<p>Thank you Eduardo.</p>
<p>This advice/experience is very helpful indeed. </p>
<p>The Local Chapter on-line registration approach is a particularly useful suggestion.</p>
<p>Thanks again,</p>
<p>Tracy<br></p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 7, 2011 8:57 AM, "Eduardo Diaz" <<a href="mailto:eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com">eduardodiazrivera@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Tracy:<div><br></div><div>One of the things that we do in Puerto Rico that has helped us increase our membership is to have a monthly activity. Each month we have a presentation around an Internet related theme and invite everybody (these events are open to the public). During the presentation we talk about ISOC and invite people to join the chapter. Also, we have an on-line registration form (<a href="http://isocpr.org/en/registrant-login/register#content" target="_blank">http://isocpr.org/en/registrant-login/register#content</a>) that allows people to register as a member any time. We get two or three new members a week by just providing this mechanism.</div>
<div><br></div><div>ISOC provides US$2,000/year to support these activities. Also, ISOC can provide chapters with promotional material that can be used during these events.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this helps.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-ed</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tracyhackshaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">tracyhackshaw@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>Hi Victor, Rahman, all:</p>
<p>The ISOC Trinidad & Tobago Chapter intends to become very active in the social media space and establish itself as a regional leader on this front.</p>
<p>We will be establishing several "presences" which will be communicated to all as we work towards filling out our various committees etc. who will be charged with the mandate of keeping these spaces up-to-date.</p>
<p>In my role as Vice-Chair and Chair of the Membership Committee, I am charged with the mandate of growing our membership base and also keeping our members well informed and satisfied that they are members of a vibrant, dynamic and active organisation.</p>
<p>To this end, you will soon see the ISOC Trinidad & Tobago Chapter activated on Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube, as well as our soon-to-completed web presence (<a href="http://www.isoc.tt" target="_blank">www.isoc.tt</a>) - we will be keeping our members, and indeed, the wider global community informed about our current and past activities and goals as well as crowd-sourcing ideas, suggestions and recommendations regarding our future work.</p>
<p>As a start, it would be really useful if, based on their experiences, the members of this list could share some thoughts about:</p>
<p>1. How to both grow and retain an active membership base<br>
2. How to best utilize social media (or alternatives) in less well-connected communities to communicate the ISOC vision and mission</p>
<p>NOTE: As a personal preference, I do not network on Facebook (although you can subscribe to my various externally-driven updates/shares there via <a href="http://facebook.com/tracyhackshaw" target="_blank">facebook.com/tracyhackshaw</a>), but you can Connect with me/Add me to your Circles/Follow me on:</p>
<p>LinkedIn: <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyhackshaw" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyhackshaw</a><br>
Google+: <a href="https://profiles.google.com/tracyhackshaw" target="_blank">https://profiles.google.com/tracyhackshaw</a><br>
Twitter: @thackshaw</p>
<p>I will be extremely happy to connect and share with you! Hope to see you there!</p>
<p>Rgds,</p>
<p>Tracy</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 6, 2011 1:28 PM, "Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google" <<a href="mailto:tracyhackshaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">tracyhackshaw@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>Thanks to all ... and congratulations all around ... most especially to Anne, Sebastian and Sabrina for their persistence, advice, guidance and support.</p>
<p>Thanks to my colleagues - Cintra and the incoming Board for all of their hard work and support, despite the various challenges for sticking to it and for seeing us through this teething period. </p>
<p>Special shout-out to the PICISOC Board for their support and advice to me personally on treating with internal Chapter issues.</p>
<p>I am proud to be a Member of ISOC Trinidad & Tobago! It feels good!</p>
<p>And, for those who are not aware of Trinidad & Tobago and what we are all about, see:</p>
<p><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/112558830650398635855/posts/M1HyzU4QVCp" target="_blank">https://plus.google.com/u/0/112558830650398635855/posts/M1HyzU4QVCp</a><br></p>
<p>Happy Holidays everyone!</p>
<p>Best wishes,</p>
<p>Tracy</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 6, 2011 12:52 PM, "Rahman Khan" <<a href="mailto:rahman.khan.john@gmail.com" target="_blank">rahman.khan.john@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Dear Colleagues of ISOC TT Chapter,<div><br></div><div>It is very good to see known faces specially Tracy and Cintra, forming a chapter of ISOC and I hope that we can continue working together for the Internet Community at-large wherever we are in this world. I would like to extend our heartiest welcome on behalf of ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Rahman Khan John<br>Chapter Vice President<br>ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter<br>M: <a href="tel:%2B880%201759400111" value="+8801759400111" target="_blank">+880 1759400111</a><div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/12/6 Sabrina Wilmot <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wilmot@isoc.org" target="_blank">wilmot@isoc.org</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Cintra and colleagues,<br>
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On behalf of all the Chapter Delegates, I'd like to extend a warm welcome to you and your colleagues at the ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter to the Internet Society and to this mailing list.<br>
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As per previous discussions on this list, I encourage individual Chapter Delegates to follow up with Cintra and her team off list if they wish to extend their own personalised welcome greetings.<br>
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If you have any questions regarding matters pertaining to your Chapter, please do not hesitate to use your colleagues on this list to get feedback or to email Chapter Support directly.<br>
<br>
We all look forward to working closely with the ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter in the near future.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<span><font color="#888888"><br>
Sabrina Wilmot<br>
Manager, Chapter Formation<br>
Internet Society (ISOC)<br>
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