<div dir="ltr">Dear Kathy, <div><br></div><div>Thank you very much for your quick intervention to ensure the presence of this year's ambassador program. It is indeed heartening to experience your understanding, openness and appreciation of Chapter development tools such as the IGF ambassador program in developing the future leaders of ISOC. </div>
<div><br></div><div>I hope that despite the compressed timelines that there will be many applicants and am grateful for ISOC's expert NGL staff who will no doubt have to work extended hours ensuring that the program this year meets the usual high standards.</div>
<div><br></div><div>As a community of chapters we stand behind ISOC adding value through divers global perspectives while strengthened by our network and chapter support.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br>
Cintra Sooknanan</div><div>Chair</div><div>ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:22 AM, Kathy Brown <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kathy.Brown@isoc.org" target="_blank">Kathy.Brown@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="4">Following our discussion in London, I have followed up with my team with regards to the IGF Ambassadors initiative. I have also been following the discussion thread and would like to thank everyone for sharing excellent ideas on this important
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<div><font size="4">We have heard you and, for 2014, we will reinstate the Ambassadors program at a smaller scale. As many of you noted, this is a critical juncture in the evolution of the Internet and it's important that we support the community's important
work. Because there are only nine weeks to IGF Istanbul, the process will be a bit different than prior years. Please bear with us as we seek to be responsive in the compressed time frame. </font></div>
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<div><font size="4">The Internet Leadership team will be in touch shortly to provide details on this year's modified program and how members can apply. </font></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Talha Habib <<a href="mailto:tali2leo@gmail.com" target="_blank">tali2leo@gmail.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 12:24 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Chester Soong - Hong Kong Chapter <<a href="mailto:chester@soong.net" target="_blank">chester@soong.net</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Cc: </span>"<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC NGL and Ambassador Programme<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Jun 28, 2014 1:48 AM, <<a href="mailto:chester@soong.net" target="_blank">chester@soong.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
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Agreed, but I think ISOC HQ may provide appropriate facilitation and financial assistance, especially for the activities that can enhance the achievement of ISOC's goals and objectives at the regional and even local levels. I am really not sure if any of the
chapters in Asia can claim to be resourceful. ISOC HK is working its butts off (excuse my language) to maintain only one full time staff with all exco members are volunteers with a full-time job. If you mean bearing the cost including only time and effort
to train the person, that's fine. But paying the person's wages, it is a luxury for many chapters including ISOC HK.<br>
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What ISOC HK can do at the very least is certainly to provide internship or mentee opportunities. We organize more than 2 events a month as hosting organization and on top of that, we actively response with public statements to government and public issues
relating to IT and the Internet, especially the ones affecting ISOC's mission and objectives. So I am very sure there are plenty of things the person can learn. But the only thing we cannot afford is the person's wage if any. ISOC HK recruits students for
local universities in assisting our events as helpers, MC, or event event website preparation.<br>
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We welcome any idea in such area.<br>
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BTW, I would like to leave with a note of appreciation to all the ISOC staff and the Board of Trustees who have been making the ISOC events at ICANN London 50 possible. I am very glad to see you all and let's work closer together in protecting ISOC's mission
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Best,<br>
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<a href="mailto:Chester@ISOC.HK" target="_blank">Chester@ISOC.HK</a><br>
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John More <<a href="mailto:morej1@mac.com" target="_blank">morej1@mac.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Agreed. My general feeling is that part of the discipline is to not just accept charity.<br>
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On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Gihan Dias <<a href="mailto:gihan@uom.lk" target="_blank">gihan@uom.lk</a>> wrote:<br>
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On 2014/06/25 ප.ව. 2:08, John More wrote:<br>
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Also to be considered, again based on my experience, is whether Chapters that are in a better financial position could be asked to provide support for the intern assigned to them, thereby freeing up funds for other Chapters.<br>
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My view is that all chapters should bear at least part of the cost of a volunteer coming to them.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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Gihan<br>
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