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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=254020006-17022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks David,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=254020006-17022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Your words sound great to me. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=254020006-17022005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>One year of silence, is quite equivalent to: "we have
forgotten the project..."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=254020006-17022005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>Effectively as former President of ISOC-CAT (in Catalunya - Barcelona) I offered our help to Nelson (Feb.-16-2004<SPAN
class=254020006-17022005> just a year ago
today</SPAN>) but never <SPAN class=254020006-17022005>heard
anymore about that. We supposed you already covered your needs with other
Chapters.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=254020006-17022005></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=254020006-17022005>I would suggest to open the beta-testing of the
Membership Management as soon as possible to the chapters. I have been involved
in many big ERP systems deployment, and I think a year of "customization" of a
"off-the-shelf" product is a little bit too
long... </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><FONT><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2> <SPAN
class=254020006-17022005>
andreu</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>De:</B> David McAuley [mailto:mcauley@isoc.org]
<BR><B>Enviado el:</B> miércoles, 16 de febrero de 2005 9:13<BR><B>Para:</B>
chapter-delegates@lists.isoc.org<BR><B>Asunto:</B> [chapter-delegates]
Membership System<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Andreu is correct. In
the first quarter of 2004 ISOC entered into an agreement with Go Members (<A
href="http://www.gomembers.com/">http://www.gomembers.com/</A>) to use their Q
System Membership management system and financial system. It was a major
step. This was announced to the chapter delegates list in
February 2004 along with a request for chapter volunteers for
testing.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Subsequently in 2004 we have
been working with GoMembers on the implementation of the system – it is quite
detailed as you can imagine for an organization with members, chapters and
organizations around the world. We have encountered a few unforeseen
difficulties with the financial system implementation and that has had an impact
on the overall schedule. But we are working through that and will separately
release the membership system despite the fact that it will not, when released,
integrate to the new financial system.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">A great deal has been done
and a number of chapters have responded to Nelson’s call for volunteer testers.
We cannot take all volunteers but have chosen a number who represent diverse
chapter characteristics, locations and activities. We will release the
membership system to the first of these testers within 2 weeks. (We have
done a great deal of internal testing already.) Depending on what we find
in this round of testing, we expect to release the membership system to general
use in April.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Best
regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">David
McAuley</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Membership
Director</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Internet
Society</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">703-326-9880, ext
104</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">703-963-5887
(mobile)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><A
href="mailto:mcauley@isoc.org"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">mcauley@isoc.org</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT></P>
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