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Dear Ted,<br>
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Thank you for informing us that there were no objections. Based on
your communication, it appears that there is unanimous approval.<br>
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I am quite surprised by this outcome, as some Board members had
previously expressed concerns, and I was not aware that their
positions had changed. I kindly request that the Board members on
this mailing list provide an explanation for their change in stance
and the rationale behind the decision to cease funding a vital
Chapter and communication resource.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/09/2024 14:13, Ted Hardie wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">If I
understand your question correctly, you are asking if this
was a rough consensus with some dissent? There were no
objections.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">regards,</div>
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<div><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif">Ted:</font></div>
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<div><font size="4" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Can you indicate how many
Board members needed to be at consensus?</span><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at
7:37 AM Ted Hardie via Chapter-delegates <<a
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<div style="font-size:small">Hi Olivier,</div>
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<div style="font-size:small">The board has an active
mailing list and informal meetings once a month
(though August's meeting did not occur this year
because of low availability). The discussion took
place mostly on the mailing list, along with
trustees' edits of a proposal using online tools.
Because this response did not require a resolution,
confirmation of agreement was assessed on the list
and confirmed at the September informal meeting,
earlier this week. None of those methods generate
minutes in the formal sense, but I can confirm that
there was consensus for the response.<br>
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<div style="font-size:small">regards,</div>
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<div style="font-size:small">Ted Hardie<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 13, 2024
at 12:16 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <<a
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**Dear Ted,**
I acknowledge receipt of your response, which I have reviewed with interest.
The Chapter Advisory Council submitted its request on 17 July 2024. The Board, through its Chair, issued its response on 13 September 2024.
Upon reviewing the list of ISOC Board Meetings available at [Internet Society Board of Trustees Meetings](https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/meetings/), I have not identified any meetings of the ISOC Board of Trustees occurring between these dates.
Given that this decision was made by the Board, I kindly request the following:
- The minutes of the meeting during which the Board decided not to reinstate the ISOC.LIVE video production, editing, and archiving services.
Yours sincerely,
Olivier Crépin-Leblond
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<div>Dear Ted,<br>
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I acknowledge receipt of your response,
which I have reviewed with interest.
<p>The Chapter Advisory Council submitted
its formal request on 17 July 2024. The
Board, through its Chair, issued its, I
assume, formal response on 13 September
2024.</p>
<p>Upon reviewing the list of ISOC Board
Meetings available at <a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/meetings/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Internet
Society Board of Trustees Meetings</a>,
I have not identified any meetings of the
ISOC Board of Trustees occurring between
these dates.</p>
<p>Given that this decision was made by the
Board, I kindly request the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>The minutes of the meeting during
which the Board decided not to reinstate
the ISOC.LIVE video production, editing,
and archiving services.</li>
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<p>Warmest regards,</p>
<p>Olivier Crépin-Leblond</p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One of the items in your recent advice to the board was a request that the "ISOC funding for the ISOC.LIVE video production, editing, and archiving services should be reinstated, as well as ISOC.LIVE should be financially supported by ISOC on an ongoing basis." </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The board's role here is to set the direction for the organization by establishing strategic goals; the details of the communication plan are a part of the staff execution of those goals. During the budget analysis of 2023, the communications team analyzed the effectiveness of specific streaming approaches and found that community engagement was driven primarily by on-demand viewing. This matches a broader shift common to mainstream programming. As a result of this analysis, the communications plan shifted away from a retainer-based contract for live streaming to a project-based funding model for future work. </span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This was a staff management decision, taken with due care and analysis. The board's role is to assess whether the overall communications plan is effective in meeting the strategic goals; it does not direct the staff to use specific contract types or contractors. If the needs of the communications plan change again to require live streaming on a full-time basis, the board is confident that the staff will issue the appropriate RFP and conduct the appropriate analysis of the submissions. </span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The project-based funding model remains available, and chapters may, of course, fund specific live streaming events using chapter funds or Beyond The Net grants. Any analysis of the effectiveness of those live streaming events would be valuable data for any future considerations of the engagement model.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The board thanks the ChaC for its attention to the communications plan, and we look forward to continued discussion of how to engage the broader community in the mission of the society. </span></p>
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