As secretary of the Internet Society's NY Chapter I'd like to back up Chris's appeal. We are in a position of familiarity and consultation with local government but definitely needful of the kind of technical expertise so abundant in Nanog. We'd very much welcome fresh blood.
Steven - I believe you are in our neighborhood? joly http://isoc-ny.org On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Chris Grundemann <cgrundem...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 20:28, Steven M. Bellovin<s...@cs.columbia.edu> wrote: >> "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." >> >> I don't know that a NagOn is the best way or the only way to make >> progress. I do know that the most likely source of that kind of >> funding is (many of) our employers, who may not have technical >> excellence on the top of their lists. But I'm even more certain that >> if technical people never speak up, their message will never be heard, >> except perhaps by accident. >> >> --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb >> >> > > I believe that this is exactly the kind of thing that the US ISOC > Chapters should be (and are to varying degrees) involved in -- > providing legitimate technical information and expert analysis of > local, state and federal policies which impact the Internet, to those > making the policies. The global ISOC already does this for ICANN and > other international organizations, it seems fitting that the chapters > do more of this here inside the USA. > > I encourage everyone with even a fleeting interest in tech-policy to > seek out their local ISOC chapter > (http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/list.php?region=worldwide&status=A) > and let them know that you care. I can tell you as the founding chair > of the Colorado chapter that my largest hurdle today is getting active > members to participate - I have funding, etc, just no help... (I > invite everyone to contact me directly with suggestions and ideas in > this vein - I have some vehicles in place to start making this happen > quickly with a bit of help) > > </soapbox> > ~Chris > > -- > Chris Grundemann > weblog.chrisgrundemann.com > www.burningwiththebush.com > www.coisoc.org > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
