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

[Houle Louis]

Salut Patrick et Franck,

I like Veni's proposal to finance a half-time employee. What happened to 
the proposal ?

Most of our budget at ISOC Québec comes from government programs in 
which obligation is made to provide at least 35%  of the budget for any 
given project. It would be nice to match that demand with a half-time 
trained employee payed by ISOC.

Joyeux Noël

Louis Houle
Président
La Société Internet du Québec (ISOC Québec)
Louis.Houle at isoc.qc.ca


Le 2010-12-15 03:16, Patrick Vande Walle a écrit :
> On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:53:23 +1200 (FJT), Franck Martin
> <franck at avonsys.com>  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.
> Franck,
>
> I supported a proposal by Veni some years ago that a part of the ISOC
> budget should be allocated to making the local chapters professional by
> financing a half-time employee and a real office. Working with
> volunteers only is all very good. However, if the chapter is unable to
> attend a meeting with government officials on short notice (during
> office hours, of course), it misses the opportunity to make its point of
> view heard.
> Chapters also need formal training on communication and PR aspects and
> strategy on communicating with governments and MPs, for example. This
> would allow more coordinated information campaigns. I won't go into more
> detail here. The bottom line is that the local chapter should pick up
> the phone when called and give a meaningful answer. That is not always
> happening right now.
>
> Patrick