[Chapter-delegates] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum

[Franck Martin]

Fred,

When you and me (and a few others) were on the board, we were mindful of that, and worked a lot to get more recognition for the chapters. Sphere project was started, but after 3-4 years it only looks like to have been a smoke screen to keep the Chapters happy and not interfering with ISOC management.

And the board let a budget and business plan being voted, with all the glaring gaps Christopher pointed.

So no, I'm not retracting this comment.

It took me that kind of electro-choc to start to have the chapters activities mentioned in the Annual Report...

Fighting fire by fire, is not smart, but it is lot of fun ;)

Franck Martin 
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Baker" <fred at cisco.com>
To: "Franck Martin" <franck at avonsys.com>
Cc: "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com>, chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
Sent: Tuesday, 14 December, 2010 12:22:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] The Future of the Internet Governance Forum


On Dec 14, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Franck Martin wrote:

> ISOC HQ is embarrassed of its chapters, if they could not exists, life would be easier for them...
> 
> The board of trustee seems to support that view.

You and I have both served on the board. Even if it were true for some chapters, I would be absolutely amazed to find that at applied generally. I think you need to retract this comment.