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

[Jacek Gajewski]

Dear Gene,

Gene Gaines wrote:

>I plan to submit at least one proposal for this funding. I will
>share my proposal all chapters on this list. If a consensus of
>this list is that the project is not worthwhile for ISOC and
>chapters as a whole, then I will not submit the proposal to Hq.
>  
>
I think this is a good idea to test the ground with chapters, before 
sending it to HQ.
At INET'04 in Barcelona I presented the educational project where 
cooperation of many chapters
would be essential, especially focused on cooperation of US-based 
chapters with chapters
from developing world and publicly ask CEO and HQ how this type of 
projects can be funded.
I asked if there any procedures, forms and criteria, which such frojects 
should fullfil. We knew that
some projects of the order of 100.000 USD were recently funded, but it 
was not clear when and in which form
 they were presented to HQ, according to which criteria they were 
choosen for funding, to whom
physically they were given, who were the project manager, what was the 
required way of reporting, etc.

But then the answer from CEO was cold and short - we have spent all 
money elsewhere (IETF/RFC editing),
so we don't even want now to consider not only any concrete project  nor 
any discussion which may lead to the
opening and transparency of channels  through which projects could be 
funded. 
Members of this meeting made clear that this is in contrast,
with how they feel, what PIR money should be used for. So I am very 
happy that  this now becomes
the reality and that Veni can participate in the process of grant 
evaluation and monitoring.



With best regards,
Jacek Gajewski
ISOC-PL