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Thank you for your email. See some comments below. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/19/21 23:32, George Sadowsky via
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<div class="">• At local and national levels, how effective
do you think that our current activities are in helping
you to meet your goals as individuals and chapters? What
activities are the most important in enabling and
supporting your work as individual members and ISOC
chapters? Are there current activities that play only a
marginal part in supporting your goals? Are there current
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That has been a key issue for ISOC for many years; some of the goals
of chapters around the world are not necessarily being helped by
ISOC. ISOC's admin support is a good start, as it allows chapters to
keep the basics, needed for running a chapter; however in some
countries getting funding from the US is not a good idea. Perhaps
ISOC could work towards finding a solution for these chapters. <br>
Another issue is how chapters and ISOC HQ are addressing the
challenges that come from different governments with regards to the
multistakeholder model that have helped the Internet become more
accessible than ever before. Chapters work through national
governments to provide them expertise that they need, which at some
cases in the last years have proven crucial and vital. <br>
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<div class="">• Are the current methods of exchanging
information regarding such questions sufficient? If not,
how would you propose to improve the effectiveness of
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The communication between the chapters and ISOC is not working well;
often chapters find out about an important decision by a public
statement, or even a media story. ISOC HQ is not using the
chapter-delegates list enough. The European group of chapters has
somewhat better communication with ISOC HQ; example is last week's
discussion on key issues, important for the open, interoperable
Internet. We had about 40 people on the Zoom call (not sure if any
of the Trustees were there). We raised some problems to the staff,
and I hope they have conveyed them to the leadership. <br>
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Hope this is helpful.<br>
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Best regards,
Veni,
Chair of the Board,
Internet Society - Bulgaria
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://www.isoc.bg">https://www.isoc.bg</a>
pgp:5BA1366E <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:veni@veni.com">veni@veni.com</a>
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