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

[Joly MacFie]

On these points, I echo Veni's concerns.

joly

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:

>
> Some items:
>
> - 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.
>
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