<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't see the chapter workshop being proposed as one that can produce binding tasks on any chapter but hopefully it can be a way to bring more people up to speed and help us involve somebody else in developing and broadening the pool of candidates for succeeding to chapter leadership. There is always a risk but like any parent there is never a good time to "let go!". But that is what we have to do. </div><div><br></div>As to the agenda at INET I am not sure I want something "amazing". That tends to mean a PR company has been given its head and probably too much rein! <div><br></div><div>If the INET is really "work" for us, such as providing a platform for the preparation and planning of the ISOC / Internet communities in our countries for the ITU conference later this year, then I would agree with you Veni that some more support would be very warmly received. But I don't see this in what has been published so far. <div><br></div><div>Mind you having said that would people think it useful to have a concentrated session or sessions at, before, or after INET so we can go away with some shared position (papers), campaign ideas and ability to share progress and news leading up to that conference? If so perhaps we would benefit from a series of webinars / calls so we arrive usefully prepared?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>best</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Christian</div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>On 15 Jan 2012, at 15:36, Veni Markovski wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Ted, and all,<br>
This sounds really good, except the fact that the Chapter workshop
seems designed in a way not to allow chapter members, and members
of the chapters' board of directors to participate. <br>
Certainly, we could have one representative from each chapter
there, but with one reminder: these people are not necessarily the
representatives of the chapters. In the case of Bulgaria, the
person who got the grant happens to be a member of the Board, but
that's probably an exception. <br>
It would have been much better for ISOC to allow all chapters'
officers to participate for free at the chapter workshop and the
INET. <br>
I am still bewildered at the participation fee for an event, which
has no program, and no speakers announced. You say it will be an
"extraordinary" event, but the only extraordinary thing so far is
the fee for members, which is much lower than for anyone else, and
since membership is free, it makes it even more extraordinary. <br>
And since you say that even if the event is 100 % sold out, the
registration fee will cover only a fraction of the price, I am
even more astonished. If that's the case (a fraction), then what's
the point in having a fee? After all, <a href="http://ISOC.org">ISOC.org</a> has tens of
millions of dollars budget every year, and it can't spend it
all... what a better expense than covering an event, and opening
it for the broader public - the same way the IGF is organized!?<br>
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Best,<br>
Veni <br>
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On 1/13/2012 17:24, Ted Mooney wrote:
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Dear Chapter Delegates,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">There has been some discussion via this
list around
registration pricing for members and chapter officers
wishing to attend the
Global INET. Let me take a few sentences to review our
thought process and
opportunities for chapter members to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Because we believe this will be an
extraordinary event, we
wanted the registration to be:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Better than
market for similar events</span></font> <font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Reflective of
the value of the event</span></font> <font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Affordable by
a high percentage of those who want to participate<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">An
opportunity to our members and to students<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">We readily undertook a pricing model
that even if the event
was 100% sold out, that would still only cover a fraction
of the event costs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">In addition, all of you are aware that
a Global Chapter
workshop is planned. For this workshop we are offering a
travel fellow
from every chapter which includes roundtrip airfare, room
and board for the
five days of Chapter workshop and INET and free admission
to the conference, so
long as the Travel Fellow applicant is considered a Young
Leader and
hasn’t been to an INET in the past 12 months. We expect
there will
be 100 such travel fellows. This represents a significant
investment in
our chapters for this event in addition to our other
investments for chapter
support, such as the community grants program, the
development of chapter
dashboards, and further development of the Internet
Society chapter membership
management platform and chapter guidebook.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Also, and as in the past, where there
is the possibility of
two people traveling, one a Travel fellowship recipient,
the other not, both
parties may share the same room and ISOC will incur any
additional room charges
for the length of the Workshop and INET.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">With this solid investment in the
future of the Internet for
Everyone and the Internet Society as a whole, we believe
that the current
registration pricing for the global INET is very fair and
provides all
constituents the best opportunity of participation and
value while making a
minimum contribution to support the significant costs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I hope this is helpful and that I will
see you at the Global
INET.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Ted<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Ted Mooney</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Sr. Director, Membership & Services</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">The Internet Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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