Regarding personal visits and communication between <br>ISOC chapters...<br><br>I have been working on a proposal to be submitted to this <br>round of ISOC funding (due early June) on this issue.<br><br>It seems to me that several activities, that would take little <br>
funding or personnel time from ISOC Hq, could be of great <br>value to ISOC chapters. In addition, I suggest that these <br>activities could be of value also to the IETF.<br><br>The DC_ISOC (Washington DC) ISOC chapter has conducted a<br>
few experiments over the past five years to test these ideas.<br><br>In brief:<br><br> - Encourage IETF engineers and their companies to reach <br> out to ISOC chapters when they travel. This would involve<br> setting up a system to that an individual traveler could<br>
easily notify destination ISOC chapter officers of his travel<br> and when he might be available. While it might be possible<br> to attend a schedules chapter meeting, just offering an<br> informal meet-up for coffee or a meal could be valuable for<br>
local chapter members.<br><br> - This would involve frequent reminders to the individuals <br> and to their companies, also to ask IETF employers and<br> ISOC corporate members to support this activity.<br><br>
- Invite IETF members to visit the ISOC chapter in their own<br> location.<br><br> - Encourage and assist ISOC chapters to host local<br> activities in association with IETF triannual meetings.<br> (Afterthought, to avoid flames, by "triannual" I intend <br>
"three times per year".) These could involve hosting <br> local tours for ISOC attendees and their families.<br> Several years ago, the DCISOC chapter conducted<br> special VIP tours of the U.S. Capitol building when<br>
the IETF meeting was held in Washington DC, the<br> tours were well attended and successful.<br><br> - Also in conjunction with IETF meetings, invite local<br> ISOC chapter members (and local people who should<br>
be chapter members, such as teachers, students,<br> local Internet-related workerrs) to attend IETF<br> meetings as observers. This would need careful<br> control, but the effort could contribute both to ISOC<br>
chapters and to the IETF.<br><br>I expect the labor for the above to be contributed.<br><br>I have more volunteer work than I can handle now, anyone <br>who would like to help with this effort will be welcome.<br><br>
Are these thougts worth pursuing?<br><br>Gene Gaines<br>Sterling, Virginia USA<br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br>2. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear Alejandro Pisanty,<br>
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I googled for Doppir and this is is the best that I could find: <br>
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(right now DoppIr is a buzz word - its supposed to be a utility that
helps friends on the road meet at a location that they plan, but you
won't even find Doppir.com at the time of this blog post to be active
however you can check out what<a title="Something new; DoppIr" href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/facebook-the-future-for-social-networks/2007/04/24/1177180618008.html" target="_blank"> Jimmy Whales</a> said about it <br>
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- Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br><br><div><div class="Ih2E3d"><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/21/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Alejandro Pisanty</b> <<a href="mailto:apisan@servidor.unam.mx" target="_blank">apisan@servidor.unam.mx</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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Hi,<br>
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I've also proposed that we create a system similar to the IEEE's visiting speakers program - only more lightweight.<br>
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How much are we chapters-people able to organize bottom-up? What is the most lightweight support we may need?<br>
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Could we use a Dopplr-like thing, Dopplr itself, etc.?<br>
<br>
Alejandro Pisanty<br>
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Dr. Alejandro Pisanty<br>
UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico<br>
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*Mi blog/My blog: <a href="http://pisanty.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://pisanty.blogspot.com</a><br></div>
*LinkedIn profile: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty" target="_blank">http://www.linkein.com/in/pisanty</a><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
*Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614</a><br>
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---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, <a href="http://www.isoc.org" target="_blank">www.isoc.org</a><br>
Participa en ICANN, <a href="http://www.icann.org" target="_blank">www.icann.org</a><br>
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On Wed, 21 May 2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:<br>
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Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:58:55 +0530<br>
From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <<a href="mailto:isolatedn@gmail.com" target="_blank">isolatedn@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Narelle Clark <<a href="mailto:Narelle.Clark@optus.com.au" target="_blank">Narelle.Clark@optus.com.au</a>><br>
Cc: "<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><span><br>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC-AU in Sg and Th next week<br>
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Hello Narell Clark,<br>
<br>
It is a good trend, travelling ISOC chapter officers asking for details of<br>
local meetings and event to attend. Perhaps we should think of a system<br>
similar to that adopted by Rotary International to "rightrully" attend<br>
sister chapter meetings...<br>
<br>
Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>
ISOC India Chennai<br>
<a href="http://www.isocindiachennai.in" target="_blank">www.isocindiachennai.in</a><br>
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<br>
On 5/21/08, Narelle Clark <<a href="mailto:Narelle.Clark@optus.com.au" target="_blank">Narelle.Clark@optus.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi all<br>
In the spirit of increasing chapter interconnectivity - I will be in<br>
Singapore (where we don't have any chapter) and Thailand (where we do) next<br>
week and would love to catch up with any other chapter representatives there<br>
also.<br>
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Suggested topics include:<br>
- sharing info on chapter events and various activity planning<br>
- sharing info on chapter fund raising<br>
- comparisons of broadband availability and regulation in the different<br>
countries<br>
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Best wishes to all<br>
<br>
<br>
Narelle Clark<br>
Vice President ISOC-AU<br>
(Australia)<br>
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