[Chapter-delegates] Information from the Trustees

[Veni Markovski]

Eric,
it seems like you didn't read my message to Eva till the end. Let me quote:

"[Eva],
May be naive, but I trust your good spirit and desire to really achieve 
a breakthrough.
I am sure that all chapters would welcome some positive developments!
And if you need any help, please, just ask us."

So, yes, please - let's not look backwards (unless that's necessary for 
the record, and for knowing the past, so that we don't repeat the 
mistakes we made), and be sure we recognize each and everyone's good 
will to try make ISOC better.

v.

On 03/13/2013 08:17, Eric Burger wrote:
> Veni -
> I promise that if you keep looking backwards, we will look backwards 
> too, and we can expect that nothing will change.
>
> We respect the past has happened. It sounds like it was not great. I 
> do wish to highlight that all but one person on the board was not here 
> ten years ago and most of the staff started in the past three years.
>
> If you will join us in looking forward into the future instead of 
> being stuck in the past, I believe we can make positive changes.
> - Eric
>
> On Mar 12, 2013, at 2:02 PM, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com 
> <mailto:veni at veni.com>> wrote:
>
>> Dear Eva,
>> that's a great news - was traveling and couldn't respond promptly.
>> As you are aware (but some of the chapters' list are new), the 
>> relations between the chapters, and ISOC HQ need improvement, and it 
>> is encouraging to see that the BoT has come back to the same point, 
>> where it was about 10 years ago. Back then we, the then Trustees, 
>> couldn't find a solution to the gridlock, but your message definitely 
>> sounds encouraging. May be naive, but I trust your good spirit and 
>> desire to really achieve a breakthrough.
>>
>> I am sure that all chapters would welcome some positive developments!
>>
>> And if you need any help, please, just ask us.
>>
>> Veni
>> ISOC-Bulgaria
>>
>>
>>
>> On 03/08/2013 06:41, Eva Frölich wrote:
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> The Board Trustees and the Internet Society executive team held a 
>>> joint retreat February to review strategic directions for the future 
>>> of the Internet Society. Some of the issues raised by Chapters over 
>>> the past years have bearing on the ISOC strategic directions so 
>>> therefore we also included these issues in our discussion.
>>>
>>> The Internet Society and it's community work is guided by principles 
>>> and values striving for the vision of the "Internet is for 
>>> Everyone". The mission is stated on 
>>> http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/mission.
>>>
>>> The Trustees would also like to emphazise that we believe that the 
>>> Chapters are an integral part of our global organization. At the 
>>> same time, the Trustees and staff realize that there remains work to 
>>> do to increase engagement with and support for Chapters.
>>>
>>> With the aim of ensuring that ISOC and it´s Chapters all have the 
>>> same understanding and can work cooperatively together, the Trustees 
>>> have asked the executive team to report back to the Trustees on 
>>> staff´s efforts to further align ISOC´s and Chapters activities as a 
>>> basis for continuing the discussions.
>>>
>>> The Trustees also concludes that information need to flow both 
>>> directions to ensure success for both Chapters working on local 
>>> level as well as ISOC working on a global level.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Eva Frölich
>>> Chair, ISOC Board of Trustees
>>
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