[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Business Plan 2011-2013
Anne Lord
lord at isoc.org
Mon Dec 13 02:17:16 PST 2010
hi Veni,
Thanks to you and everyone on the Board of the Bulgarian Chapter for
your feedback and careful reading of the Business Plan. All ISOC
Board of Trustee members are on the Chapter Delegates list and
therefore in receipt of the feedback.
There is also a Board Meeting today, Monday 13th December at UTC 20.00
which you (and others) may be interested to join. Remote participation
is provided and ISOC members are welcome. Details are available at: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/meetings.php?type=1&id=84&doc=a
.
With best wishes,
Anne
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On 08/12/2010, at 10:28 AM, Veni Markovski wrote:
> 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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>> Anne Lord, Senior Manager <lord at isoc.org>
>> Chapter & Individual Memberships http://www.isoc.org
>> Internet Society (ISOC) "The Internet is for everyone"
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