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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I fully support ISOC funding
the IGF. This is exactly the sort of activity we, at ISOC Québec, expect ISOC
World to be involved in.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for our chapter's funding, we consider
it our responsibilty rather than ISOC World's,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Luc Faubert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>ISOC Québec</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org
on behalf of Veni Markovski<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tue 2006-02-14 08:14<BR><B>To:</B>
ISOC Chapter Delegates<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC is
funding the Internet Governance Forum<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Dear Carlos,<BR>the work of the IGF is important, and ISOC -
in<BR>my opinion - has properly contributed to the<BR>Trust Fund. ISOC-Bulgaria
is also participating<BR>there - see www.isoc.bg/ig and we have managed to<BR>do
some fundraising, although ISOC decided not to<BR>support our project in the
2005 round of funding projects.<BR><BR>Chapters have a program, under which they
can<BR>apply for funding from ISOC. Again, it's my<BR>understanding that they
should be getting more<BR>funding for projects. Still, in 2005 there was
$<BR>150,000 for projects, and in 2006 the budget says<BR>there may be $ 50,000
more, e.g. see page 33 of<BR><A
href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/SOP-Part2.pdf">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/SOP-Part2.pdf</A><BR>I
think chapters and individual members could get<BR>not a straight amount, but a
percentage of the<BR>PIR contribution to ISOC budget - the same way<BR>IETF gets
funding from some of the org members.<BR><BR>However, if you want the chapters
to contribute<BR>more, they can do that in several different ways:<BR>for
exmaple some of them may decide to promote<BR>the paid membership to ISOC ($ 75
/ year), and<BR>put together the missing 500 such members, who<BR>will then be
allowed to elect Board Trustees. As<BR>you can understand, simple math shows
that today<BR>the Board's majority is elected by org members<BR>and the IETF,
and individual users / chapters<BR>have only 3 Trustees. If you want to change
the<BR>Board policy, that's one of the legitimate ways.<BR><BR>I hope you don't
have doubts that we're trying<BR>hard to change the policy with all we can,
but<BR>it's not that eays - trust me on that.<BR><BR>Best,<BR>Veni<BR><BR>At
07:46 AM 14.2.2006 '?.'ЪЪ┬Ж -0500, Carlos Vera Q wrote:<BR>>It would be
great to know who will benefit from this funding!! Not the<BR>>Isoc Chapters
it seems<BR>><BR>>Carlos Vera Quintana<BR>>ISOC
Ecuador<BR>><BR>>Franck Martin escribiС:<BR>>
> <A
href="http://www.intgovforum.org/funding.htm">http://www.intgovforum.org/funding.htm</A><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> >
Funding<BR>> ><BR>> > The following donors have made pledges or
contributed to the Trust Fund :<BR>> ><BR>> > - Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation (SDC<BR>> > <<A
href="http://www.sdc.admin.ch/">http://www.sdc.admin.ch/</A>>)<BR>>
><BR>> > - Ministry of Economic Affairs of The Netherlands<BR>> >
<<A
href="http://www.minez.nl/content.jsp?objectid=21438">http://www.minez.nl/content.jsp?objectid=21438</A>><BR>>
><BR>> > - Nominet UK <<A
href="http://www.nominet.org.uk/">http://www.nominet.org.uk/</A>><BR>>
><BR>> > - The Swiss Education and Research Network (SWITCH <<A
href="http://www.switch.ch/">http://www.switch.ch/</A>>)<BR>> ><BR>>
> - The Internet Society (ISOC <<A
href="http://www.isoc.org">http://www.isoc.org</A>>)<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > In-kind contributions were received by:<BR>> ><BR>>
> - The United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG <<A
href="http://www.unog.ch/">http://www.unog.ch/</A>><BR>> ><BR>>
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