[Chapter-delegates] Communication tools (was Isoc Identity)

[President ISOC-KH]

Thanks, Anne,

for your response. - Different people have raised different concerns. 
You asked for reactions - and if you missed anything. So my response is 
just reflecting some of our own needs, which have been discussed among 
some Chapter members here.

I think the Issue Tracking Tool https://mantis.tools.isoc.org/ which 
Klaus Birkenbihl had mentioned on 27 January 2012 would be very helpful, 
if the ISOC staff caring for software/programming concerns would agree 
to use it actively. Looking at the status, it shows that, a long time 
ago, several issues were mentioned as "new" - "accepted" - "assigned" - 
but only one made it to be "solved."

This tool would, of course, only relate to one kind of concerns expressed.

Policy questions, and some most urgent financial questions I had raised 
(and to which other chapter voices concurred) - related to the covering 
of health care costs of accepted Geneva travel fellowship recipients - 
if such need should arise - but my question is still without any 
reaction from the Geneva organizing committee. (Such a committee had 
been mentioned once - but I do not know who the members are.)

With my best greetings,


Norbert
ISOC Cambodia Chapter

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On 01/31/2012 12:32 PM, Anne Lord wrote:
> hi Ed, Everyone,
>
> I've changed the subject line of this email as I want to follow up on 
> Ed's email (and others) on the kinds of communication tools that would 
> be useful to help support Chapters in doing their work.    I do 
> understand the frustration expressed by some on this list. It is clear 
> that we (and I use "we" used in the broadest sense - as we need your 
> help) should be able to deliver communications tools that are 
> appropriate for 2012.
>
> There are many suggestions and possibilities for different 
> functionality, tools and platforms.  Across the Chapter community 
> there are many different needs and environments.  Please help us to 
> understand what you would consider to be the priorities in terms of 
> needed support and tools.  To make sure that we are hearing from as 
> many people as possible who are on this list (which numbers 400+), we 
> will develop a very short survey - to take a 'reading'.    The 
> information we receive will ensure that we have solicited some basic 
> information from as many people as possible across this very diverse 
> community with very diverse needs.
>
> So, this is a starting point of an ongoing conversation and it will 
> help us focus on identifying a process to take the next steps in terms 
> of priority areas.
>
> So far I have heard:
>
> - Identity service
> - Newsgroups
> - Webhosting (a reimbursement service is already planned to be 
> launched by end Q1)
> - Domain names
> - Instant messaging forums
> - Engagement platform including supporting Collaboration and Document 
> sharing
> - Chapter/Membership portal development
> - Chapter/Membership API development
>
> Am I missing anything?
>
> thanks for your help,
>
> Anne