<div dir="ltr">Dear ISOC BoT, <div><br></div><div>I join the good people expressing displeasure with the decision aforementioned and under discussion for two main reasons: </div><div><br></div><div>1. We live in different time zones and it is not possible to sit in live sessions all the time</div><div>2. Some meetings attract above capacity attendance and live streams by Jolly Mcfie provide the next best alternative </div><div><br></div><div>While the BoT and staff are privileged and get paid to sit in meetings or follow meetings you must also provide an avenue for the community to walk along this journey even as volunteers and at their own cost. Else I interpret this as a straight cut back on community participation! </div><div><br></div><div>It is also noteworthy that there's increased aggression towards the community or community initiatives from ISOC Leadership over the last 2 years! What's the problem? </div><div><br></div><div>Kindly rescind this decision. </div><div><br></div><div>Joel Okomoli - ISOC Kenya Chapter </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 9:12 PM Andrew Sullivan 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">Hi,<br>
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:38:40PM +0530, Sivasubramanian M wrote:<br>
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>The actions of the Staff, with the BoT 'abstaining' from interventional /<br>
>suggestive Directions, has loudly saved a thousand dollar or two per month,<br>
>but what probably continues is the flawed pattern of unnecessary<br>
>expenditure and probably suboptimal contracts that run into millions ????<br>
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I am not sure what your question is, so I can't respond to it. Could you please rephrase?<br>
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