<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><b>NOTE:</b> Apologies to anyone who receives duplicates from several mailing lists</div><div><br></div>All --<div><br></div><div>As planned from the beginning of the Association Management System project, we have wanted to involve chapters as much as possible before launching the new chapter portal. So far we have had two online demos of the new portal, and as promised, the next step was a hands-on trial of a Beta system. </div><div><br></div><div>That trial is now complete. About 50 chapter officers (and other interested stakeholders) from 35 different chapters were invited to participate in the hands-on Beta testing of the new ISOC Chapter Portal. From October 1st to October 8th, many officers logged on and provided feedback to us regarding the proposed new portal.<br><div><br></div><div>Based in part on these Beta findings, and general feedback from the Beta testing group, it has been decided to move the AMS Chapter Portal go-live date from October 29th to <b>November 17th. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>While many members/officers saw value in the increased functionality of the portal, many others felt it still needed some work in some areas before it was ready to launch. Based on analysis of these necessary changes, it was determined that an additional two weeks were required for the changes and testing to take place. </div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, please note that <b>Tuesday, November 17th</b> will be the new launch date for the portal. We will be providing more instructions for you on the run up to that day.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, we will be having one more round of Beta testing before launch, probably in the October 28th - November 4th timeframe. All current Beta testers will be welcomed back. However, if you are a chapter officer who has not been involved in testing so far, but would like to be, please contact us at <b><a href="mailto:ams-project@isoc.org">ams-project@isoc.org</a></b> and we will ensure you are included in the final round of testing.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks -</div><div><br></div><div>Lincoln McNey and the AMS team</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div>Lincoln McNey</div><div>Sr. Manager, Systems Solutions</div><div>The Internet Society</div><div>+41.7986.33390</div><div><a href="mailto:mcney@isoc.org">mcney@isoc.org</a></div></div><div><br></div></div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>