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<p>Dear George and Muhammad</p>
<p>I support all three Richard's points. <br>
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<p>Regarding point 1, more resources need to be allocated to
chapters, even if this must be implemented by grants because of
legal restrictions.<br>
</p>
<p>Regarding point 2, I recognize efforts from ISOC to become less
US-centric, but I believe more needs to be done. And I do not
think that, for ISOC to follow this path, its legal status needs
to be changed. <br>
</p>
<p>Regarding point 3, I also recognize efforts from ISOC to hear the
chapters, but, if ISOC wants to claim it is a true global
organization, this must be highly improved and chapters (or, in
more general terms, the international community that builds ISOC)
must have a more effective participation in the definition of
ISOC's priorities and strategies. As suggested, a more bottom-up
approach to the definition of these priorities and strategies
would be highly welcome. Today, this is done in a mostly
staff-centric way.<br>
</p>
<p>I can anticipate, as reply, that it can be argued that ISOC is
more than the chapters and that chapters already elect four
members of the BoT. For the chapters, this argument from a pure
legal perspective does not help improve their feeling of belonging
to a true international organization.<br>
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<p>Best,</p>
Flávio R. Wagner<br>
President of ISOC Brazil
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Dear
George and Muhammed,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Here
are my thoughts regarding your two questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">1.
Allocation of resources for activities: as far as I can
tell, an overwhelming share of the resources is allocated to
projects that are driven by staff. I would favor allocating
more resources to chapters. I do realize that there are
various mechanisms for chapters to request grants, in
particular for projects, but I feel that it should be
simpler for chapters to obtain grants, and that more funding
should be available for chapters.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">2.
Effectiveness of activities: it seems to me that most of
ISOC’s activities are US-centric. There are a number of
reasons for this: it is a US organization, subject to US
law, as Andrew frequently reminds us. But I think that ISOC
would be more effective if it were less US-centric. That
might require a change in ISOC’s legal status, but I
understand that there is no prospect for discussing any such
change in the foreseeable future. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">3.
Effectiveness of exchange of information: in my view, the
voice of the Chapters is not sufficiently reflected. I’m not
sure how to address that. A number of proposals were made
during the early stages of the Reform Group, but that group
has been quiet for a while, perhaps because there hasn’t
been much push from the co-chairs to restart discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I
agree with Gihan’s suggestion: “ ISOC [should] take a
bottom-up approach in much of its activities, where the
chapters (and org and individual members) initiate most of
the work and the staff implement them under the guidance of
the members. Right now, most programs are staff driven and
have little input from members.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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>George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 20 September 2021 05:33<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Muhammad Shabbir Awan<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Chapter-delegates] What should ISOC's
future goals be? How can we work toward achieving them
as ISOC Chapters?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Chapter leaders,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are two of the 12 current
Trustees of the Internet Society. We come from the
ISOC chapter and individual member community. We ran
as Chapter candidates for election in 2020 and 2021
and we were elected by you as Trustees to join the
Board. This message is a request from us to you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When a person joins the ISOC Board
as a Trustee, they have a responsibility to the
Society as a whole, not only to the community that
elected them. The other communities that elect
Trustees to the Board are the Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF) and ISOC's Organization members.
Each community has its own method for selecting
Trustees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our responsibilities as a Board
include establishing goals for ISOC that are
consistent with and support the mission of the
organization, and for guiding the staff, through our
CEO, to undertake activities that work toward
achieving those goals. In meeting this
responsibility, we depend to a fair extent upon the
knowledge, experience, and opinions of individuals in
our various communities as well as others in the
Internet ecosystem, and through staff and other means
we solicit views and opinions from our communities.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As elected Trustees, we would like
to improve our understanding of how ISOC members and
ISOC chapters view the activities of ISOC, and we are
asking for your help in doing so. You have had an
opportunity to review ISOC's current action plan, (<a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2021/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2021/</a>),
that describes our current activities and delineates
what the Board believes would be the most important
contributions that ISOC could make in the current year
to keep the Internet open, globally connected, secure,
and trustworthy. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> The current action plan for the
year itself rests within our broader set of goals to
spread, strengthen and protect the Internet and the
elements that make it effective for society as a
whole. Recognizing that the Board is concerned
primarily with a broad set of options with respect to
choosing priority directions for the organization, we
would appreciate receiving your thoughts and those of
your individual chapter members regarding the
following questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• What are your thoughts
regarding the current allocation of ISOC's resources
to the activities that it chose for this year. For
the future, is the balance about right, or would
some rebalancing of effort be better? Are there
significant opportunities that should be added in
the future? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• 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 or future
activities that are especially important in aligning
with your work?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">• Are the current methods of
exchanging information regarding such questions
sufficient? If not, how would you propose to
improve the effectiveness of communication among us?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would very much like to
understand your thinking about these issues. You
input regarding our current work will assist us in
preparing for the discussions as we plan for future
year activities. We hope that, in addition to
providing your own thoughts, you will reach out to
your membership to solicit and include their opinions
in your response.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to share your contributions
with our fellow Trustees as appropriate. Please let
us know if you have any concerns regarding our plan to
do so with your response.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for any
assistance that you are able and willing to offer. We
very much appreciate your involvement in supporting
ISOC's mission and goals. The Internet is for
everyone -- let's help to really make it so.<o:p></o:p></p>
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