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I am not sure I follow you, Richard. <br>
What conflict of interest? Publish on your site who is your sponsor
for that particular project, and that in most cases should be
enough. <br>
After all, if you or the sponsor don't have any interest in the
matter your project covers, then the sponsor is wasting their money,
no? I don't say there should be a conflict of interest. <br>
Also, I am not sure what is the relation with the organizational members
of ISOC?<br>
<br>
v.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/18/14 05:42, Richard Hill wrote:<br>
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<div><span class="171423709-18052014"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">Regarding funding from private
companies, we are currently discussing this within ISOC-CH,
because some concerns have been expressed. Personally, I
don't see any problems with sponsorhip for specific portions
of specific events, e.g. providing lunch or coffee, but it
is important to avoid even the appearance of conflict of
interest, because sometimes an ISOC chapter might take a
position that is not consistent with that taken by some
private companies.</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="171423709-18052014"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">Also, I think it is important to seek
balanced contacts with private companies and I note that
indeed many different types of private companies are
corporate members of ISOC, see:</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="171423709-18052014"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2"> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved/join-community/organisations-and-corporations/list-members">http://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved/join-community/organisations-and-corporations/list-members</a> </font></span></div>
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<font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Best,</font></div>
<div><span class="171423709-18052014"><font color="#0000ff"
face="Arial" size="2">Richard</font></span></div>
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face="Tahoma" size="2">-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> Chapter-delegates
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org">mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org</a>]<b>On
Behalf Of </b>Gihan Dias<br>
<b>Sent:</b> dimanche, 18. mai 2014 03:28<br>
<b>To:</b> Chapter Delegates<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Chapter-delegates] Letter from the
ISOC Elections Committee<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014/05/17 ප.ව. 1:12, Charles
Oloo wrote:<br>
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<div><big>Engaging local stakeholders is done at various
levels and functions depending on activity or event. The
more engagement we have the more we raise ISOC profile
and visibility. In most cases, the involvement of the
media is paramount if at all one has to reach a wider
audience.</big></div>
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Charles,<br>
<br>
Yes. I agree. Could you shre with us some the engagements you
have carried out or planning to do so. Also, how you are
engaging the media?<br>
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<div><big>All these cannot be done without financial
resources, and the annual grant of 2000 USD is not
adequate for this,</big></div>
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My suggestion, (not as a trustee, but based on my experience
elsewhere) is to first spend the USD 2000, and then discuss
with Christine/Anne about your additional requirements. Often,
some funds may be available somewhere.<br>
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<div><big>bearing in mind the other equally important events
like the annual IGFs.<br>
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The IGF ambassadors program is separate from chapter funding.
Not sure about its status in 2014. <br>
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<div><big><br>
</big></div>
<big>If chapters cannot get or identify other financial
resources, increasing visibility and impact in local
scenarios </big><big>will take a little longer,
especially for young chapters. And this is a specific area
the ISOC BoT, and the Chapter Advisory need to look into.<br>
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To develop your chapter, you need to get other funding. Since
the ISoc name is well known, it is often not difficult to get
funding, both from local companies and rom the local offices
of places like Google, Cisco and Microsoft. Please let me know
what assistance you need in this regard.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Gihan<br>
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