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

[Gene Gaines]

On Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 9:23:51 PM, Irwan wrote:

> Dear Gene,

> Are you still interested in the idea of creating international certification
> with the same standard, but in local languages?

Irwan,

Yes I am interested -- but I need to delay.

I think other things for ISOC need to come first.

Also, I still hope to find a way of eliminating the
foreign travel tax for some member of your chapter
to attend training or ISOC events in other countries
without this heavy financial penalty.

Gene
gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com

> If you are, I will upload more information after we translated it into
> English.

> Cheers,

> Irwan Effendi

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gene Gaines" <gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com>
> To: "Irwan Effendi" <hero_tsai at mainsyscon.net>
> Cc: <chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Encouragement and invitation on joint
> efforts to raise fund for chapters


>> 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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