[NCUC-EC] Out of contact

[Norbert Klein]

Dear Bill,

thanks for your mail, and for laying out the different possibilities, 
leaving it for me to respond.

I have considered the options - while having discussions with several 
ISPs, . I can now respond, as I am again in Phnom Penh for a few days.

Given the situation, I do not want to be a delaying factor in finding 
solutions - so far without success, not giving much hope.

I am not sure if we have any formal procedures I have to follow, but if 
this is enough, please proceed:

Being severely affected by the Digital Divide in the place where I live 
now, I feel it is my responsibility to resign, with regrets, from the 
position of an ExCom member - please initiate whichever procedures apply 
to fill this position.

I will remain, of course, a representative of the Open Institute of 
Cambodia, for the time being.

I wish our fellowship clarity, a growing spirit of cooperation which 
does not preclude to have controversial discussion when necessary, and 
strength in the present ICANN environment. I do not hide that I am often 
very disappointed to see that what was once a clear basis for our work - 
transparent bottom-up processes in the context of a multi-stakeholder 
environment - has to be defended and fought for time and again.

With my best wishes - I will stay in communication, as far as my 
circumstances allow,

Norbert Klein
Phnom Penh
Cambodia





On 6/9/2013 5:23 PM, William Drake wrote:
> Hi Norbert
>
> Thanks for the information, I was indeed sort of wondering what's up. 
>  I can certainly imagine that rural Cambodia is not the best location 
> bandwidth-wise from which to deal with the all the work-related Exec. 
> Comm. mail.
>
> As to what if anything to do, it's up to you.  It is certainly true 
> that we have a bunch of labor-intensive initiatives underway 
> concerning organizational capacity building that really need more 
> active hands contributing and sharing the load.  If you think you 
> would be able to help with these going forward, great.  If you think 
> you won't be, then we can either leave things as they are until the 
> next election in December, or we could appoint a new Asia 
> 'representative' to the EC as an interim until then.  Your call entirely…
>
> Best,
>
> Bill
>
>
>
> On Jun 9, 2013, at 3:45 AM, Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net 
> <mailto:nhklein at gmx.net>> wrote:
>
>> Dear Friends on these Lists,
>>
>> today, I would like to explain why I have been silent for so many 
>> weeks: At the beginning of March 2013, I moved from Phnom Penh to Kep 
>> - about 4 to 5 hours by bus south of Phnom Penh. I do not live in the 
>> city of Kep, but about half an hour away by a rural motorcycle-taxi.
>>
>> What I had not checked before moving there was wireless Internet 
>> connection – believing the claim of a dozen Internet service 
>> providers that they cover the whole country. Now, the "Father of the 
>> Internet in Cambodia" (as I am sometimes called in the local 
>> newspapers) is again suffering from the "digital divide," which I had 
>> tried to close when I started the first Internet provider system in 
>> Cambodia in 1994.
>>
>> I am in negotiations with several ISPs in the region, trying to find 
>> out if anything could be done to overcome this isolation. So far, 
>> there is not yet much hope, because they would add coverage only if 
>> they could expect several hundred new user in that area - and that is 
>> completely beyond any realistic projection.
>>
>> Though I still hope to get Internet access again in the not too 
>> distant future, or have access by traveling regularly to places 
>> covered, I wanted to share this. Also, as a member of the Executive 
>> Committee, I am not living up to my expected obligations (and I am 
>> aware of it) - so I would like to ask for a frank discussion whether 
>> and when and how I should be replaced.
>>
>> At present, I am in Phnom Penh for a few days, having Internet 
>> access, and I am struggling to wade through several thousand e-mail 
>> headers.
>>
>> Greetings to all - please remember that the digital divide continues 
>> to exists, in spite of all the discussions about net neutrality and 
>> universal broadband access etc. etc.
>>
>>
>> Norbert Klein
>>
>> All new:
>>
>> Tel: +855 - 88 9513015
>> P. O. Box 9829
>> Kep
>> Cambodia
>>
>>
>>
>>
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