<div dir="ltr">Agree with you on this completely Veni.<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Amrita</div><div>Internet Society Delhi Chapter</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 8:31 PM Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Hi, Andrew. <br>
Couple of comments below. <br>
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<div>On 9/20/23 12:23, Andrew Sullivan via
Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Hi,
<br>
<br>
Hi Veni,
<br>
<br>
On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 08:10:10AM -0400, Veni Markovski via
Chapter-delegates wrote:
<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Our proposal was not implemented, and it
seems not much has been done since, if the lack of public
support has resulted in letting so many people go.
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
I cannot speak about the proposal you made in the past, but I
think it is simply false (and not a little dismissive of you to
say) that "not much has been done since." </blockquote>
<br>
My conclusion is based on the results. If a lot has been done, ISOC
would not let 10% of its staff go (of course, I can argue the other
way around, too, that e.g. if you haven't done what you have, there
would be 20% of the staff gone). You are right, though, that...<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">It
took the Internet Society a long time to build this situation, </blockquote>
<br>
Hence, my comment about proposals made way before you joined ISOC as
the CEO; if they (or others - we were not some kind of genius, just
practically speaking Trustees) were implemented, there would not be
"this situation".<br>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">and
it will take a lot of work and time to get out of it. I am
certainly unhappy that we have not made as much progress as I
would like, but we will continue our focus on improving this
situation.</blockquote>
<br>
This sounds positive, in the meantime highly qualified people from
around the world are let go, which is a big loss for ISOC and the
global Internet community. I have let people go (in my business
years), and I know how tough it is; in fact to me this was as
difficult situation as the one when an employee got injured in their
normal way of work, and I had to run to the emergency care to be
sure they will treat them well. <br>
While I don't know if it was as difficult decision for you, as it
has been for me, I am sure that many of the chapters leaders might
have felt like me, especially from countries in transition. <br>
<br>
The people ISOC let go are people, who we know, good and decent
individuals, and we (at ISOC Bulgaria, but hopefully at other
chapters, too) feel sorry they are no longer with us. <br>
<br>
<br>
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Best regards,
Veni
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