[Chapter-delegates] Day-to-day funding

[Ernesto cruz]

Well said, Veni...+1

Best regards from Puerto Rico,

Ernesto
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On Mar 11, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com> wrote:

> 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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