[Chapter-delegates] Is Internet Society Newsletter dead ?

Wed Sep 18 14:52:18 PDT 2013

Agreed. Rudi, I'd be happy to take part in Chapters support Chapters"
conversation

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Tracy F. Hackshaw @ Google <
tracyhackshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well said Rudi. Thank you. Another BoT champion.
> On Sep 18, 2013 4:36 AM, "Rudi Vansnick" <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> It is a pity no communication preceded the announcement. Some changes are
>> going on without knowledge of the chapters community. I would really
>> appreciate ISOC chapter staff would involve the chapters in such decisions.
>> The newsletter is the channel of communication that allowed members to know
>> what ISOC is doing / going to do and of course let chapters talk about what
>> they do. Cutting of this channel looks to be the wrong decision.
>>
>> As said earlier, and I'm referring to my proposal in Mexico 2009, I'm
>> willing to push forward the proposal "chapters support by chapters". With
>> some experienced and track proven chapter leaders we could build a
>> community channel that will allow chapters to get closer inside views on
>> how other chapters have elaborated a good platform for further expansion of
>> their chapter. And also allow to recognize what did not work and is rather
>> something to avoid to do so.
>>
>> Always willing to help chapters ... let me know how !
>>
>> A colleague chapter leader,
>>
>> Rudi Vansnick
>>
>>
>> Op 18-sep.-2013, om 05:09 heeft Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net> het
>> volgende geschreven:
>>
>> > +1
>> >
>> > Norbert
>> >
>> >
>> > On 9/18/2013 5:34 AM, Keith Davidson wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> I wish these decisions were made from bottom-up rather than this
>> top-down decision to dispense with the newsletter.
>> >>
>> >> Cheers
>> >>
>> >> Keith
>> >>
>> >> On 16/09/2013 5:56 p.m., Eduard Tric wrote:
>> >>> Dear all,
>> >>> The newsletter is valuable push information.
>> >>> It also shows Isoc dynamic , pushing notable news from local chapters
>> at global level.
>> >>> A blog is useful as well , but it will never replace a newsletter.
>> >>> Why it was abadoned ?
>> >>> Can this be reconsidered ?
>> >>> Just as an example , we distibute   the weekly european newsletter
>> (prepared by Frederic Donck ) to all our local chapter members , and so far
>> we've had positive feedback and very intersting reactions.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Ed
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Mesaj original -----
>> >>> De la: "Joyce Dogniez" <dogniez at isoc.org>
>> >>> Către: "Eduardo Diaz" <eduardodiazrivera at gmail.com>, "Carlos Vera
>> Quintana" <cveraq at gmail.com>
>> >>> cc: "ISOC Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>> >>> Trimis: vineri, 13 septembrie, 2013 18:50:33
>> >>> Subiect: 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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