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

[Fred Baker]

On May 21, 2008, at 6:22 AM, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:

> How much are we chapters-people able to organize bottom-up? What is  
> the
> most lightweight support we may need?



A couple of thoughts.

First, we actually have such a service, or at least did at one time.  
Terry Weigler offered that if people (like me, who were always asking  
her for contact information) would let her know their schedules, she  
would advise them of meetings that she knew of in the area and  
provide chapter contact information. That is how several of my  
meetings with ISOC-AU got set up, and also meetings with ISOC's  
Uganda chapter and others.

But there are better alternatives that are more automated, using  
dopplr.com or tripit.com. A few moments ago I sent invitations to the  
six who have posted in this thread (one of whom, Anne, is already  
connected to me) on Dopplr, so that you can see this. Dopplr focuses  
on "person A will be in city B on these dates", with the idea of  
enabling serendipitous travelers to link up. Tripit offers that as a  
service but focuses on the details of the itinerary. I use both, for  
the differing purposes.

What might be worthwhile would be for ISOC members and ISOC chapters  
to get on these and (somehow, maybe something to discuss with the  
services) find a way to have an enclosed group. It would be  
interesting for a chapter to know that someone was visiting their  
city and to get in contact with them, or for a person visiting a city  
to be able to find a chapter that way.