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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">+1 on this one, too. <br>
This has been the toughest questions of all - and so far I have
not seen any way to make it happen. Chapters simply cannot
influence on policy, as they are minority on the Board. If the
current Board is willing to listen to the chapters, and take not
only "for consideration", but to implement some of the suggestions
that chapter make, that will be a real breakthrough.<br>
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However, I'd like to point to the fact that it's been three months
since the end of the WCIT, which caused major disturbance in the
Internet, and we have not started (or at least it is not seen) the
execution of a strategy to work with our eyes on the ITU Plenipot
2014. That should keep us all awake at night. <br>
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V.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/18/2013 22:40, Carlos Vera
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<div>Another +1 how can we influence on this?</div>
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El 18/03/2013, a las 20:30, Ernesto cruz <<a
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<div>Well said... +1<br>
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<div>Ernesto Cruz</div>
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On Mar 15, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Dave Burstein <<a
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Folks</font>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> What would happen
if ISOC shifted 10% of its current budget to low cost
local initiatives (as suggested) and modest
transportation reimbursements to members for
international events? </font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> I bet the result
would be far more bang for the buck than the same
money spent on staff and the current travel expenses.
Think how much the chapters could achieve with a few
hundred thousand, much less 10% of the $30M ISOC
budget. </font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> Currently, ISOC
is spending several million dollars each year
supporting the chapters. It's in the budget as
"internal communications" and dozens of other titles,
as well as those specifically assigned to
regional/chapter work. Folks like Paul Brigner and
Sally Wentworth are knocking themselves out to help
the chapters. This isn't a criticism of their
efforts. </font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> The current
system has a place, but is brutally expensive. It
appears a few hundred people are "active volunteers"
in ISOC, although overall events pull more. That means
we're currently spending several thousand per active
volunteer. I think if some of that centrally spent
money went directly to chapter expenses, the results
could be extraordinary.</font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> How can we make
this happen? One possibility is not to hire for the
senior economics advocate currently listed as an open
job, which is budgeted at several hundred thousand
dollars. There is no shortage of economic analysis
from ISOC's allies in policy and one more economist
will add little to the discussion. </font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> Think how much
more that money could do build the chapters and the
direct international work of ISOC members. </font></div>
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<div><font face="verdana,sans-serif"> Let's find a way.
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