, intelligent species and to manage our shrinking planet as the interdependent system it is.

Readers of this blog know where I stand. If you're an ISOC member, I'd be happy to learn where you stand. If you know ISOC members, especially Organizational Members, please tell them where you stand on promoting " . . . the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world." It is an incredibly important mission.

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