[Advisors] Regarding CIRA as a social advocate
Gary W Kenward
garykenward at eastlink.ca
Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:04:44 -0300
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As piece of information which may influence the suggestions offered for =
Kevin McArthur's platform, I have been informed that an effort has begun =
to establish a Canadian "chapter" of the Internet Society.
The mission of ISOC is given as "To promote the open development, =
evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people =
throughout the world." =
(http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission). ISOC has been in =
operation (in the US) for twenty years, and has built successful =
programs and a large community of supporters and volunteers. While ISOC =
has not had an explicit Canadian presence, it's membership and programs =
are global and include Canada. A Canadian Internet Society chapter would =
allow the development of programs tailored to the Canadian perspective.
There can be benefits to having more then one organization dedicated to =
the same purpose. However, adding to the mandate of an organization =
imposes significant stress on the available resources. The question then =
becomes, can CIRA properly address the additional mandate without =
compromising its efforts in its original mandate of administering the =
.ca domain? (I have not found an equivalent CIRA mission statement. The =
CIRA web site talks only about providing a registry for the .ca domain, =
with some recent statements referring to an "Internet advocacy") role.=20=
CIRA will always have an advocacy role and I expect CIRA and ISOC Canada =
would be closely aligned, regardless. The issue with respect to the =
suggestions for Kevin McArthur's platform, is whether it is prudent to =
extend CIRAs mandate and develop and finance new policies and programs, =
or whether a better use of limited resources would be to support =
establishing ISOC in Canada, taking advantage of ISOCs existing policy =
and program infrastructure and membership base?
Gary
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face=3D"Chalkboard">As piece of information which may influence =
the</font><span style=3D"color: rgb(46, 46, 46); font-family: =
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rgb(255, 255, 255); "> suggestions offered for Kevin McArthur's =
platform</span><font face=3D"Chalkboard">, I have been informed that an =
effort has begun to establish a Canadian "chapter" of the Internet =
Society.</font><div><font face=3D"Chalkboard"><br></font><div =
style=3D"text-align: left;"><font face=3D"Chalkboard">The mission of =
ISOC is given as "<span style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); =
color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-align: =
left; ">To promote the open development, evolution, and use of the =
Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world." =
(</span></font><a =
href=3D"http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission">http://www.inte=
rnetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission</a><span style=3D"background-color: =
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; "><font color=3D"#2e2e2e" =
face=3D"Chalkboard"><span style=3D"line-height: =
22.399999618530273px;">). ISOC has been in operation (in the US) for =
twenty years, and has built successful programs and a large community of =
supporters and volunteers. While ISOC has not had an </span><span =
style=3D"line-height: 22px;">explicit</span><span style=3D"line-height: =
22.399999618530273px;"> Canadian presence, it's membership and =
programs are global and include Canada. A Canadian Internet Society =
chapter would allow the development of programs tailored to the Canadian =
perspective.</span></font></span></div><div><br></div><div><span =
style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; "><font =
color=3D"#2e2e2e" face=3D"Chalkboard"><span style=3D"line-height: =
22.399999618530273px;">There can be benefits to having more then one =
organization dedicated to the same purpose. However, adding to the =
mandate of an organization imposes significant stress on the available =
resources. The question then becomes, can CIRA properly address the =
additional mandate without </span><span style=3D"line-height: =
22px;">compromising</span><span style=3D"line-height: =
22.399999618530273px;"> its efforts in its original mandate of =
administering the .ca domain? (I have not found an equivalent CIRA =
mission statement. The CIRA web site talks only about providing a =
registry for the .ca domain, with some recent statements referring to an =
"Internet advocacy") role. </span></font></span></div><div><span =
style=3D"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(46, 46, 46); =
line-height: 22.399999618530273px; text-align: left; font-family: =
Chalkboard; "><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: =
rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left; "><font color=3D"#2e2e2e" =
face=3D"Chalkboard"><span style=3D"line-height: =
22.399999618530273px;">CIRA will always have an advocacy role and I =
expect CIRA and ISOC Canada would be closely aligned, regardless. The =
issue with respect to the suggestions for Kevin McArthur's platform, is =
whether it is prudent to extend CIRAs </span><span =
style=3D"line-height: 22px;">mandate</span><span style=3D"line-height: =
22.399999618530273px;"> and develop and finance new policies and =
programs, or whether a better use of limited resources would be to =
support establishing ISOC in Canada, taking advantage of ISOCs existing =
policy and program infrastructure and membership =
base?</span></font></span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color: =
rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: =
22.399999618530273px; text-align: left; font-family: Chalkboard; =
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255); color: rgb(46, 46, 46); line-height: 22.399999618530273px; =
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