[Chapter-delegates] Information from the Trustees

[borka at e5.ijs.si]

Dear Barrack,

Some twenty years ago we worked successfully to localize
Internet services - meaning adopting the Internet strategy
regarding the adoption of Unicode and introducing it in the
Internet protocols. That was strategy adopted at IAB level in an
IETF workshop. From that time nations were able to present
and right in their national alphabets and language within the
Internet services. Now, we need similar decision or Internet 
society  strategy that
will enable the "localization"  of the chapter work. So I
support this idea.

With regards,

Borka


On Wed, 13 Mar 2013, Barrack Otieno wrote:

> Good initiative,
> 
> The Chief Operating Officer emphasised on the same in a meeting with
> representatives from African Chapters in Addis Ababa last week, we need to
> find ways of localising ISOCs global strategy.
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Eric Burger <eburger at standardstrack.com>
> 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> 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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