[Chapter-delegates] Global INET Investment

Sun Jan 15 08:43:00 PST 2012

Dear all,

In my opinion (which of course one might disagree with)  it has some sort
of non-sense to set up an application for the grant that is meant to send a
"new" member that for example has never been to a Chapter Workshop... why
I'm saying this?: well, just because of all you've said... because I
believe that the Global INET was meant to enforce ISOC in all aspects. That
was meant for new and future leaders as for the ones that (better or worst,
much or less) have some steps walked over this streets... because as you've
said, It is not a good idea (for me at least) to drive the opinion of new
and future leaders with the opinion of the actual ones... and of course,
the "new" ones often do not have the experience nor know the history; so It
would be far better (again in my opinion) to give grants for new attendants
but also for the old ones to guide and step beside the new ones. I do
believe that this is not a "normal" INET meeting... Besides it has the
"INET" name, is far more important than the local INET meetings we have
organized and/or attended; and the same about this Chapter Meeting.

What is more, all we know the issue about getting funding to attend this
kind of meetings... where some of us live far (really far) from the place
this meetings takes place (of course this is inevitable as the world has
something about 12.576 Km and the meeting is Golbal). So, to pay for the
round trip, the event and some other stipends costs each what?... about
3000 US$ minimum (not including the hotel in this account)? ... but the
numbers will speak for their own: let's see the statistics of "country of
origin" for the attendants other from the ones who got the grant, invited
ones, and ISOC staff.

Just to clarify and make my point here, I've got nothing to say about the
ISOC staff or board work itself, which I believe it's done in a very
professional and efficient way.

... and It's not because of the "grants", It's about all the Global INET
vision, ISOC mission and Internet and ISOC's future.

Everything else but this, sound great for me about the Global INET 2012 !

Regards,
Nicolas

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 13:36, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:

>  Ted, and all,
> This sounds really good, except the fact that the Chapter workshop seems
> designed in a way not to allow chapter members, and members of the
> chapters' board of directors to participate.
> Certainly, we could have one representative from each chapter there, but
> with one reminder: these people are not necessarily the representatives of
> the chapters. In the case of Bulgaria, the person who got the grant happens
> to be a member of the Board, but that's probably an exception.
> It would have been much better for ISOC to allow all chapters' officers to
> participate for free at the chapter workshop and the INET.
> I am still bewildered at the participation fee for an event, which has no
> program, and no speakers announced. You say it will be an "extraordinary"
> event, but the only extraordinary thing so far is the fee for members,
> which is much lower than for anyone else, and since membership is free, it
> makes it even more extraordinary.
> And since you say that even if the event is 100 % sold out, the
> registration fee will cover only a fraction of the price, I am even more
> astonished. If that's the case (a fraction), then what's the point in
> having a fee? After all, ISOC.org has tens of millions of dollars budget
> every year, and it can't spend it all... what a better expense than
> covering an event, and opening it for the broader public - the same way the
> IGF is organized!?
>
> Best,
> Veni
>
> On 1/13/2012 17:24, Ted Mooney wrote:
>
>  Dear Chapter Delegates,****
>
> ** **
>
> There has been some discussion via this list around registration pricing
> for members and chapter officers wishing to attend the Global INET.  Let me
> take a few sentences to review our thought process and opportunities for
> chapter members to attend.****
>
> ** **
>
> Because we believe this will be an extraordinary event, we wanted the
> registration to be:****
>
>    - Better than market for similar events ****
>    - Reflective of the value of the event ****
>    - Affordable by a high percentage of those who want to participate****
>    - An opportunity to our members and to students****
>
> ** **
>
> We readily undertook a pricing model that even if the event was 100% sold
> out, that would still only cover a fraction of the event costs.****
>
> ** **
>
> In addition, all of you are aware that a Global Chapter workshop is
> planned.  For this workshop we are offering a travel fellow from every
> chapter which includes roundtrip airfare, room and board for the five days
> of Chapter workshop and INET and free admission to the conference, so long
> as the Travel Fellow applicant is considered a Young Leader and hasn’t been
> to an INET in the past 12 months.  We expect there will be 100 such travel
> fellows.  This represents a significant investment in our chapters for this
> event in addition to our other investments for chapter support, such as the
> community grants program, the development of chapter dashboards, and
> further development of the Internet Society chapter membership management
> platform and chapter guidebook.****
>
> ** **
>
> Also, and as in the past, where there is the possibility of two people
> traveling, one a Travel fellowship recipient, the other not, both parties
> may share the same room and ISOC will incur any additional room charges for
> the length of the Workshop and INET.****
>
> ** **
>
> With this solid investment in the future of the Internet for Everyone and
> the Internet Society as a whole, we believe that the current registration
> pricing for the global INET is very fair and provides all constituents the
> best opportunity of participation and value while making a minimum
> contribution to support the significant costs.****
>
> ** **
>
> I hope this is helpful and that I will see you at the Global INET.****
>
> ** **
>
> Ted****
>
> ** **
>
> Ted Mooney****
>
> Sr. Director, Membership & Services****
>
> The Internet Society****
>
> www.isoc.org****
>
>
>
>
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