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Dear Chapter Colleagues,<br>
<br>
your Chapter Advisory Council representative will have received a
ballot in their email from <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:member@surveymonkeyuser.com">member@surveymonkeyuser.com</a> (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rejman@isoc.org">rejman@isoc.org</a> via SurveyMonkey)<br>
<br>
This is an important voting ballot. It is awkwardly called a
"consensus call" but in fact it is a VOTE which will determine
whether there is support from Chapters for two proposals from
Internet Society Puerto Rico Chapter:<br>
<br>
1. To open the Chapter Delegates Mailing List to Observers<br>
2. To ask the Internet Society Board to resume funding for ISOC.LIVE<br>
<br>
Ask them to FIND THAT BALLOT IN THEIR EMAIL AND VOTE!<br>
<br>
The deadline for answering this poll will be by end of day <strong>1
July 2024.</strong><br>
<br>
<strong>1.</strong> The first proposal is that the Chapter Delegate
email list (<a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/9j1PvCydjOv_2BLwgl0oF53jwwio0telZ8N1DGWXKxh_2B2imhkcgutD5QyUYNErbkzs4iO8dao46hRbC7dgbAcr9e0p_2B6JIVnXSfVQ47Yl6xCcZMkcDAcEYtyhkLBmMX5ADyh_2FzXkJ5tBh6vs_2FnOoeSYNR_2B_2BXz_2FZ_2BOxmNjaRBqxyQzb7yNpcM5ZV8HotkSpTN_2F69_2FjqpsSIl2DZ3fIY7zVQQA_3D_3D">https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/chapter-delegates/</a>)
should be opened to chapter members as observers (view only – not
allowed to post) to enhance transparency and understanding of
ongoing discussions concerning Internet Society chapters.<br>
<br>
The summary and presentation (3 pages) on the issue of opening the
chapter delegate mailing list to chapter members as observers can be
found here: <a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/WNK14PnkIGXfG63_2FHXq0b2bYhbCX4DESD8ubYv7rFyMv2mYL9DvpRLphVijV2Hf5qFmLmJTy8oXorFVCer5rPUDRSu2RWqM81C433snstQuuOxbSErC53ChtnYdUX3_2Fi5t_2FfkfYrrSZnEqFbcTb9FprQ_2BogpBlaACtJoU0PeDhzbm01UiqpNlo0G_2BxwrZ_2FjZ">https://app.box.com/file/1529389295278</a><br>
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<strong>2.</strong> The second proposal is that Internet Society
funding for the ISOC LIVE video services and archiving services
should be reinstated, and that Internet Society should financially
support ISOC LIVE on an ongoing basis.<br>
<br>
The summary and presentation (4 pages) on the issue of funding
support for ISOC LIVE can be found here: <a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/WNK14PnkIGXfG63_2FHXq0b2bYhbCX4DESD8ubYv7rFyMsA5DZ517yOaOx9IZhWaab_2BpCT_2F2kj3ERbPd47gUR786_2BBXIZRhk57sJn4UcAw6JXKa6yC_2F0ROP6njdgm3SO258rVRti4qfM6glJpRKFoDHqHu0uPcGY1knu8x9KM8o2Kx8Ad2ZwcTmF0b69FlzAiG">https://app.box.com/file/1529393003452</a><br>
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- For those interested, additional compiled background material can
be found at the following link: <a
href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/99R008gs9BbcWq1C_2FLGbukNXhhxw93tZBbp_2Fg9wuWcg5jqr1LOXyrz3YWk6X6rDnZhg0MDyK5PJRjwIzdDH0EtC5dgnpdxRZgnrmXsDF447hZOmP0OfoVcVHoyB9PoyOcpvqU_2FxrFHT_2BT691WXPZVWA_2BSQvZpRkxvF0xZhnYfselR1x_2BI5Me3dD5KKqxM5MqFs7z87Z3808VA1e7iCukzw_3D_3D">https://isoc.box.com/s/nz55gmctgti8hg5t4trjlbric1c7wogt</a><br>
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I am not going to comment on the first poll as there are views
for/against opening Chapter Delegates mailing list.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>On the other hand, the second vote about ISOC.LIVE is one where I
have very strong views. </b><br>
<br>
As you know from some of the updated emails which Joly has sent to
the Chapter Delegates mailing list, his service costs in the region
of $64 000 per annum and currently Dr. Vint Cerf is funding it out
of his own pocket (thank you!) until August 2024. Past that date we
do not know what will happen. It is therefore very important that
we, as Chapters, ask for the Internet Society Board of Trustees to
bring back the funding for this excellent resource which many
Chapters have benefited from - and your chapter can benefit directly
too! The discussion is not about "live" and "recorded" or whatever
ISOC is trying to make you believe. It is about having a channel
that has high production value, with captions, titles, names of
speakers, sound and video enhancement, a full description, as well
as publicity for your event on many external mailing lists, raising
the profile of your chapter and increasing the number of viewers for
your content. Joly brings 40 years of experience in that field - he
is no amateur and the productions speak for themselves.<br>
Year ago, this was promoted by ISOC - in fact there was even talk of
some video equipment to be shared with Chapters so they could stream
their event with better quality picture etc. But in recent years,
the Chapters have seen all of this taken away from them and replaced
with... nothing but bureaucracy to stop them from utilising the
resource. <br>
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Not convinced?<br>
Check this: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://isoc.live/">https://isoc.live/</a><br>
And this: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety">https://livestream.com/internetsociety</a> - 24 000
followers<br>
And this too: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2">https://livestream.com/internetsociety2</a><br>
And that: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety3">https://livestream.com/internetsociety3</a><br>
And it's all in the process of being archived for posterity at
archive.org !<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://archive.org/details/isoc-live">https://archive.org/details/isoc-live</a><br>
<br>
All done by one person working with the Internet Society Chapters.<br>
<br>
A bargain at $64K all included. But you might ask - "I thought ISOC
does not have the money?"<br>
The Internet Society is receiving $30M per annum from PIR.<br>
The Internet Society foundation is receiving $30M per annum from PIR
too.<br>
And you're telling me there is no funding for a sum that constitutes
0.21% of that $30M budget?<br>
0.1% of the total budget Internet Society + Internet Society
Foundation?<br>
<br>
<b>Think about it and vote YES to ask the Board to reinstate funding
for ISOC.LIVE</b><br>
<br>
And vote - because if you don't, it's like voting no. ISOC.LIVE will
no longer be funded and you'll only have yourselves to blame for
losing the opportunity to showcase your Chapter's activities.<br>
<br>
Olivier Crépin-Leblond<br>
(speaking on my own behalf and not on behalf of any Chapter)<br>
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