[chapter-delegates] Encouragement and invitation on joint efforts to raise fund for chapters

[Irwan Effendi]

Dear Chapter Delegates,

Even though I am not the expert on fund raising, I encourage each and every
chapter officers to share in our activities in raising fund. We know and we
admit that the amount of income that our chapter is currently receiving is
micro-dwarf if compared to the money produced by P.I.R., but we are also
sure that in just a few years, we will be able to match or exceed that
amount because we have just started it about a year ago. Also, our source of
income is deeply rooted in the community, and unlike the P.I.R. contract,
our agreements with partners does not have time limits.

Sure, it will be nice to receive funding from HQ once in a while, especially
at a starting point of a long term project, but I believe that we need to
remind ourselves again and again that we do not join ISOC for the money, and
that we can't forever hope that HQ will always have leftovers for chapters.
Furthermore, if chapters wishes to have more influence on global ISOC
activities, the most sure and practical way is to provide the financial
support for the activities that we want ISOC to do.

Therefore, on behalf of all active members of Indonesian Chapter, I invite
all chapters into a joint effort, together with other regional I.T. groups,
to start a new era of chapters' cooperation.

We will pioneer the move by providing assistance on any chapter needing help
in programming or setting up their site, and we will share all our current
and future fund raising materials, by translating them into other languages.
Yes, we will start translating even if there is only one other chapter is
interested to join.

For any of you willing to join, just drop me a note and we can start working
together.


Sincerely,
Irwan Effendi
Secretary - Indonesian Chapter