[Chapter-delegates] Day-to-day funding

[Veni Markovski]

The best sustainable way would be for ISOC to go back to the origins of 
its bid for getting the .org domain.
Back then the broad public was told that no money from .org would go to 
cover expenses of ISOC. Currently the situation is quite different.
If there are 100 chapters, I would strongly argue that ISOC could 
allocate 20 % of its budget to fund them - through grants, projects, etc.
No matter how we look at that - as investment, or as grant, or as 
sponsorship, it will have a tremendous impact on the Internet, and the 
way it is being developed around the globe.
Just think for a moment what a chapter in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, 
or Latin America can do with about $ 100,000 / year.
It will:
- empower its active membership;
- allow it to organize tutorials, workshop, seminars to educate national 
parliaments, governments, etc. on Internet-related issues;
- keep a whole office operational;
- allow chapter to provide small travel and educational grants to active 
community/chapter members;
- provide the means for hiring good legal experts to help telecom 
ministry formulate proper policies in the field of ICT;
- organize local awards for web creativity;
- support localization of Creative Commons licenses;
- allow young engineers to go to IETF meetings;
- ensure Internet connectivity for the chapter and its members;
- etc., etc., etc....


On 03/11/2013 16:35, Edwin A. Opare wrote:
>
> Elver,
>
> Well said.
>
> Any ideas, thoughts or suggestions on chapter sustainability 
> especially when membership dues are not coming through and a chapter 
> does not have any corporate members and their relating support on board?
>
> Edwin Opare
>
> Ghana Chapter
>
>

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