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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, ISOC.org 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>
<br>
Best,<br>
Veni <br>
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On 1/13/2012 17:24, Ted Mooney wrote:
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span
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font-family:Arial">Ted<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<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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