[Governance] [apc.members] Ian Peter

Wed Jan 12 13:44:33 EST 2022

There is more said on Ian Peter's views at the workshop.  Adding it inline:

On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 12:12 AM sivasubramanian muthusamy <
6.internet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ian Peter was a panleist at the IGF Egypt workshop on Core Internet
> Values. This is the extract from Imagining the Internet which reported on
> the workshop:
>
> Write a new 10 Commandments, Peter proposed, and write them on a tablet PC
> on Mount Sinai.
>
> The prophet is Internet historian Ian Peter, the place is the Internet
> Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, a few kilometers from Mount
> Sinai. And who is the inspiration for the new set of commandments?
>
> The answer: engineers and computer science guys who dreamed up the
> Internet back in the 1960s, building it through an amazingly open and
> collaborative effort that continues functioning to this day, scaling in
> size from a handful of men to now perhaps tens of thousands of people from
> around the globe.
>
> The Biblical references Peter playfully added to make his point helped to
> sell it. When he asked if anyone would be interested in formally
> documenting the principles of the Internet ethos, Internet ecosystem or
> whatever one might call it, hands shot up all around the room.
>
> At a time in which the battle for control over information is beginning to
> reach its peak and there’s a danger that important principles might be
> downgraded or even disappear, the idea of having a workshop to discuss the
> Internet’s core principles was truly inspired.
>
Peter asked the people in the room why anyone should bother to have core
values. He said researchers have proposed that communications mediums are
tools for the development of humankind. “As a tool for our development the
Internet is an extraordinarily powerful one and an extraordinarily useful
one,” he said. “In 1988 Brian Carpenter said the principle of constant
change is probably the only thing that will continue to change
indefinitely. In the middle of all of this change, what is it that we need
to protect? It’s a great task for us to determine what the core of it is
that makes it so exciting.”

He listed some of the core values he treasures – his selected list of
possibilities for his proposed 10 Commandments, listed here with some of
his elaboration:

   - Independence of applications
   - New applications can be added anytime that’s a core value
   - Permissionless innovation
   - Open standards – openness and we can call that vendor-neutral I can
   use any computer, any device, I can send stuff to my mobile phone
   - Accessible and globally inclusive – anyone can use it
   - User choice, I can choose what applications I use and where I go to
   with them
   - Ease of use, I can use it in my language, I can use it in a device I’m
   familiar with; universality and transboundary…
   - Freedom of expression – Human network of users – a great tool for
   human development…
   - The ability to change rapidly
   - Trustworthy and reliable is one we have to work on; it’s got to be a
   core value.

Upon completing his list, he came up with the clever twist. “Quite
coincidentally,” he said, “there are 10 of these. Now here we are in the
shadows of Mount Sinai, if we had good remote communication, we could go up
there and we could write this on a tablet of stone… or maybe a tablet PC.

“I don’t think is a job for any one organization. I would like us in the
IGF to be involved in bringing something forward. We need to find some way
for all sorts of people who hold these beliefs quite dearly to express this
and get this into a document.”

> *To this I will gratefully add that Ian went on to suggest that the work
> on Core Internet Values should continue as an IGF Dynamic Coalition. The
> seed for the DC was from him.  May his soul rest in peace.*
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 9:36 PM Sheetal Kumar via Governance <
> governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> There have been many beautiful and heartfelt tributes to Ian Peter shared
>> here and on other threads. Please find a message from Bruna and I as co-cos.
>>
>> *Kind, dedicated, passionate, deeply caring, respectful, warm,
>> compassionate, sharp, wise are just a few of the words used to describe the
>> person Ian Peter was. He played a pioneering role in internet development
>> and governance, including as a dedicated member of the IGC, and was always
>> incredibly helpful to us as co-coordinators. As has been mentioned by many,
>> his unwavering commitment to the cause and to social justice more generally
>> was evident through his impressive record of work. His legacy to the field
>> is clear and will live on, but just as important, are the lives he touched
>> because of the person he was. As co-cos, Bruna and I benefited from Ian’s
>> experience, knowledge and his open character enormously. *
>>
>>
>> *We feel his absence and will always be grateful for all the support he
>> generously provided. It was suggested that we organise a call to share
>> tributes and to send a letter to Ian’s family. If this is of interest, we
>> can organise a call at 1 PM UTC in early February and we can share a
>> doodle. For those who can’t attend, we can share a doc to collaborate
>> around to write the suggested letter. *
>>
>> *Wishing you all a good start to 2022,*
>>
>> *Best wishes*
>>
>>
>> *Sheetal & Bruna.*
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 30 Dec 2021 at 14:11, parminder via Governance <
>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:
>>
>>> It is very sad to hear Ian leave us....
>>>
>>> As others have said, he was a good person. A very good person - pure and
>>> simple at heart. Cared greatly for the 'Internet', had strong and clear
>>> views and ideas, but always listened. It was so easy to talk with him, even
>>> when disagreeing. However strongly he was for something, he never turned
>>> away from reasoning for or against it.
>>>
>>> The world is a better place because of people like Ian. He will be
>>> fondly remembered.
>>>
>>> I had the good fortune of working with him as a co-coordinator of IGC.
>>> He wholehearted, selfless dedication was pure inspiration.
>>>
>>> On matters of trivia, to beat the condition imposed by the IGF for some
>>> time for having a co- organizer from at least three stakeholder groups, he
>>> gladly lent us Ian Peter and Associates (
>>> https://www.ianpeter.com/bio.html) as our private sector partner for
>>> many workshops :)
>>>
>>> Always a man ready to help.
>>>
>>> Be well wherever you are, Ian!
>>>
>>> With fond love and memories, parminder
>>> On 29/12/21 8:08 pm, trieste--- via Governance wrote:
>>>
>>> To add to C.A remembrances, an Interview from the same year:
>>>
>>> https://www.apc.org/en/news/constellations-internet-history-conversation-ian-peter-founder-pegasus-networks
>>> demi
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 9:03 AM Carlos Afonso via Governance <
>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This video of 1989 gives an idea of the pioneering role played by my
>>>> dear friend Ian -- working on a wireless project in Terania Creek, New
>>>> South Wales, Australia:
>>>>
>>>> https://nuvem.social/s/nbTqM7qKEcpEpYX
>>>>
>>>> fraternal regards
>>>>
>>>> --c.a.
>>>>
>>>> On 29/12/2021 05:09, Tapani Tarvainen via Governance wrote:
>>>> > On Dec 27 10:26, avri doria via Governance (
>>>> governance at lists.igcaucus.org) wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> So sorry to read of Ian's death.
>>>> >
>>>> > As am I. :-(
>>>> >
>>>> >> He was a good person and will be missed.
>>>> >
>>>> > Indeed.
>>>> >
>>>> > I have only good memories of him. Most recently when we worked as IG
>>>> > Caucus elections tech team. I can't think of an easier person to work
>>>> > with.
>>>> >
>>>> > And looking at all he did and achieved, even though I must only know a
>>>> > small part of it, it was clearly a life well-lived, even though it was
>>>> > cut too short.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Carlos A. Afonso
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