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From: Bob Hinden <bob.hinden@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:57 AM
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Best wishes for 2014!
To: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org>



I am writing on behalf of the Internet Society Board of Trustees to wish our community of Members, Chapters, Staff, partners, and friends a very Happy New Year!

2013 was a very busy year with many new challenges.  Lynn St. Amour notified the Board and the community that she would step down as ISOC's President and CEO at the end of her contract, revelations about the U.S. NSA and other government surveillance programs threatened the Internet's fundamental principles, new Internet Governance meetings emerged such as the 2014 Brazil meeting, and many questioned the sustainability of the Open Internet model.  2014 may well be a watershed year for the Internet and a test for our mission of creating an Internet for everyone.

There were also many important accomplishments in 2013.  IPv6 deployment continues to increase, the IETF reached a consensus to improve the security of Internet protocols to respond to pervasive surveillance, the I* Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation was very well received, and after a long and thorough search, the announcement that the Board hired a new CEO to replace Lynn St. Amour.

As we look ahead to 2014, we welcome our new CEO Kathy Brown to the organization and look forward to her strong leadership to carry us into the future.  This also means we say goodbye to Lynn, who built the Internet Society into a trusted and internationally respected leader operating at the intersection of policy, technology, and development.  Lynn made ISOC what it is today.  The Board and I greatly appreciate all her hard work and wish her the very best in her future endeavors.

Thank you all for your support and engagement to advance our mission around the world.  Working together we can create the Internet we want for everyone.  I look forward to continuing our important work to keep the Internet strong and open.

Happy New Year!

Bob Hinden
Chair of the Internet Society Board of Trustees


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