[chapter-delegates] Fwd: [ISOC-members-announce] INTERNET SOCIETY LAUNCHES EXPANDED INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM

Fri Mar 4 03:31:46 PST 2005

Alan,

I maintain a private blog of chapter-delegates emails at:

http://isoc-chapters-2005.blogspot.com/

It is not perfect, and does not include every email sent
to the list.  Also, often it is several days behind and
some emails may be out of date/time sequence.  Note that
my email client/server forwards a copy of every email
to the list to this blog address -- I do not change the
text of messages or delete messages in any way.

However, I find it convenient to have a running text of
messages to the list.

This is not a very good use of a blog and there are many
other good blog tools -- this was just convenient for me.

Anyone may access this blog, and if others find it useful
I will go back and make sure that it is accurate in the
sense of including every email to chapter-delegates and
all are in date/time order as I received them.

Gene
gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com

On Friday, March 4, 2005, 1:36:22 AM, Alan wrote:

> Hi All,

> Are there others that would support the setup of a blog/webboard where
> ISOC members can all put their comments about this announcement?

> I am going to post a chapter announcement about this global 
> announcement.

> I would like to add what Franck has sent out asking members to post to
> Lynn. Would anyone else like to collaborate on a joint statement?

> Begin forwarded message:
>> From: James M Galvin <galvin at elistx.com>
>> Date: 3 March 2005 23:27:31 GMT+02:00
>> Finally, a few people have called for ISOC to withdraw the new paying
>> membership level.  While I appreciate your passion, since that is what
>> makes Chapters so successful, and I understand your concern that
>> Chapters will suffer if members join ISOC instead of Chapters, let me
>> just reassure you that growing and supporting Chapters and the
>> Associate Members that go with them is a top priority of ISOC.
>> Chapters are the means with which ISOC members act locally in support
>> of a global mission. We need and want the free membership level so
>> that Chapters can continue to do the job they are doing without being
>> burdened by an ISOC fee.

> Am I the only one that finds this patronising?

> This has nothing to do with 'competition' it has to do with civil
> society, Internet society rights, power and control. We use the ISOC
> global membership application form as our application form. We do not
> charge a fee and we just make it simple for people to join using a
> single form.  We want to be part of a global organisation and these
> ISOC actions and words suggest to me that we must consider separating
> our membership?

> On 2 Mar 2005, at 22:41, Franck Martin wrote:
>> As Richard is pointing out, the membership fee will see the start of a
>> schism in ISOC.
>> As in Open Source may be we should fork? ISOCFE: The Internet Society
>> For Everyone.

> If others agree, we're ready to float this idea with our ~250 members
> and could suggest this in the statement and see what the response is.

> regards,

> Alan

> Begin forwarded message:

>> From: ISOC Notice <isoc-news at isoc.org>
>> Date: 3 March 2005 19:42:31 GMT+02:00
>> To: isoc-members-announce at mailman.isoc.org
>> Subject: [ISOC-members-announce] INTERNET SOCIETY LAUNCHES EXPANDED
>> INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
>>
>> PRESS RELEASE:
>> INTERNET SOCIETY LAUNCHES EXPANDED INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM
>>
>> Reston, VA - 1st March 2005 - The Internet Society is pleased to
>> announce the launch of its expanded Individual Membership Program.
>>
>> A new membership level, called ISOC Members, is now available
>> worldwide at a membership fee of US$75 annually. Through this
>> new membership level ISOC Members have an important opportunity
>> to contribute directly to supporting ISOC's programs and activities.
>> Membership fees will be used to enable greater support of activities
>> that meet the challenges facing the Internet and ISOC today
>> - for example the Internet governance debate and the Internet
>> standards process. ISOC Members will be reinforcing their
>> commitment to ISOC's goals of keeping the Internet open and
>> benefiting people everywhere. They will also participate in the
>> elections process for ISOC Board of Trustee members and
>> further additional benefits are currently under consideration.
>>
>> ISOC's free membership level will remain just as before and
>> will now be called Associate Members. ISOC Members and
>> Associate Members will share the goal of supporting ISOC's
>> Mission and Principles. All members will have on-line
>> access to ISOC's announcements, briefings, and newsletters.
>> ISOC's surveys and discussion groups remain available to all
>> members. ISOC's Chapter program will continue to help ISOC
>> members participate in activities that are both important and
>> local to them.
>>
>> A complete statement regarding the benefits of the new class of
>> membership will be sent to the current membership in the near
>> future, with specific instructions regarding how to change
>> membership status or join at the new level.
>>
>> The online membership application for both levels is available at:
>> www.isoc.org/members/
>>
>> ###
>>
>> ABOUT ISOC
>>
>> The Internet Society (www.isoc.org) is a not-for-profit membership
>> organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related
>> standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington, DC,
>> and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open
>> development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of
>> people throughout the world. ISOC is the organizational home of
>> the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and other Internet-related
>> bodies who together play a critical role in ensuring that the Internet
>> develops in a stable and open manner. For over 13 years ISOC
>> /has run international network training programs for developing
>> countries and
>> these have played a vital role in setting up the Internet connections
>> and
>> networks in virtually every country connecting to the Internet during
>> this
>> time.
>>
>> ###
>>
>> FOR FURTHER DETAILS
>>
>> David McAuley
>> Membership Director
>> E-mail: mcauley at isoc.org
>>
>> Internet Society
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>> USA
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