[Chapter-delegates] Is Internet Society Newsletter dead ?

Mon Sep 16 15:51:26 PDT 2013

+1 Joly,

Thank you very much for the clarification. I was not aware about that. Going through your message, It seems like the best option is to keep our existing newsletter rather than drying what has been a failure in the past.

So It is better to improve our existing newsletter rather than replacing it.

Whatever platform we decide to choose, It will be important to make sure that news from ISOC and Chapters reach chapter members mailboxes in a regular manner.

Regards,

Victor.

De : joly.nyc at gmail.com [mailto:joly.nyc at gmail.com] De la part de Joly MacFie
Envoyé : lundi 16 septembre 2013 20:25
À : Victor Ndonnang
Cc : Joyce Dogniez; Eduardo Diaz; Carlos Vera Quintana; ISOC Chapter Delegates
Objet : Re: [Chapter-delegates] Is Internet Society Newsletter dead ?

Victor, a wiki has been tried, and still exists - http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/ - but it was never much used.

Also Elena of ISOC Romania made a a valiant attempt to launch a buddypress http://www.anuntul.eu/wordpress/ which similarly failed to inspire much participation.

The fact is that the newsletter, carefully curated by hand, with individual elements coming out as thy happened via wordpress + rss, followed up by a monthly global digested mailout, was as effective as it gets. My only suggestion would be that there be some more detailed style options, such as html or non-html.  I especially appreciate that the non-html existing version was universally accessible. 

The rss made it easy to embed chapter updates on our site. Right now all we have is ISOC headlines rss - http://www.internetsociety.org/rss - not by any means as comprehensive.

ISOC's piecemeal adventures into social media have, at times, been amateurish and embarassing. I myself have taken up moderation of the ISOC linked in group as nobody else was doing the job. While the ITU has a consistent program of masterfully produced side interviews from events, ISOC went for shaky phone versions <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbvna25jL2M> ,, etc, etc..

Recently North America regional director Paul Brigner has made a concerted effort to upgrade video capabilties of not just his region, but all regions. He should be supported in that effort.

Raquel Gatto made the point, in a recent North America members hangout, that it is important to take our discourse to where the people are today, but the corollary is that it's counter productive to abandon those that are happy with email etc.. I think it is good to enhance our communications over new platforms, but that they should only be supplemental to the robust and accessible existing ones.

j

On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Victor Ndonnang <ndonnang at nvconsulting.biz> wrote:

Thanks Joyce for the update. While acknowledging the great work you and the ISOC Chapter support team are doing, more communication between ISOC-headquarters and Chapters is still needed to avoid such questions…

In the web 2.0 age, It is true that the ISOC Chapters newsletter is not still the best way to share updates and information among chapters. Blog, wiki and social Medias are new tools to maintain Chapters connected to each other and share information. So I welcome Joyce’s proposition of having a blog platform for Chapters information sharing. In addition to that, I suggest a wiki platform where Chapters can easily introduce information about their past, recent and future actives; a sort of “online’ ISOC Chapter Newsletter. Finally I call all chapters to create and keep up-to-date accounts on most popular social networks; at least Facebook and Twitter.

Thank you once again and thanks to Takaaki, Eduardo and Carlos for pointing out the issue.

Best regards,

Victor Ndonnang

ISOC Cameroon Chapter

De : chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] De la part de Joyce Dogniez
Envoyé : vendredi 13 septembre 2013 16:51
À : Eduardo Diaz; Carlos Vera Quintana
Cc : ISOC Chapter Delegates
Objet : Re: [Chapter-delegates] Is Internet Society Newsletter dead ?

Dear Takaaki-san, Eduardo and Carlos, 

I understand your question is related to the overall ISOC newsletter. We are looking into replacing this newsletter with a blog platform (to be launched early Oct) that will also offer new "subscribe" options that can be filtered by specific topics. This will allow our readers to follow general updates, as well as specific themes. It will also provide the opportunity for chapter content and updates.

We will share more about this in the next coming weeks.

As for the link Eduardo posted to ISOConnect, this is the Chapter Officer 'newsletter', specifically addressing available resources or information relevant to the chapter officers. Information about funding, new available resources, important information you can share with your members and communities, etc. It mainly provides links to our website as we received the feedback some information is not always easy to find or needs some highlighting once in a while. 

Hope this answers your question.

Kind regards

Joyce

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From: Eduardo Diaz <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2013 5:26 PM
To: Carlos Vera Quintana <cveraq at gmail.com>
Cc: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Is Internet Society Newsletter dead ?

I received this before: 

http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1cd9d7df0f6d424140468f887 <http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=1cd9d7df0f6d424140468f887&id=c47c15b005&e=33b8fcf700> &id=c47c15b005&e=33b8fcf700

It looks this is what we are going to use but...who knows? Can someone from staff let us know what happened to the newsletter?

-ed

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Carlos Vera Quintana <cveraq at gmail.com> wrote:

Is dead o we kill it?

Carlos Vera Quintana 

0988141143

Sígueme @cveraq

El 11/09/2013, a las 23:17, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> escribió:

Good question!

On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 8:17 PM, HIGUCHI,Takaaki <higuchi.takaaki at miraitsystems.jp> wrote:

Hi,

Is Internet Society Newsletter ended ?

There has been no inquiry since March about chapter contribution
(included below), and there has been no update of Internet Society
Newsletter since then.
http://www.internetsociety.org/newsletter

So I'd like to confirm the newsletter is dead now.

And then, one more question, where(or how) do we report our activities ?

thanks in advance,
Takaaki Higuchi, Japan Chapter

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Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Your Chapter contributions for ISOC January 2013 Newsletter
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 16:44:06 +0100
From: Jacek Gajewski <gajewski at isoc.org>
To: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>

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Dear colleagues,

We would like to hear from your Chapter! Please share your news and activities with other Internet Society members and Chapters by sending in your contributions for the next Internet Society Newsletter (see http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). You will see the articles on the Internet Society's blog site [1] throughout the month, as well as a monthly round up of all articles via email.

You may include a short description (100-140 words) of your Chapter's activities with links to your website or the Chapter wiki [2] for additional information. Please also include any information about future scheduled events.

I would appreciate receiving your contributions for this month's issue by 27 March 2013 at chapter-support[at]isoc.org .

Thank You!

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FRANCAIS

L'actualité de votre chapitre nous intéresse! Informez les autres membres et Chapitres - envoyez-nous vos contributions pour la prochaine édition de l'ISOC Newsletter (voir: http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). Les articles seront publiés au fur et à mesure sur le blog d'ISOC [1]. A la fin de chaque mois, vous recevrez un courriel avec l'ensemble des articles.

Votre contribution peut presenter les activités (environ 100-140 mots) au sein de votre Chapitre, complétée par des liens vers le "Chapter Wiki" [2] ou votre site Internet. Nous vous invitons également d'ajouter les événements prévus dans votre agenda.

Pour l'édition de ce mois, nous vous prions de nous faire parvenir vos contribution jusqu'au 27  mars 2013 à chapter-support[at]isoc.org .

Merci d'avance!

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ESPAÑOL

¡Nos gustaría oir de tu Capítulo! Por favor, comparte tus novedadesy actividades con otros miembros y Capítulos de ISOC enviando tus contribuciones para el próximo newsletter de ISOC (http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). Verás los artículos publicados en el blog de ISOC [1] todo el mes, así como un resumen mensual via correo electrónico.

Puedes incluir una descripción corta (100-140 palabras) de las actividades de tu Capítulo con enlaces al wiki de Capítulos [2] o a tu sitio web para información adicional. Por favor, también incluye información sobre eventos futuros.

Agredecería recibir tus contribuciones para la edición de este mes antes del 27 de marzo de 2013, envía por favor a chapter-support[at]isoc.org .

¡Muchas gracias!

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DEUTSCH

Informieren Sie weltweit ISOC Mitglieder und Chapter über die aktuellen Themen aus Ihrem Verein (Chapter). Bitte senden Sie uns einen Beitrag mit Neuigkeiten und Aktivitäten Ihres Chapters für die nächste Ausgabe des ISOC Newsletter (siehehttp://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/). Die Beitrage werden während des Monats auf ISOC's Blogseite [1] veröffentlicht und am Ende des Monats zusammengefasst als Email veschickt.

Sie können eine kurze Beschreibung (100-140 Wörter) der wichtigsten Aktivitäten Ihres Chapters mit Links zum Chapter Wiki [2] oder zu Ihrer Webseite sowie Einzelheiten über kommende Veranstaltungen einfügen.

Alle Beiträge für diesen Monat sollten bis zum 27. Maerz 2013 bei uns vorliegen, E-mails bitte an chapter-support[at]isoc.org .

Vielen Dank!

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Best regards,

Jacek Gajewski

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