[chapter-delegates] ISOC Annual Report 2003

[Franck Martin]

Fred,

I read with interest the first Annual report of ISOC, I cannot wait to 
read the 2004 version!

Your introduction is very instructive as yes ISOC is an IETF 
organisation. This mainly explains why ISOC HQ and chapters are so 
disconnected.

I see also that ISOC financials are much more healthy since the PIR. It 
should give room for improvement.

How to reconnect chapters and ISOC HQ from your point of view.

If ISOC is here to support IETF, and the chapters are here to support 
ISOC HQ. Then the Chapters must support IETF. Unfortunately the 
membership is far from being technical people. However these people 
understand issues.

We would need a monthly brief from IETF sent to all members and what is 
cooking in IETF. For instance the recent Domain key proposal was 
interesting for the whole community. It could have been explained in or 
two paragraphs. I'm sure there are other work in progress that would 
interest the community.

You need to do an IETF report, simple, so we know how the IETF is 
shapping the Internet. The Linux community does some kind of bulletins 
explaining in layman terms the work happening in the kernel, and why a 
technology is chosen over another.

With that we will be able to support more the work of the IETF. 
Therefore be in synergy with your introduction in the Annual Report.

I suggest you write the first IETF news bulleting, and then "pass the 
buck" inside ISOC.

Cheers

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Franck Martin
franck at sopac.org
"Toute connaissance est une réponse à une question"
G. Bachelard

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