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

[Gene Gaines]

Irwan,

Hand-clapping ... applause to your raising funds email (below).

Also, applause for your chapters presentation "Best Practices On The
Internet", at http://www.isocid.net/seminar/material.htm.
69 slides.  Good work.

Gene
gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com

On Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 2:13:25 PM, Irwan wrote:

> 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




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