[Chapter-delegates] Ad-free webcasting

[Anne Lord]

hi Khaled, All,

In 2011 we will be launching a pilot service that covers the costs of  
domain name registration and website hosting. This is in response to  
the 2011 Chapter Needs survey (results available in Spanish, French  
and English at http://www.isoc.org/isoc/chapters/guidelines/)  that  
that identified funding as the priority area for all Chapters.

The survey results informed and influenced the planning for Chapter  
Development for 2011. The details are covered in the attached  
presentation, made at the Board of Trustees meeting in Beijing, and  
recently at the Chapters & Members meeting at ICANN in Cartagena.   
Slide 8 shows the new activities for 2011.

On use of webex by Chapters to host meetings, yes, this is possible.  
If you need to schedule a meeting, simply email <chapter-support at isoc.org 
 > and we will set it up for you. At the same time, Marratech is also  
still available for use. Again, please contact us to 'book' a meeting  
slot.  We will look to making this information more accessible as we  
work to revise the Chapter Handbook (which will become the "Chapter  
Guide") into html format.

On websites, inside the Chapter portal, there is the possibility to  
provide some basic information about your Chapter, through a "Chapter  
preview" page - this is available for all potential members to see.  
Also, looking ahead, the Engagement platform, under development by the  
AMS team <amshelp at isoc.org> will also provide a platform for enhanced  
collaboration and community building.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask on this list  
or at <chapter-support at isoc.org> or to your Regional Bureau Manager.   
We're here to help.

Many thanks,

Anne
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(source: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/docs/nov2010/chapters.pdf)

> Hi Joly,
> I totally agree with the importance of what you are saying.
> But I am feeling that is a luxe for people who don't even a web site  
> until now !
> Some ISOC chapters is in need of basic help like having a hosting or  
> domain name.
> ISOC is offering a name.chapters.isoc.org but I am not that this has  
> success with chapters.
> I can add that we need also pictures and video sharing platform to  
> be used by chapters.
> Many many online services ( especially 2.0 tools ) that we should  
> begin thinking about to reinforce local chapters.
> Many thanks,
>
> Khaled
>
> Le 15/12/2010 14:18, Anne Lord a écrit :
>> Hi Joly,
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion.  We'd be happy to look further into this  
>> to explore what might be possible to help Chapters. I'll contact  
>> you off-list.
>>
>> regards,
>> Anne
>> -- 
>>
>> On 15/12/2010, at 5:24 PM, Joly MacFie wrote:
>>
>>> As any of you who have viewed recent ISOC-NY live webcasts are  
>>> aware,
>>> our provider Livestream has taken to inserting LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS
>>> commercials every 15 minutes.
>>>
>>> We don't pay for the service. To go ad-free costs a whopping $3500/ 
>>> yr
>>> - beyond our means. We've already paid out $500 of our events  
>>> money to
>>> get the wirecast software that allows live camera switching/mixing.
>>> We've looked around for alternative free or cheaper streaming  
>>> services
>>> without success. We otherwise are quite happy with Livestream, and  
>>> it
>>> has nice features like an online studio that permits live mixing of
>>> guest streams. We have noticed that our viewership is affected by  
>>> the
>>> ads. Our only workaround is that we can edit & post our source files
>>> on our own site, for later viewing/ downloading.
>>>
>>> I don't think we are the only chapter interested in live webcasting,
>>> and ISOC itself should be making an effort to webcast the INETS.. We
>>> are wondering if
>>>
>>> 1) ISOC could pay and manage one Livestream account that all  
>>> Chapters can use.
>>> or
>>> 2) Some other chapters would like to go shares with us on a  
>>> Livestream account
>>> or
>>> 3) ISOC-NY should submit a grant application for managing a  
>>> Livestream
>>> account for all Chapters as a community project.
>>>
>>> Is there any interest?
>>>
>>> We've tried approaching both Livestream and uStream for sponsorship
>>> without response.
>>>
>>> j
>>>
>>>
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