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color=#000080 size=2><STRONG>Hakik - could you elaborate on this: </STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3><EM>I have not seen much of the
outcome through many similar initiatives, frankly
speaking</EM></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=2>Perhaps we can then discuss what the challenges and likely
issues are; and work towards ensuring ISOC's initiatives do not fall
in that category.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=2>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=2>R.</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Hakikur Rahman [mailto:hakik@sdnbd.org]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 16 September 2006 6:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
rajnesh@pataranet.com; chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Chapter-delegates] Suggestions & comments about chapters
andISOC<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>It is of course deserves support from all to open regional bureaus,
as we learned from ISOC that in Latin America and the Caribbean, there will be
two shortly. But, I am a bit skeptical about the actual impact to the digitally
dropped out countries, as such many in Africa and Asia. I have not seen much of
the outcome through many similar initiatives, frankly speaking. Perhaps, we are
creating critically deepening digital gaps here and there.<BR><BR>Best
Regards.<BR>Hakik.<BR>ISOC BD.<BR><BR>At 07:27 AM 9/11/2006, Rajnesh D. Singh
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT color=#000080 size=2><B>I
support the idea of a regional bureau as this means ISOC is (geographically)
closer to the Chapter location.<BR>This will have many benefits, including
being able to better understand local needs, perspectives and
the<BR>environment Chapters work in.<BR></B></FONT> <BR><FONT
color=#000080 size=2><B>I understand ISOC HQ is slowly moving towards and is
working on 2 such nodes at the moment, and I look<BR>forward to an expanded
presence.<BR></B></FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT color=#000080
size=2><B>Regards,<BR>Rajnesh Singh<BR>Pacific Islands Chapter<BR><A
href="http://www.picisoc.org">www.picisoc.org</A><BR></B></FONT> <BR> <BR> <BR><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org [<A
href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Shahid Uddin Akbar<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 10 September 2006 4:53
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Khaled KOUBAA;
chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Chapter-delegates]
Suggestions & comments about chapters andISOC<BR></FONT><BR>Dear
All,<BR> <BR>To build a meaningful and dynamic relation between ISOC and
Chapters, it is important to understand why the mechanism (particularly
Chapters at country level) is not working in many countries.<BR> <BR>Few
issues already discussed but I think we should focus more on the strategy like
establishing Regional Node of ISOC and resource mobilization to support
activties at chapters level.<BR> <BR>Hope initiating activities at
country level with support from ISOC will make the relation more effective.
Moreover, this will help the chapters to mobile more resources from other
local sources.<BR> <BR>Remain to see some vibrant steps from
ISOC.<BR> <BR>Thanks,<BR>Shahid Uddin Akbar<BR>ISOC Bangladesh
Chapter<BR><BR><B><I>Khaled KOUBAA <khaled.koubaa@topnet.tn></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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<DD>Dear Franck and colleagues,<BR><BR>
<DD>After doing some benchmarking work about what others community and<BR>
<DD>organisations do with their chapters, I would like to propose those
ideas :<BR><BR>
<DD>- The regional bureau is a good initiative, the Chapter has to keep
a<BR>
<DD>permanent liaison and the regional bureau staff informed of its
upcoming<BR>
<DD>activities.<BR>
<DD>- ISOC HQ should provide ISOC materials for events, and can help
organize<BR>
<DD>and promote chapter's activities.<BR>
<DD>- ISOC HQ have contacts of government officials/agencies,
organizations<BR>
<DD>related to Internet interests, colleges and universities, and the media
to<BR>
<DD>help a chapter's efforts reach a wide audience.<BR>
<DD>- Web hosting is an important thing for chapters and many of them will
be<BR>
<DD>happy that ISOC HQ can offer a free web hosting.<BR>
<DD>- ISOC HQ should delegate the DNS management of sub-domain as
tn.isoc.org to<BR>
<DD>interested chapters.<BR>
<DD>- It is important also that ISOC HQ know what's going on in the
Chapters.<BR>
<DD>Chapters should communicate with the staff, other chapters, and with
the<BR>
<DD>Board as much as possible to continually include/recruit/inform
other<BR>
<DD>members, and reduce duplication of effort. Actual communication tools
are<BR>
<DD>not sufficient and not used at 100%. For example I never met more Franck
in<BR>
<DD>the Jabber ISOC Conference room. Franck was very active in this issue;
he<BR>
<DD>writes always on the chapters delegates and always connected on
Jabber.<BR>
<DD>- We know that most of us are aware that money is needed in addition to
the<BR>
<DD>energy of our members. ISOC HQ may do more efforts in fundraising and
the<BR>
<DD>project funding may be generalized and be a permanent call for project
for<BR>
<DD>amounts more than 10000 $, and each case will be analyzed by a
Grants<BR>
<DD>Administrator.<BR>
<DD>- Chapters should send a monthly report of the project's finances for
as<BR>
<DD>long as the project takes. Inadequate reporting could result in the<BR>
<DD>dissolution of the Chapter.<BR>
<DD>- A guidelines ( on communications, policy, net etiquette, privacy, ...
)and<BR>
<DD>some training on how to manage a chapter and fundraising should be<BR>
<DD>programmed in each reach region and each regional bureau should help on
this<BR>
<DD>action.<BR><BR>
<DD>I hope that those ideas may help on the development of our
organisation.<BR><BR>
<DD>Regards.<BR><BR>
<DD>Khaled KOUBAA<BR>
<DD>President ISOC Tunisia<BR><BR><BR>
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<DD>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:38:27 +1200<BR>
<DD>From: Franck Martin <BR>
<DD>Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Chapters in ISOC<BR>
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<DD>I have not heard any suggestions comments about how you see the
relation<BR>
<DD>between chapters and ISOC going.<BR><BR>
<DD>The only thing I have heard is fix the membership system but while it
is<BR>
<DD>an important point it does not map the
future.<BR></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>