[Chapter-delegates] members.isoc.org ->chapter membership data synchronisation project

Tue Feb 16 14:09:56 PST 2010

To Whom It May Concern:

I noticed that the Data Synchronization instructions do not have any
instructions whatsoever on using linux to do it.  I do not use XP, Vista or
MAC, however I do use Ubuntu at the moment.  Any recommendations?

-ed

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Anne Lord <lord at isoc.org> wrote:

> [Apologies for duplicates]
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> As a follow up to both Joly's and Hans Peters very helpful comments about
> the AMS, I would like to expand on a couple of things as important follow
> up:
>
> 1.  Support guides and training
>
> I have put on to the Chapter wiki the various AMS supporting documentation
> (login is required to the wiki). There are 4 documents you may be interested
> in:
>
> * An ISOC members guide to the portal - please feel free to put this on
> your website for your members
> * An overview of the ISOC AMS - this contains information more oriented to
> Chapter Officers
> * A Chapter Officer "Go Live" document - information on how to manage your
> membership data
> * Updated instruction document for synchronising Chapters membership data
>
> The above documents be found at:
> http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=9 (or
> at http://tinyurl.com/ydygvat).  PLEASE NOTE - that a login is required to
> the wiki. I have also attached the PDF documents to this email.
>
> 2. Chapter Members Data synchronisation - deadline for financial incentive
> EXTENDED to June 30, 2010
>
> Joly made mention below of the importance and need to reconcile  the
> various sources of membership data.   We recognise that the work to do this
> may impose an additional burden on our volunteer leaders so at the end of
> 2009 we made a financial offer to help Chapters with this task.  That offer
> had a deadline of December 31st. A number of Chapters were successful in
> synchronising their data (and congratulations goes to the Bulgaria Chapter
> who were first!). However many Chapters have not yet started this work so we
> are extending the deadline to June 30th 2010. The offer is detailed in full
> at:
>
>
> http://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/chapter-delegates/2009-December/005640.html
> .
>
> The instructions for the data upload have been updated in the attached pdf
> and on the wiki page. PLEASE NOTE - In the earlier email, I made an error so
> to be clear, the amounts are:
> * USD $500 for up to 250 members returned and uploaded into the AMS;
> * USD $1000 for over 250 members and up to 500 members returned and
> uploaded into AMS;
> * USD $2000 for over 500 members returned and uploaded into AMS.
>
> **Email addresses are required as a minimum for new or updated member
> information.
> With help from the Regional Bureau staff, we will be contacting Chapter
> Officers individually and by region to see if you need help in logging in to
> the AMS and to reconciling your Chapter membership data.   If you have any
> questions regarding the AMS, training or the data incentive, please do not
> hesitate to send email to <ams-project at isoc.org> or <
> chapter-support at isoc.org>.
>
> Best wishes
> Anne
> On behalf of the AMS and Chapter support teams
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>  I have only just achieved Administrator status for ISOC-NY and am
>> myself embarking on earning that sum..
>>
>> While, as Rudi noted earlier, a little clunky in appearance the AMS
>> does appear to be functional. In contrast to the previous system,
>> where it was necessary to join then re-login to join a chapter, which
>> could only be done individually - it is now all in the one sign-up
>> process and a matter of just clicking on multiple boxes to "join" as
>> many chapters as one is inclined, regardless of individual chapter
>> membership policies. However,
>> if one chooses to join a chapter one then is told the following:
>>
>> " Thanks for expressing interest in joining ISOC chapters!
>> A chapter representative will be contacting you soon to discuss
>> joining the indicated chapter(s).
>> Please note that indicating interest in a chapter does not mean
>> automatic enrollment - the chapter representative will explain the
>> exact membership terms for his or her chapter in detail."
>>
>>
>> Within the AMS there is a then a further approval process before any
>> such membership becomes current.
>> https://portal.isoc.org/EBusiness/Chapters/ChapterMembershipApproval.aspx
>>
>> Then, as Marcin points out, it is the Chapter Administrator's
>> responsibility to keep an eye on this and, if there are approval
>> criteria or dues  to be collected, to process accordingly.  These
>> terms can be specified in
>> https://portal.isoc.org/EBusiness/Chapters/TermsEdit.aspx  (However I
>> have not had success with this!) - presumably that copy then shows up
>> in the response form above..
>>
>> Similarly if the chapter has members that are missing from the ISOC
>> system then they can be bulk added at
>> https://portal.isoc.org/EBusiness/Chapters/AddMembers.aspx  - so it it
>> is quite elementary to collect members and add them to the system.
>> What further notification they receive from ISOC is not clear.
>>
>> AFAIK there is no system that automatically notifies Chapter Admins of
>> new joiners or am I wrong?
>>
>> There is a support  email amshelp at isoc.org
>>
>>
>> joly
>>
>
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