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</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; ">the Chapters are ISOC at the local are not recognised; should they be registered with the Country Government Departments.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span></div></b><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 December 2010 22:51, Christopher Wilkinson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cw@christopherwilkinson.eu">cw@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><b><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;display:inline !important">
Good afternoon:</div></b></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><b><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
<b>RE:</b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b> </b></span><b>MEMORANDUM FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES</b></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">
I have read the new version of the Business Plan and Budget, dated 6 or 13 December and some of the Annexes.</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">I appreciate that a significant amount of additional work has been done to get this far, however I have to ask the Board of Trustees to go a few steps further.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">With reference to the Memorandum dated 14 November 2010, (attached) which you have already received, I would make the following points:</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">1.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Regarding the financial aspects of the document, I have the impression that a few of my suggestions may have been taken into account. </div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">I would be glad to let the matter rest there for the time being, although I share the concerns that have also been expressed recently by Veni Markovski.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">2.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Regarding the position of the Chapters within the Internet Society, I regret that there has been no progress at all in the revised document.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>there is no reference to the Membership of the Chapters; the Affiliation Agreements still appear, as such, in the Annexe;</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>that the Chapters are ISOC at the local and regional level is not recognised;</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>-<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>the role of the Chapters in Engagement and Public Policy is still not recognised.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">These concerns are not only a matter of presentation and image. ISOC is trying to base its financial and other priorities on the strategy expressed in this Business Plan and Budget.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">As such, this document must address the objectives and resources of the Internet Society as a whole. That is not yet the case,</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px">
<br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">3.<span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Regarding the Regional Bureaus, the document continues to present an entirely unrealistic mismatch between the additional objectives and responsibilities assigned to the Bureaus and the staff resources that are to be made available to achieve this. The point is sufficiently obvious that I need not labour it any further, except to make one specific strategic proposal regarding the <b>Staffing Plan (page 23</b>). </div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">I propose that <span style="text-decoration:underline">all</span> the 8.5 FTEs foreseen for core activities (DOH, IETF, Learning Programs etc.) be supplied by <b>reassigning existing staff,</b> already employed, and that <span style="text-decoration:underline">all</span> these available 8.5 FTEs be <b>assigned to upgrading the Regional Bureaus.</b> This is all the more important since the outlook is that <b>"staff growth in 2012 and 2013 will be slight ... </b>".</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Evidently if the Bureaus are not strengthened <span style="text-decoration:underline">now</span>, in relation to their new responsibilities, it may not be possible to do so for several years to come.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">I shall endeavour to join the conference call later thisevening.</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Regards,</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px">
<br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Christopher Wilkinson</div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">Chair, Internet Soceity European Chapters</div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px">ISOC-ECC</div></b></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px">
<br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Christopher Wilkinson <<a href="mailto:cw@christopherwilkinson.eu" target="_blank">cw@christopherwilkinson.eu</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Sun 21 Nov 2010 14:50:28 GMT+01:00</font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">Donna McCague <<a href="mailto:mccague@isoc.org" target="_blank">mccague@isoc.org</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Cc: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica">ISOC BUSINESSPLAN <<a href="mailto:businessplan@isoc.org" target="_blank">businessplan@isoc.org</a>>, Chapter Delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font:12.0px Helvetica;color:#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font:12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [ISOC] Board of Trustees Meeting Output - Business Plan</b></font></div>
<div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;min-height:14px"><br></div> </div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Dear Donna McCague:<div><br></div><div>Further to your message to the Internet Society membership of 17 November, about the output of the Beijing ISOC Board meeting, could you please forward the attached comments on the Business Plan to the ISOC Trustees.</div>
<div><br></div><div>With many thanks and regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Christopher Wilkinson</div><div>Chair, ISOC-ECC</div><div><br></div><div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 17 Nov 2010, at 17:05, Donna McCague wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">
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