[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: [Sphere-labels] Work in Progress - the Affiliation Document and Chapter Guide.

[Anne Lord]

Dear Colleagues,

This is an update on the work in progress in the Sphere Labels group  
to develop the Affiliation document and Chapter Guide.

If you would like to take part in the Sphere Labels work, you can  
subscribe at: https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/sphere-labels

Best wishes
Anne
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> From: Anne Lord <lord at isoc.org>
> Date: 20 December 2010 12:55:43 PM
> To: sphere-labels at elists.isoc.org
> Subject: [Sphere-labels] Work in Progress - the Affiliation Document  
> and Chapter Guide.
>
> hi Everyone
>
> This is just a short note to let you know where we are at the moment  
> regarding the Affiliation document.  This email is timely, given the  
> email from Christopher (thank you!) on the Chapter delegates mailing  
> list.
>
> 26th November we posted to the website:
>
> a) aggregated feedback from all sources to version 2 of the  
> Affiliation document at: http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Summary+of+feedback+to+version+2&bl=y 
>    and
> b) summary from the task force meeting on the 2nd November at http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Notes+from+the+taskforce&bl=y
>
> Notice regarding these two summaries was sent to the chapter  
> delegates list: https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2010-November/006882.html 
> .
>
> One of the most important changes to the Affiliation "Agreement"  
> document, was the decision, following the feedback received, to  
> investigate an alternative "form" for it. To be clear, it will now  
> not be a legal "Agreement".  It may be a letter or an MoU - we are  
> currently reviewing what is possible. I do apologise for the  
> oversight in producing the revised Board of Trustees plan, that the  
> information regarding the current status was not brought up to date  
> and the terminology changed, as it should have been.
>
> Where are we in the process?
> Our current status is documented here: http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Sphere+Project&bl=n&saved_msg=y 
> .  Work is underway to revise the material in the Chapter Handbook,  
> on the website and elsewhere to provide a consolidated, easy to use,  
> framework which provides context for the Affiliation document.
>
> Where do the Chapters stand now?
> We are currently integrating the feedback and taskforce decisions to  
> produce a revised Affiliation document, which will be supported by  
> and integrated into the "Chapter Guide". We continue to rely on the  
> feedback and participation of those in the Sphere Labels to help us  
> with this task. *There are some pieces of the Affiliation document  
> that are still to be resolved*. The first iteration of the "Chapter  
> Guide" will be shared with this group.  As always we will cross post  
> notifications to the Chapter delegates list. Our goal is to have  
> something to share by the beginning of February 2011.
>
> It is fair to say that the process itself is not particularly linear  
> at this point, but every effort has been, and will continue to be  
> made, to be inclusive, to be transparent,  to listen to comments and  
> to feedback and to be flexible. The over-arching goal is to find a  
> framework that supports the Chapter structure and members of the  
> Chapters to successfully advance the mission of the Internet  
> Society. This process is also not particularly fast: we started the  
> work on the Affiliation document in November 2009 with the first  
> consultation. We are still going and it will take a while longer. At  
> the same time as producing the Chapter Guide, in 2011 we are also  
> planning to  develop and deploy a "Chapter Dashboard" which will  
> help Chapters with visual easy-to-use indicators. We will seek  
> feedback from Chapters on the 'usability' interface of the  
> Dashboard.  The goal is to minimise any duplication of information  
> and to simplify current processes.
>
> I hope this explains our current status of "work in progress". If  
> you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them.
>
> Best wishes, and thank you for your continued participation and look  
> forward to your continued help with this important task.
>
> Anne
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> Anne Lord, Senior Manager                             <lord at isoc.org>
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