[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-AU in Sg and Th next week

[Gene Gaines]

Regarding personal visits and communication between
ISOC chapters...

I have been working on a proposal to be submitted to this
round of ISOC funding (due early June) on this issue.

It seems to me that several activities, that would take little
funding or personnel time from ISOC Hq, could be of great
value to ISOC chapters.  In addition, I suggest that these
activities could be of value also to the IETF.

The DC_ISOC (Washington DC) ISOC chapter has conducted a
few experiments over the past five years to test these ideas.

In brief:

 -  Encourage IETF engineers and their companies to reach
    out to ISOC chapters when they travel.  This would involve
    setting up a system to that an individual traveler could
    easily notify destination ISOC chapter officers of his travel
    and when he might be available.  While it might be possible
    to attend a schedules chapter meeting, just offering an
    informal meet-up for coffee or a meal could be valuable for
    local chapter members.

 -  This would involve frequent reminders to the individuals
    and to their companies, also to ask IETF employers and
    ISOC corporate members to support this activity.

 -  Invite IETF members to visit the ISOC chapter in their own
    location.

 -  Encourage and assist ISOC chapters to host local
    activities in association with IETF triannual meetings.
    (Afterthought, to avoid flames, by "triannual" I intend
    "three times per year".)  These could involve hosting
    local tours for ISOC attendees and their families.
    Several years ago, the DCISOC chapter conducted
    special VIP tours of the U.S. Capitol building when
    the IETF meeting was held in Washington DC, the
    tours were well attended and successful.

 -  Also in conjunction with IETF meetings, invite local
    ISOC chapter members (and local people who should
    be chapter members, such as teachers, students,
    local Internet-related workerrs) to attend IETF
    meetings as observers.  This would need careful
    control, but the effort could contribute both to ISOC
    chapters and to the IETF.

I expect the labor for the above to be contributed.

I have more volunteer work than I can handle now, anyone
who would like to help with this effort will be welcome.

Are these thougts worth pursuing?

Gene Gaines
Sterling, Virginia USA







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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <
isolatedn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Alejandro Pisanty,
>
> I googled for Doppir and this is is the best that I could find:
>
> (right now DoppIr is a buzz word - its supposed to be a utility that helps
> friends on the road meet at a location that they plan, but you won't even
> find Doppir.com at the time of this blog post to be active however you can
> check out what Jimmy Whales<http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/facebook-the-future-for-social-networks/2007/04/24/1177180618008.html>said about it
>
> - Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
>
> On 5/21/08, Alejandro Pisanty <apisan at servidor.unam.mx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've also proposed that we create a system similar to the IEEE's visiting
>> speakers program - only more lightweight.
>>
>> How much are we chapters-people able to organize bottom-up? What is the
>> most lightweight support we may need?
>>
>> Could we use a Dopplr-like thing, Dopplr itself, etc.?
>>
>> Alejandro Pisanty
>>
>>
>> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  . .  .  .  .  .
>>  .
>>     Dr. Alejandro Pisanty
>> UNAM, Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico
>>
>> *Mi blog/My blog: http://pisanty.blogspot.com
>> *LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkein.com/in/pisanty<http://www.linkedin.com/in/pisanty>
>>
>> *Unete al grupo UNAM en LinkedIn,
>> http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/22285/4A106C0C8614
>>
>> ---->> Unete a ISOC Mexico, www.isoc.org
>>  Participa en ICANN, www.icann.org
>> .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>>  .
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 21 May 2008, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
>>
>>  Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:58:55 +0530
>>> From: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy <isolatedn at gmail.com>
>>> To: Narelle Clark <Narelle.Clark at optus.com.au>
>>> Cc: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org" <
>>> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC-AU in Sg and Th next week
>>>
>>> Hello Narell Clark,
>>>
>>> It is a good trend, travelling ISOC chapter officers asking for details
>>> of
>>> local meetings and event to attend.  Perhaps we should think of a system
>>> similar to that adopted by Rotary International to "rightrully" attend
>>> sister chapter meetings...
>>>
>>> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
>>> ISOC India Chennai
>>> www.isocindiachennai.in
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/21/08, Narelle Clark <Narelle.Clark at optus.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>> In the spirit of increasing chapter interconnectivity - I will be in
>>>> Singapore (where we don't have any chapter) and Thailand (where we do)
>>>> next
>>>> week and would love to catch up with any other chapter representatives
>>>> there
>>>> also.
>>>>
>>>> Suggested topics include:
>>>> - sharing info on chapter events and various activity planning
>>>> - sharing info on chapter fund raising
>>>> - comparisons of broadband availability and regulation in the different
>>>> countries
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes to all
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Narelle Clark
>>>> Vice President ISOC-AU
>>>> (Australia)
>>>>
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