[Chapter-delegates] Welcome procedure

[Tony Hill]

I definitely welcome the formation and endorsement of new chapters by ISOC.
Indeed, I have been a little overwhelmed by the number of new chapters that
have been endorsed recently.  From my own experience in the Australian
chapter of ISOC, I know that this means there has been considerable hard
work on behalf of those forming the chapter and by Anne on behalf of ISOC in
fostering the process.

I fully support the individual welcomes that have been provided to each of
our new chapters.

ISOC-AU would be happy to provide any information or support to new chapters
as they develop their own approaches.  Much of our activities is described
on the ISOC-AU Website at: http://www.isoc-au.org.au/

You may also like to see our new Website focusing on IPv6 at:
http://www.ipv6.org.au

I wish you all the best in formation of your chapters and welcome Anne's
suggestion on how to welcome future chapters to this list.  Please let me
know if I can be of any help.

Regards, Tony Hill

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-----Original Message-----
From: chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
[mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Anne Lord
Sent: Friday, 4 May 2007 7:50 AM
To: Michiel Leenaars
Cc: Chapter Delegates
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Welcome procedure

hi Michiel, Mike and all,

Thank you for your suggestions. When I send the announcements the new
chapter delegates are on the mailing list so they see the initial
announcement and can receive all the replies.

However, from now on, how about I email the new chapter delegate directly on
behalf of the chapter delegates with a welcome note and cc the chapter
delegates. I will amend the text of the email to suggest that individual
welcomes are sent directly to the new chapter delegate and not to the entire
list.

I hope this is acceptable to everyone?

Best wishes,
Anne
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On 03/05/2007, at 7:43 AM, Michiel Leenaars wrote:

> Hi Anne, Mike,
>
> I certainly agree that it is not very useful to have dozens of one 
> line emails to a list. It's not a vote. These should be sent directly 
> to the
> person(s) in question.
>
> Perhaps the initial mail (sent by Anne in most cases) should be 
> directed to both the chapter-delegates-list and the direct mail 
> adresses of the new chapter delegates. And the mail should somehow 
> reference the fact that these people could be welcomed with a short 
> introductory mail by the delegates, but notto the list.
>
> Best,
> Michiel
>
>> Veni, Anne and all of our venerable Chapter Delegates,
>>
>> In the interest of brevity and the best use of our communication 
>> bandwidth, how about we designate an official "Welcomer" (and how 
>> about that being either Anne or Veni or Frank, meaning the ISOC staff 
>> person who is responsible for it all anyway or one of our venerable 
>> elected Board members) to be the official Welcomer.
>>
>> I certainly add my Welcome to Anne's announcements and Veni's Welcome 
>> to the most recent additions to "us", Nepal, Sierra Leon and the 
>> United Arab Emirates, but I am sure those who have made it through 
>> the process will know that we are all proud of them and their efforts 
>> to get involved and help the Internet Society grow the Internet for 
>> Everyone!

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