[Chapter-delegates] MEMORANDUM FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES - Business Plan and Budget

[Christopher Wilkinson]

Good afternoon:

RE:	MEMORANDUM FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

I have read the new version of the Business Plan and Budget, dated 6  
or 13 December and some of the Annexes.
I appreciate that a significant amount of additional work has been  
done to get this far, however I have to ask the Board of Trustees to  
go a few steps further.

With reference to the Memorandum dated 14 November 2010, (attached)  
which you have already received, I would make the following points:

1.	Regarding the financial aspects of the document, I have the  
impression that a few of my suggestions may have been taken into  
account.
I would be glad to let the matter rest there for the time being,  
although I share the concerns that have also been expressed recently  
by Veni Markovski.

2.	Regarding the position of the Chapters within the Internet Society,  
I regret that there has been no progress at all in the revised document.

	-	there is no reference to the Membership of the Chapters; the  
Affiliation Agreements still appear, as such, in the Annexe;

	-	that the Chapters are ISOC at the local and regional level is not  
recognised;

	-	the role of the Chapters in Engagement and Public Policy is still  
not recognised.

These concerns are not only a matter of presentation and image. ISOC  
is trying to base its financial and other priorities on the strategy  
expressed in this Business Plan and Budget.
As such, this document must address the objectives and resources of  
the Internet Society as a whole. That is not yet the case,

3.	Regarding the Regional Bureaus, the document continues to present  
an entirely unrealistic mismatch between the additional objectives and  
responsibilities assigned to the Bureaus and the staff resources that  
are to be made available to achieve this. The point is sufficiently  
obvious that I need not labour it any further, except to make one  
specific strategic proposal regarding the Staffing Plan (page 23).

I propose that all the 8.5 FTEs foreseen for core activities (DOH,  
IETF, Learning Programs etc.) be supplied by reassigning existing  
staff, already employed, and that all these available 8.5 FTEs be  
assigned to  upgrading the Regional Bureaus. This is all the more  
important since the outlook is that "staff growth in 2012 and 2013  
will be slight ... ".

Evidently if the Bureaus are not strengthened now, in relation to  
their new responsibilities, it may not be possible to do so for  
several years to come.

I shall endeavour to join the conference call later thisevening.

Regards,

Christopher Wilkinson
Chair, Internet Soceity European Chapters
ISOC-ECC



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Christopher Wilkinson <cw at christopherwilkinson.eu>
> Date: Sun 21 Nov 2010 14:50:28 GMT+01:00
> To: Donna McCague <mccague at isoc.org>
> Cc: ISOC BUSINESSPLAN <businessplan at isoc.org>, Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org 
> >
> Subject: Re: [ISOC] Board of Trustees Meeting Output - Business Plan
>
> Dear Donna McCague:
>
> Further to your message to the Internet Society membership of 17  
> November, about the output of the Beijing ISOC Board meeting, could  
> you please forward the attached comments on the Business Plan to the  
> ISOC Trustees.
>
> With many thanks and regards,
>
> Christopher Wilkinson
> Chair, ISOC-ECC
>
>
>
>
>
> On 17 Nov 2010, at 17:05, Donna McCague wrote:
>
>> businessplan at isoc.org
>

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