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    <p>HI All,</p>
    <p>On the subject of a Bank account and Non Profit Status, Our
      Accessibility SIG was able to get our status through a tool that
      many groups in the US use called Fiscal sponsorship. Fiscal
      sponsorship refers to the practice of non-profit organizations
      offering their legal and tax-exempt status to groups—typically
      projects—engaged in activities related to the sponsoring
      organization's mission.  The main organization maintains the legal
      and fiduciary responsibility for the sponsored organization. Other
      countries probably have a similar tool.  What this allows for is
      for an established non-profit to provide fiscal sponsorship to a
      related organization that shares several of the same goals. In our
      case ISOC NY graciously offered to be our Fiscal Sponsor. We
      signed a legal agreement with them and they opened up a separate
      bank account for us to use. <br>
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    <p>In the US this concept of Fiscal sponsorship is widely used by
      many, many similar groups whether they are in Tech, or any other
      sector it is pretty common. <br>
    </p>
    <p>I have heard that in France there is something similar called
      Hosted Foundations and perhaps these type of arrangements should
      be looked into more by other Chapters or SIGS.<br>
    </p>
    <p>Best,</p>
    <p>Judith<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/3/2020 11:23 AM, Christine
      Saegesser via Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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      Dear all, <br class="">
       <br class="">
      The Chapter Admin Funding programme is there to support the
      Chapter’s day to day running of the Chapter itself. 
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      <div class="">While the Admin funding programme was launched in
        Oct 2016 with an application deadline in Dec 2016, the programme
        always closed in either May or June in the following years. <br
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         <br class="">
        The main reasons for closing it in June are: <br class="">
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• feedback
          we have received from Chapters is that they would like to
          receive their Admin Funding in the first part of the year to
          be able to carry out their plans throughout the year.<br
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        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• budget
          management and visibility (it’s is a large total amount of
          money to allocate without knowing how many Chapters will
          apply)<br class="">
        </div>
        <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• end
          of year accounting volume – there is a tendency for Chapters
          to apply at deadline. Over the past years, we typically
          received 70% of the Chapter applications within the last 3
          days before the deadline, and this across the various Chapter
          funding programmes. If the programme closes towards the end of
          the year, this means a considerable number of invoices that
          need to be paid on top of normal end of year closing.<br
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        Last year, we opened a 2nd round of Chapter Admin Funding to
        accommodate particular circumstances faced by the Chapters.
        Based on the feedback here, we will look into opening a second
        round later in the year for 2020 too. And, as mentioned in my
        earlier message, we will have a look at the overall funding
        schedule for next year.</div>
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        In the meantime, 73% of Chapters have successfully submitted
        their applications for 2020 by the 30 June deadline and we will
        work with the Chapters who faced challenges to submit their
        applications on time due to the very difficult
        global circumstances to identify solutions. Please reach out to
        Stine Philipsen <<a href="mailto:philipsen@isoc.org" class=""
          moz-do-not-send="true">philipsen@isoc.org</a>> over the
        next two weeks if this is your Chapter’s case. <br class="">
         <br class="">
        Also, concerning the need for a bank account on the name of the
        Chapter: </div>
      <div class="">What the Chapter Charter Letter says is that the
        Chapter agrees to “Establish a bank account or other equivalent
        financial account in the name of the Chapter to receive and
        disburse funds, including funding provided by the Internet
        Society.” (see point 3.1.V <a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2018-2020-ISOC_Chapter_Charter_Agreement-Apr2020.pdf"
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https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2018-2020-ISOC_Chapter_Charter_Agreement-Apr2020.pdf</a>)</div>
      <div class="">Any "equivalent financial account" would have to be
        legal and secure (and auditable), and the Chapter would need to
        make and receive payments to and from it in the name of the
        Chapter as a legal organization.
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            Wyn, to your question: <br class="">
            <blockquote type="cite" class="">In this vein, i am also
              seeking clarification of your second bullet point below --
              "For Chapters in a country where legal registration is not
              necessary to open a bank account in the official name of
              the Chapter ..." -- is this worded correctly (with the
              "not); or should that instead read -- "For Chapters in a
              country where legal registration is necessary to open a
              bank account in the official name of the Chapter ...". <br
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             <br class="">
            This is not a typo. In most cases, a local legal
            registration is needed for the bank to be able to open a
            bank account in the name of the Chapter. However, in some
            countries it is possible to constitute a group that doesn’t
            need a legal registration in order to be able to open a
            Chapter bank account. In South Africa for example, it is
            possible to create "Voluntary Associations" that can open
            bank accounts in the name of their entity without any formal
            legal registration. Chapters who operate in a similar legal
            context are invited to reach out to us by contacting Stine
            Philipsen (<a href="mailto:philipsen@isoc.org" class=""
              moz-do-not-send="true">philipsen@isoc.org</a>) to discuss
            their particular case. <br class="">
             <br class="">
            I hope this helps clarify some of the points raised.</div>
          <div class=""> <br class="">
            Best, <br class="">
             <br class="">
            Christine </div>
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          <div class="">On 3. Jul 2020, at 14:57, Christian via
            Chapter-delegates <<a
              href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" class=""
              moz-do-not-send="true">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>>
            wrote:</div>
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              <p class="">I am sympathetic to the needs of chapters that
                for whatever reason can't viably work within their own
                registered formal entity locally.
                <br class="">
              </p>
              <p class="">ISOC London was informal as it became ISOC
                England which did formalise in 1999 before it became a
                chartered chapter (there was already a formal ISOC
                Scotland organisation since defunct). ISOC England again
                became "informal" in the mid2000s and stayed informal as
                the core of the current team refreshed it from 2011
                until a couple of years ago.</p>
              <p class="">A sufficient stable revenue that would at
                least meet our regularised costs for at least  3 years
                beyond the current financial year was for us an
                essential pre condition before we formalised.
                <br class="">
              </p>
              <p class="">So far that has happened according to plan.</p>
              <p class="">One thought I've had that might help with
                chartered but informally structured chapters.
                <br class="">
              </p>
              <p class="">ISOC regional offices could set up a regional
                secretariat entity that was managed by ISOC staff with
                chapter leadership engagement to handle the financial
                formalities for informal chapters.<br class="">
              </p>
              <p class="">With grants managed from that  with chapter
                and ISOC trustee oversight. It should satisfy concerns
                for accountability and getting  the money doing useful
                things?</p>
              <p class="">If an informal chapter starts to get viable
                longer term support locally that will allow it to
                sustain its own structure and governance then it can
                always do that at a later date.
                <br class="">
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              <p class="">?<br class="">
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              <p class="">C<br class="">
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              <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/07/2020 12:46,
                sivasubramanian muthusamy via Chapter-delegates wrote:<br
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cite="mid:CAKsgsGzEzYAPsi+Js=5ZAQWuZUOvQZpzAMkuo4xnWxMGzxN4og@mail.gmail.com"
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                                    <div class="">In the case of the
                                      Chennai Chapter, we have opted NOT
                                      to incorporate, because
                                      incorporation / formation as an
                                      NGO / Trust requires systematic
                                      paperwork, filing of monthly /
                                      quarterly reports or what we call
                                      "returns" and might involve visits
                                      to one or more Government offices,
                                      additional procedures for
                                      receiving / sending money from /
                                      to accounts outside the country. 
                                      That makes it difficult for a
                                      Chapter of volunteers to commit to
                                      such processes that might require
                                      a Chapter Accountant, and in
                                      addition would require the Chapter
                                      to engage the services of a
                                      Chartered Accountant and in some
                                      cases a Lawyer.  Professionals
                                      with a sense of responsibility,
                                      commitment and thoroughness, who
                                      also have a sense of
                                      Accountability are expensive in
                                      terms of the fee payable.  As a
                                      Chapter, who have handled a sum
                                      total of about $ 6000 in 12 years,
                                      it was unwise to seek to commit to
                                      these processes, which would have
                                      required us to spend about $5000 a
                                      year in professional fees alone
                                      merely to meet the compliance
                                      requirements.  The $ 5000 / year
                                      indicated here is arbitrary, one
                                      could argue that there are
                                      professionals of lesser standards
                                      who can be engaged at about $500 a
                                      year or even less (not denying
                                      that the fee charged is not always
                                      a measure of the standards of
                                      service extended, but it is often
                                      true that reliable services
                                      require a good outlay for
                                      professional fees);  It can also
                                      be argued that much more than $
                                      5000 a year is to be set aside
                                      towards professional fees, and
                                      even additional provisions may be
                                      required for legal services;  With
                                      this rationale, though not
                                      conclusively decided not to
                                      incorporate in some form, we have
                                      been hesitating;  We do have a
                                      bank account, though I am not
                                      saying this to ask for admin
                                      funding right now.</div>
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                                    <div class="">Sivasubramanian M</div>
                                    <div class="">Internet Society India
                                      Chennai </div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 3, 2020
                    at 3:35 PM Winthrop Yu via Chapter-delegates <<a
                      href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org"
                      moz-do-not-send="true" class="">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>>
                    wrote:<br class="">
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                      <p class="">Thank you for your comprehensive reply
                        Christine. <br class="">
                      </p>
                      <p class="">During the campaign for signing by all
                        Chapters of the Chapter Letter, correct me if i
                        misheard or do not remember correctly, but i
                        distinctly recall your mentioning that
                        alternative procedures would be made available
                        for those Chapters in countries where a bank
                        account requires full incorporation. I mention
                        this again as in some developing countries such
                        a registration, particularly for non-profit
                        entities, is extremely onerous. This is does not
                        just entail red-tape and the usual mandatory
                        regulatory requirements, but the surrender of
                        personal privacy; for example a requirement that
                        all officers of such an entity sign waivers
                        allowing scrutiny of all personal bank accounts.
                        In a country where there is reasonable rule of
                        law, this may perhaps be barely reasonable. In a
                        country where the government can and does
                        "weaponize" the law, this represents a
                        significant risk and threat against the officers
                        of such an entity.
                        <br class="">
                      </p>
                      <p class="">In this vein, i am also seeking
                        clarification of your second bullet point below
                        -- "<i class="">For Chapters in a country where
                          legal registration is
                          <b class="">not</b> necessary to open a bank
                          account in the official name of the Chapter
                          ...</i>" -- is this worded correctly (with the
                        "not); or should that instead read -- "<i
                          class="">For Chapters in a country where legal
                          registration
                          <b class="">is</b> necessary to open a bank
                          account in the official name of the Chapter
                          ...</i>".
                        <br class="">
                      </p>
                      <p class="">Kindly advise, thank you! <br
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                      </p>
                      <p class="">WYn<i class=""><br class="">
                        </i></p>
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                      <div class="">On 3 Jul 2020 5:20 pm, Christine
                        Saegesser via Chapter-delegates wrote:<br
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                        <div id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid2"
                          class=""><span
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                            class="">Dear Chapter Leaders,</span></div>
                        <div id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid3"
                          class=""><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> </span></div>
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                            class="">Thanks a lot for sharing your
                            thoughts around </span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">the </span><span
                            class="">Chapter Admin Funding </span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
                            Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"
                            class="">Programme </span><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class="">(and other funding programs),
                            please know that all your feedback is noted
                            and taken into consideration for future
                            improvements.</span></div>
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                          class=""><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class="">We will </span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">be in
                            touch with</span><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> the Chapter Advisory Council
                            Steering Committee</span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""> </span><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class="">later this year to </span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">agree on</span><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> a timeline that works </span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
                            Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"
                            class="">better for everyone for 2021. </span></div>
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                          class=""><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> </span></div>
                        <div
                          id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid69"
                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Based on
                            the comments on the list, we also</span><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> wish to share some clarifications
                            that are hopefully to everyone’s benefit:</span></div>
                        <div id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid9"
                          class=""><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> </span></div>
                        <div
                          id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid10"
                          class=""><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class="">Bank Accounts and Funding
                            Eligibility</span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">:</span></div>
                        <ul class="">
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">The requirement to have a bank
                              account in the name of the Chapter/SIG is
                              not a new requirement. This was introduced
                              in 2018 as reflected in the updated
                              Charter Letters, and required for the
                              Internet Society and the Internet Society
                              Foundation to comply with their own
                              accounting and liability requirements (see
                              point 3.1.V </span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class=""><a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2018-2020-ISOC_Chapter_Charter_Agreement-Apr2020.pdf"
                                rel="noreferrer nofollow"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="">https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2018-2020-ISOC_Chapter_Charter_Agreement-Apr2020.pdf</a></span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">).</span></li>
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">For Chapters in a country where
                              legal registration is not necessary to
                              open a bank account in the official name
                              of the Chapter, please reach out to Stine
                              Philipsen  (<a
                                href="mailto:philipsen@isoc.org"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="">philipsen@isoc.org</a>) with
                              some background on the local setting your
                              Chapter is operating in. We evaluate these
                              circumstances on a case-by-case basis.</span></li>
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Concerning
                              the 2019 round of evaluations: </span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">Please</span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""> </span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">keep in mind that </span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">additional
                              time was needed to evaluate the
                              applications last year since we were
                              missing </span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">documentation (legal registration
                              and matching bank account) </span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">from a
                              number of Chapters. We needed to have
                              these documents on file for being</span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class=""> able to disburse funds. </span></li>
                        </ul>
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                          class=""><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> </span></div>
                        <div
                          id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid130"
                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Internet
                            Society & Internet Society Foundation </span><span
                            class="">Funding Programs:</span></div>
                        <ul class="">
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">The Foundation handles
                              project-related funding for Chapters as
                              well as additional funding programs open
                              to a wider audience</span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">. T</span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">his includes Beyond the Net,
                              SCILLS,</span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""> IGF and
                              COVID19 Emergency Response, </span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""><a
                                href="https://www.isocfoundation.org/funding-areas/"
                                rel="noreferrer nofollow"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="">please refer to 'Funding Areas'
                                on the Foundation website</a></span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">.</span></li>
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">The Internet Society manages the </span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Chapter </span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class="">Admin Funding  (for the day to
                              day running of Chapters/SIGs) and the
                              Chapterthon. </span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">For
                              Chapter Admin Funding, </span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""><a
                                href="https://www.internetsociety.org/grants/chapter-admin-funding/"
                                rel="noreferrer nofollow"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="">please refer to 'Chapter Admin
                                Funding' on the Internet Society
                                website.</a></span></li>
                        </ul>
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                          class=""><br class="">
                        </div>
                        <div
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                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Deadline
                            for Chapter Admin Funding:</span></div>
                        <ul class="">
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">The</span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""> 30 June
                              deadline (including funding requirements)
                              has been communicated via numerous Chapter
                              Updates, regional calls and updates, and
                              is listed on the website under the Chapter
                              Admin Funding section. If you consider
                              there to be gaps in our communication
                              around important deadlines, we welcome
                              your suggestions on how you wish to
                              receive this information. Please share
                              this feedback directly with your </span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Regional
                              Community Engagement</span><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""> Managers.</span></li>
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">From a
                              systems perspective, the 'Valid until July
                              01, 2020' is to ensure the program remains
                              open and all applications submitted within
                              the 30 June 2020 deadline are
                              well-received </span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class=""><u class="">across all time zones</u></span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">.</span></li>
                        </ul>
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                        </div>
                        <div
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                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">General
                            comment: </span></div>
                        <ul class="">
                          <li class=""><span
                              style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">As Stine
                              mentioned in her e-mail to the list on 1
                              July, we kindly ask those Chapters facing
                              issues linked to the unusual circumstances
                              the world is facing this year to contact
                              her (Stine Philipsen) directly at <</span><span
                              style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                              class=""><a
                                href="mailto:philipsen@isoc.org"
                                rel="noreferrer nofollow"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="">philipsen@isoc.org</a></span><span
style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
                              Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"
                              class="">> by 15 July, so we can
                              evaluate potential solutions for their
                              Admin Funding requests.</span></li>
                        </ul>
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                        <div
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                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Thanks
                            again for your collaboration. As mentioned, </span><span
                            class="">your fe</span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">edback
                            and suggestions are</span><span
                            style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"
                            class=""> noted and taken into consideration
                            for future improvements </span><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">of our
                            Chapter Admin Funding program.</span></div>
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                        </div>
                        <div
                          id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid456"
                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Best, </span></div>
                        <div
                          id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid456"
                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class=""><br
                              class="">
                          </span></div>
                        <div
                          id="gmail-m_4431613232573144261magicdomid456"
                          class=""><span
                            style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica
Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px" class="">Christine </span></div>
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                        </div>
                        <br class="">
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                                <b class="">Christine Saegesser Baethge</b><span
                                  style="font-weight:normal" class="">,
                                  Sr. Director Chapters and Individual
                                  Members<br class="">
                                  <a href="mailto:saegesser@isoc.org"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true" class="">saegesser@isoc.org</a> | Twitter:
                                  ch_saebae<br class="">
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                          </span><a href="http://internetsociety.org/"
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                            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                            class="">internetsociety.org</a><span
                            style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size:
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                            normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing:
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                            class=""> | @internetsociety</span>
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                      class="">
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                    automatically subscribed<br class="">
                    to this list, which is regularly synchronized with
                    the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS):<br
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                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
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                      rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
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https://www.internetsociety.org/become-a-member/code-of-conduct/</a><br
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                <pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">_______________________________________________
As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed
to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS):
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