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Eric,<br>
it seems like you didn't read my message to Eva till the end. Let me
quote:<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">"[Eva], <br>
May be naive, but I trust your good spirit and desire to really
achieve a breakthrough.<br>
I am sure that all chapters would welcome some positive
developments!<br>
And if you need any help, please, just ask us."<br>
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So, yes, please - let's not look backwards (unless that's necessary
for the record, and for knowing the past, so that we don't repeat
the mistakes we made), and be sure we recognize each and everyone's
good will to try make ISOC better.<br>
<br>
v.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/13/2013 08:17, Eric Burger wrote:<br>
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space;
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<div>I promise that if you keep looking backwards, we will
look backwards too, and we can expect that nothing will
change.</div>
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<div>We respect the past has happened. It sounds like it was
not great. I do wish to highlight that all but one person
on the board was not here ten years ago and most of the
staff started in the past three years.</div>
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<div>If you will join us in looking forward into the future
instead of being stuck in the past, I believe we can make
positive changes.</div>
<div>- Eric</div>
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<div>On Mar 12, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Veni Markovski <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a>>
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face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Dear Eva,<br>
that's a great news - was traveling and couldn't
respond promptly. <br>
As you are aware (but some of the chapters' list
are new), the relations between the chapters, and
ISOC HQ need improvement, and it is encouraging to
see that the BoT has come back to the same point,
where it was about 10 years ago. Back then we, the
then Trustees, couldn't find a solution to the
gridlock, but your message definitely sounds
encouraging. May be naive, but I trust your good
spirit and desire to really achieve a
breakthrough.<br>
<br>
I am sure that all chapters would welcome some
positive developments!<br>
<br>
And if you need any help, please, just ask us.<br>
<br>
Veni<br>
ISOC-Bulgaria <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/08/2013 06:41,
Eva Frölich wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal">The
Board Trustees and the Internet Society
executive team held a joint retreat February
to review strategic directions for the future
of the Internet Society. <span
style="color:#1F497D">Some of the </span>issues
raised by Chapters over the past years ha<span
style="color:#1F497D">ve</span> bearing on
the ISOC strategic directions so therefore we
also included these issues in our discussion.
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The Internet
Society and it's community work is guided by
principles and values striving for the
vision of the "Internet is for Everyone".
The mission is stated on </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:SV"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission">http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission</a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">.<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
The Trustees would also like to emphazise
that we believe that the Chapters are an
integral part of our global organization. At
the same time, the Trustees and staff
realize that there remains work to do to
increase engagement with and support for
Chapters. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">With the aim of
ensuring that ISOC and it´s Chapters all
have the same understanding and can work
cooperatively together, the Trustees have
asked the executive team to report back to
the Trustees on staff´s efforts to further
align ISOC´s and Chapters activities as a
basis for continuing the discussions. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt">The Trustees also
concludes that information need to flow both
directions to ensure success for both
Chapters working on local level as well as
ISOC working on a global level. <br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
Kind regards<br>
Eva Frölich<br>
Chair, ISOC Board of Trustees</span></span></blockquote>
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