<div>Dear all:</div>
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<div>This is a good effort to finally get members onboard and a managed approach towards creating a knowledgebase on the subject. We look forward to giving as much information possible for this task.</div>
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<div>regards<br></div>
<div>Qasim<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:07 PM, Hans P. Dittler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hpdittler@braintec-consult.de">hpdittler@braintec-consult.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">As many of you may be aware, throughout 2008, the CSC (chapter steering committee for the AMS-project) played an important role in identifying and specifying Chapter requirements for a new ISOC membership system. The CSC were part of the extensive and rigorous selection process that was conducted to identify a suitable platform that met the needs of the very different stakeholder groups: ISOC staff, Organization members, Chapter delegates and Individual members. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">On behalf of the CSC and the AMS project team, we are pleased to announce that Aptify Software Solutions has been chosen to provide ISOC with its Association Management System . The software will be the central data holding and management platform for all data on chapters, individual members, organizational members, events and grants. From the start it provides improved management and communication among and between all ISOC members and stakeholders. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">For Chapter officials Aptify will support:</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">• Members joining ISOC through a Chapter;</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">• Easy management of the memberships of your Chapter;</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">• A customizable member experience that allows your members to choose the language that best suits their needs and to manage their user profiles;</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">• And the platform enables us to develop and attach a broad range of additional functionality and collaboration tools in later project phases.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">We're aiming to provide a single platform for all ISOC related business. There are two aspects to this: ISOC members and Chapter delegates will be able to conduct Chapter and membership organizational tasks and in addition, they will be able to collaborate and work in an environment that is focused on furthering the mission of ISOC through and by its members, both at a local and global level. To achieve the latter in addition to the direct use of the Aptify system, the database and the back end processing of Aptify will be used to provide a platform to attach existing external tools and launch additional development projects to enhance the experience for your members. </span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Your thoughts and input will be crucial to building out this part of the project.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">2009 will be an exciting year for ISOC and its membership. The AMS project team will continue to work closely with the CSC through the implementation and development phases and we look forward to working with you on this important project.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Best wishes,</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Hans Peter Dittler Steve Conte</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">(for the CSC-team) (for the AMS-team)</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Jon McNerney Anne Lord</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">(Chief Operating Officer) (Senior Manager, Chapters & Individual Members) </span></p>
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