[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Business Plan 2011-2013

Tue Dec 7 16:28:44 PST 2010

Anne and everyone,
for what is worth, I'd like to ask you to forward some notes from the 
ISOC-Bulgaria board to the Board of Trustees, which will be discussing 
the Plan.

First of all, congratulations to everyone, involved in the preparation 
of the Business Plan!

Some items:
- on page 4, there is a figure, showing ISOC revenues; please, either 
add the PIR revenue, or put a note in the title "*2011 Revenue Mix 
(without PIR contribution)*". I see that you are trying hard to reach 
the minimum level, which will make peace with the IRS, which is good!
- on page 5, you say "The Internet Society's Regional Bureaus are at the 
core of our ability to scale our efforts and impact." As a chapter 
chairman, and as someone being elected by chapters to the BoT, I would 
argue that the chapters are "at the core of our ability to scale our 
efforts and (*especially!*) impact". Please, fix.
- in the plan for what the bureaus will do, I don't see enough place, 
allocated for their cooperation and collaboration with the chapters. 
Please, fix.
- on page 6, for example, talking about the bureaus, you say that "they 
will fulfil their responsibilities working closely and collaboratively 
with members, local partners and of course, all ISOC staff." Not a word 
about the chapters. Please, fix.
These fixes should not be just edits in the text. They should be 
supported by concrete tasks, given to bureaus, to engage with chapters.

- On page 7, we see that revenue performance for the current year is 
below 2009, but I see that there's a goal for increased level for 2011. 
Would it be possible to see the table from 2009, and see what was the 
prognosis for increased revenues for ISOC in 2010? Were the expectations 
that revenue would go down? If no, could you tell us why the sudden drop?

- On page 8, we see that you have planned aggressive campaign to have 
more individual members. What's this campaign? I don't remember being 
contacted on it, and yet I'd expect that chapters are the natural 
connection points for such an effort. If I have missed it, it's my 
fault, so, please, ignore this remark. If I haven't missed it, but there 
has not been such a communication, please, explain what's the role of 
the chapters, and how you plan to support our activities, in order to 
attract new members?

- On page 8, point 2 - you are talking about regional and national 
stakeholders, but not about chapters. Please, fix.

- On page 9 you talk about "expand activities in Africa, Latin America, 
and Asia." Please, include Eastern Europe there. We have talked for 
several years now with ISOC, at different levels, with participation by 
top management (Lynn, others) about engaging with Russia, CIS, but 
nothing has happened.

- On page 10, point III. We don't see anything, related to public 
policy, ensuring growth of the Internet in the current form - free of 
control, restrictions, licenses and regulations. All four 
"opportunities" are technical related - which wouldn't be bad, if there 
was balance with public policy. Please, fix.

- On page 14, poing 1, you are talking about adding 6 more staff people. 
Is this current staff, or new staff? Wouldn't it be better, if the money 
for these 6 staff people be directly included in the NGL program? That 
will to probably triple the funding for the program, and increase the 
number of new leaders to 24, or may be even 30. They will have much 
bigger impact than several staffers, imho.
- On the same page, point 2, expanding the program in French - that's a 
very good sign; however it would be even better, if you increase it with 
at least the UN 6 languages immediately. If the program is successful, 
it's better to start it at once in areas, covering about 4 billion 
people, rather than in the francophone countries alone.

- Page 16, point V, a little modesty might serve ISOC better. We can't 
claim all these recognitions - it is up to the others to say if they 
recognize ISOC as carrying credible perspective, etc. Please, fix.

- Page 16, point a)i - please, fix immediately. ISOC cannot in anyway 
influence the deployment of IPv6, and adding this task in its activities 
will make it look, hm, what - not very credible?

- Page 16, point a)iii - what is this "common Internet"?

- Page 16, point b) - We don't see the ITU mentioned. It's an error not 
to mention it, after several of us have put so much efforts to have the 
ITU recognize ISOC in their resolutions of Plenipot 2010. And the IGF is 
not an international organization - from the text of point iii) it looks 
like one.

- Page 21. The increase of ISOC expenses with 40 %, while the budget 
increased with less than that is worrisome.

- Page 21. Finally we see concrete step towards Public policy - but it's 
only to mention the fact that a new VP of Public Policy will be hired. 
While the lack of one clearly shows that previous our observations are 
correct, it is difficult to believe that a single person can change the 
policy in that area. Can you, please, explain what the role of the VP 
will be, and how he or she would help the chapters do their job, which 
is mainly in the public policy field? We don't see this reflected 
*adequately* in the budget.

Hope this is useful for the Board, and for everyone on the list.

On 12/7/2010 18:43, Anne Lord wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am sending this message to you on behalf of Jon McNerney, Chief 
> Operating Officer.  Over the past several months, the ISOC staff along 
> with the feedback we received from our broader Internet community, 
> have been planning and preparing our 2011 Business Plan and Budget. At 
> our recent Board of Trustees meeting in Beijing this past month, the 
> Executive Team presented a very ambitious 2011 Plan. After some great 
> discussion with our Board of Trustees, it has enabled us to produce a 
> higher aggregated view of our goals, programs and activities in 2011. 
> This proposed plan can be accessed via our website 
> at:http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/docs/dec2010/2011-2013-business-plan.pdf.  
> Please note that this plan will be presented to our Board of Trustees 
> next week and we will publish the final and approved Business Plan 
> soon thereafter.
>
> Additionally, we are posting a set of supporting documents, including 
> Frequently Asked Questions and Appendices.  The FAQ is intended to 
> provide an easy-to-navigate guide to the Business Plan, and the 
> Appendices contain another layer of granularity to provide more 
> insight into our business plans for 2011.  Neither is critical to 
> understanding the Business Plan, they are just different layers of it 
> for your use.
>
> We are very well prepared and organized to execute this Plan and we 
> expect great success in 2011. This would not at be at all possible 
> without the tremendous support and assistance we get from our broader 
> Internet community, such as our Chapters, Members and Staff. We look 
> forward to another year of growth and achievement.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sent on behalf of Jon McNerney.
>
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