[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Board Meeting Update

[Jon McNerney]

Dear Chapter delegates,

I wanted to notify you regarding the materials from our most recent  
Board meeting held in Amsterdam on December 4th and 5th.  The Business  
Plan is now posted on our website:  (http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/docs/dec2009/business-plan.pdf 
).

I encourage you to read the entire Business Plan.  However, I would  
like to highlight a few key areas of direction and development  
discussed and presented during the Board meeting.  You will find the  
details of these presentations within the Board report.

Firstly, in 2010 ISOC’s support for Chapters is ‘going local’ and  
there will be a strong focus on Chapter activity in the regions.  The  
Regional Bureaus as well as other programmatic and departmental staff  
from within ISOC will seek a higher level of engagement and support  
regarding Chapter projects and activities.  Five key themes with  
specific programmes will be driven throughout the year (see page 29 in  
the Business Plan).

Secondly, due to the success the Internet Society has had with its  
Bureaus we plan to expand this model further. This expansion will take  
shape in a couple of ways; namely the alignment of ISOC staff toward  
regional responsibility and focus, and, the opening of the European  
and North American Bureaus.  The European Bureau will be based in  
Brussels and will be led by Frederic Donck who has recently provided  
leadership in our Public Policy department.  The North American Bureau  
will seek a full-time leader in the future, however, until the  
position is opened we have asked Sally Wentworth, Public Policy,  
Reston office, to oversee our Bureau activities for the time being.   
Our intent is to provide a greater level of support, communication and  
collaboration regarding our Chapters, Organizational Members,  
Individual Members, policy work, INETs and partners.

Thirdly, we have evolved the Department of Education into the  
Department of Access and Regional Development.  We believe that ISOC  
has many opportunities to make a greater impact with regards to our  
development projects by integrating more tightly our funding and  
policy reach within the project area.  The combination of enhanced  
funding focus and policy development tied to the actual project will  
create a more holistic approach and broader impact.

Fourthly, the Internet Society has made an important decision to  
support W3C vis-a-vis a donation for the purpose of advancing the  
evolution of W3C as an organization that creates open Web standards.   
ISOC pledged to support W3C efforts to implement a more agile,  
inclusive, and flexible organizational structure.  Both organizations  
share similar values regarding the internet's development.  Both  
organizations will continue to operate independently.

As always we will vigorously work together in order to ensure the  
health of the Internet for everyone.

Sincerely,

Jon

Jon McNerney
Chief Operating Officer
Internet Society
www.isoc.org
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