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

[Franck Martin]

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On 23/05/2008, at 6:02, Fred Baker <fred at cisco.com> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
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