[chapter-delegates] FW: Project Funding - Important Announcement

[David McAuley]

Dear Chapter Delegates:

This note was meant for and was sent to all members just this morning
despite the salutation in it. I also want to bring this announcement to your
attention as well.

Best regards
David 

David McAuley
Membership Director
Internet Society
703-326-9880, ext 104
703-963-5887 (mobile)
mcauley at isoc.org

-----Original Message-----
From: David McAuley [mailto:mcauley at isoc.org] 
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:47 PM
To: isoc-members-announce at mailman.isoc.org
Cc: mcauley at isoc.org
Subject: Project Funding - Important Announcement


Dear Chapter Delegates:

ISOC is now launching an exciting new program within the
ISOC community - setting aside funds for use in eligible
projects. We believe this will be a significant step in
helping local chapters and members extend the reach
and benefits of the Internet around the world - in line
with ISOC's mission and goals.

It is also our hope that this will be an outstanding way to
help fuel the local creative energy, imagination and
initiative that ISOC Individual Members and Chapters
clearly have.

This year ISOC has set aside US$150,000 in funds for such
use and we have placed certain parameters around it in
order to make funding available to as many projects as
reasonably possible. Details, as well as the application
process, may be accessed at:
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/projects/index.php


Funding consideration in future years will be part of the
ISOC budgeting process. In this initial phase of the
program the funds available for any one project are up to
US$10,000.

We have established a committee to handle this process
composed of at least three members of the Board together
with three members of staff. The initial Board participants
on the committee are Rosa Delgado, Veni Markovski, Desirée
Miloshevic, and Margaret Wasserman. The staff participants
are the Membership Director (David McAuley), the VP
Chapters and Individual Membership (Jim Galvin) and the
Senior Program Manager responsible for
Individual Members and Chapters (Nelson Sanchez).

In order to get this off the ground and to make funds
available as quickly as possible, and in order to be
eligible for the initial round of funding, we require
applications be submitted not later than May 6th.

David McAuley
Membership Director