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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Anne and everyone,<br>
for what is worth, I'd like to ask you to forward some notes from
the ISOC-Bulgaria board to the Board of Trustees, which will be
discussing the Plan.<br>
<br>
First of all, congratulations to everyone, involved in the
preparation of the Business Plan!<br>
<br>
Some items:<br>
- on page 4, there is a figure, showing ISOC revenues; please,
either add the PIR revenue, or put a note in the title "<b>2011
Revenue Mix (without PIR contribution)</b>". I see that you are
trying hard to reach the minimum level, which will make peace with
the IRS, which is good! <br>
- on page 5, you say "The Internet Society's Regional Bureaus are
at the core of our ability to scale our efforts and impact." As a
chapter chairman, and as someone being elected by chapters to the
BoT, I would argue that the chapters are "at the core of our
ability to scale our efforts and (<b>especially!</b>) impact".
Please, fix.<br>
- in the plan for what the bureaus will do, I don't see enough
place, allocated for their cooperation and collaboration with the
chapters. Please, fix.<br>
- on page 6, for example, talking about the bureaus, you say that
"they will fulfil their responsibilities working closely and
collaboratively with members, local partners and of course, all
ISOC staff." Not a word about the chapters. Please, fix.<br>
These fixes should not be just edits in the text. They should be
supported by concrete tasks, given to bureaus, to engage with
chapters.<br>
<br>
- On page 7, we see that revenue performance for the current year
is below 2009, but I see that there's a goal for increased level
for 2011. Would it be possible to see the table from 2009, and see
what was the prognosis for increased revenues for ISOC in 2010?
Were the expectations that revenue would go down? If no, could you
tell us why the sudden drop?<br>
<br>
- On page 8, we see that you have planned aggressive campaign to
have more individual members. What's this campaign? I don't
remember being contacted on it, and yet I'd expect that chapters
are the natural connection points for such an effort. If I have
missed it, it's my fault, so, please, ignore this remark. If I
haven't missed it, but there has not been such a communication,
please, explain what's the role of the chapters, and how you plan
to support our activities, in order to attract new members?<br>
<br>
- On page 8, point 2 - you are talking about regional and national
stakeholders, but not about chapters. Please, fix.<br>
<br>
- On page 9 you talk about "expand activities in Africa, Latin
America, and Asia." Please, include Eastern Europe there. We have
talked for several years now with ISOC, at different levels, with
participation by top management (Lynn, others) about engaging with
Russia, CIS, but nothing has happened.<br>
<br>
- On page 10, point III. We don't see anything, related to public
policy, ensuring growth of the Internet in the current form - free
of control, restrictions, licenses and regulations. All four
"opportunities" are technical related - which wouldn't be bad, if
there was balance with public policy. Please, fix.<br>
<br>
- On page 14, poing 1, you are talking about adding 6 more staff
people. Is this current staff, or new staff? Wouldn't it be
better, if the money for these 6 staff people be directly included
in the NGL program? That will to probably triple the funding for
the program, and increase the number of new leaders to 24, or may
be even 30. They will have much bigger impact than several
staffers, imho. <br>
- On the same page, point 2, expanding the program in French -
that's a very good sign; however it would be even better, if you
increase it with at least the UN 6 languages immediately. If the
program is successful, it's better to start it at once in areas,
covering about 4 billion people, rather than in the francophone
countries alone. <br>
<br>
- Page 16, point V, a little modesty might serve ISOC better. We
can't claim all these recognitions - it is up to the others to say
if they recognize ISOC as carrying credible perspective, etc.
Please, fix. <br>
<br>
- Page 16, point a)i - please, fix immediately. ISOC cannot in
anyway influence the deployment of IPv6, and adding this task in
its activities will make it look, hm, what - not very credible?<br>
<br>
- Page 16, point a)iii - what is this "common Internet"? <br>
<br>
- Page 16, point b) - We don't see the ITU mentioned. It's an
error not to mention it, after several of us have put so much
efforts to have the ITU recognize ISOC in their resolutions of
Plenipot 2010. And the IGF is not an international organization -
from the text of point iii) it looks like one. <br>
<br>
- Page 21. The increase of ISOC expenses with 40 %, while the
budget increased with less than that is worrisome. <br>
<br>
- Page 21. Finally we see concrete step towards Public policy -
but it's only to mention the fact that a new VP of Public Policy
will be hired. While the lack of one clearly shows that previous
our observations are correct, it is difficult to believe that a
single person can change the policy in that area. Can you, please,
explain what the role of the VP will be, and how he or she would
help the chapters do their job, which is mainly in the public
policy field? We don't see this reflected <b>adequately</b> in
the budget. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Hope this is useful for the Board, and for everyone on the list.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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On 12/7/2010 18:43, Anne Lord wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:9E17044D-DD8C-4422-8C6B-3C5F008F349D@isoc.org"
type="cite">Dear Colleagues,
<br>
<br>
I am sending this message to you on behalf of Jon McNerney, Chief
Operating Officer. Over the past several months, the ISOC staff
along with the feedback we received from our broader Internet
community, have been planning and preparing our 2011 Business Plan
and Budget. At our recent Board of Trustees meeting in Beijing
this past month, the Executive Team presented a very ambitious
2011 Plan. After some great discussion with our Board of Trustees,
it has enabled us to produce a higher aggregated view of our
goals, programs and activities in 2011. This proposed plan can be
accessed via our website
at:<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/docs/dec2010/2011-2013-business-plan.pdf">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/docs/dec2010/2011-2013-business-plan.pdf</a>.
Please note that this plan will be presented to our Board of
Trustees next week and we will publish the final and approved
Business Plan soon thereafter.
<br>
<br>
Additionally, we are posting a set of supporting documents,
including Frequently Asked Questions and Appendices. The FAQ is
intended to provide an easy-to-navigate guide to the Business
Plan, and the Appendices contain another layer of granularity to
provide more insight into our business plans for 2011. Neither is
critical to understanding the Business Plan, they are just
different layers of it for your use.
<br>
<br>
We are very well prepared and organized to execute this Plan and
we expect great success in 2011. This would not at be at all
possible without the tremendous support and assistance we get from
our broader Internet community, such as our Chapters, Members and
Staff. We look forward to another year of growth and achievement.
<br>
<br>
<br>
Best regards,
<br>
<br>
Sent on behalf of Jon McNerney.
<br>
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