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<div>ISOC India Chennai wishes to congratulate ISOC on this sphere initiative. The theme of the project is inspiring and its timing is significant. I wish to take an active part in this project as also encourage other members of the chennai chapter to take an active lead.
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<div>Thank you</div>
<div>Sivasubramanian Muthusamy</div>
<div>ISOC India Chennai<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/13/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Anne Lord</b> <<a href="mailto:lord@isoc.org">lord@isoc.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>We would like to extend a warm invitation to you to join a new<br>initiative in 2008 called the ISOC 'Sphere' project. The project
<br>is a key activity in the 'Stakeholder Relationships' section of<br>the Chapter Development Plan.<br><br>The name of the project, 'Sphere' is derived from the shape of a<br>geodesic dome, which is the only man-made structure that grows
<br>stronger while it grows bigger, where the inter-connected elements<br>are highly dependent on one another and working together.<br><br>The project seeks to develop the relationships between ISOC Chapters<br>and ISOC Global. It is expected that three or four key initiatives
<br>will emerge from the work that will progress and develop<br>relationships. The overarching goal is to make the best use of<br>ISOC's collective skills and talents to advance the mission and<br>activities of the organization.
<br><br>We would like to invite you to join the 'Sphere' project. All<br>participation is voluntary. There is no limit to the number of<br>participants per chapter. The project is expected to last for<br>approximately one year and will be facilitated by Tim Gartside, an
<br>experienced multi-cultural group worker. More details about Tim and<br>his work can be found on his Linkedin profile at:<br><br><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?goback=%">http://www.linkedin.com/profile?goback=%
</a><br>2Econ&viewProfile=&key=11851921&jsstate=.conbro_0_*51_false_*2_465<br><br>Full details about the project and what it means for you if you<br>volunteer can be read on the chapter wiki (you will need to login -
<br>please email myself or sabrina if you do not have your login details)<br>at:<br><br><a href="http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Sphere+Project">http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Sphere+Project
</a><br><br>In summary, the project will have 3 phases. These sessions are laid<br>out below. The interviews in phase 1 will be anonymous but not<br>confidential.<br><br>Phase 1<br>The Purpose of this phase is to gather information on how to develop
<br>the relationship between ISOC Global and ISOC chapters. It will<br>consist of Individual phone consultations with volunteers and Tim,<br>the consultant. Consultations will commence in the week beginning<br>Monday 4th Feb.
<br><br>Phase 2<br>The purpose of this phase is to develop and explore the themes that<br>have emerged in consultations. This will eventually lead to<br>progressive steps and tangible activities with work being done in<br>
smaller groups. Virtual online e-meetings will be used to progress<br>the conversations. Face-to-face meetings (which are supplementary to<br>the main on-line meetings) will be held alongside regional meetings.<br>This will take place from May through to June
<br><br>Phase 3<br>Develop and support the activities of the workgroups emerging from<br>both virtual and face-to-face meetings leading to recommendations and<br>eventual implementation. Online e-meetings will take place to provide
<br>support and follow up. This phase is expected to last from July until<br>September.<br><br>If you are interested in joining the project, you can sign up on the<br>table found at the wiki page referenced above. Alternatively you can
<br>email Initial interviews will commence<br>the week beginning Monday 4th February and will run through until<br>Thursday 21 February.<br><br>Myself, Sabrina, Dawit and Sebastian are available to assist you<br>during this project. If you have any questions or queries please do
<br>not hesitate to contact any of us. We look forward to your active<br>participation.<br><br>Best wishes,<br><br><br>Anne<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Anne Lord, Senior Manager <
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