[Chapter-delegates] ISOC NGL and Ambassador Programme

[Kathy Brown]

Dear Cintra, All,

Following our discussion in London, I have followed up with my team with regards to the IGF Ambassadors initiative.  I have also been following the discussion thread and would like to thank everyone for sharing excellent ideas on this important topic.

We have heard you and, for 2014, we will reinstate the Ambassadors program at a smaller scale. As many of you noted, this is a critical juncture in the evolution of the Internet and it's important that we support the community's important work. Because there are only nine weeks to IGF Istanbul, the process will be a bit different than prior years. Please bear with us as we seek to be responsive in the compressed time frame.

The Internet Leadership team will be in touch shortly to provide details on this year's modified program and how members can apply.

Best,
Kathy


From: Talha Habib <tali2leo at gmail.com<mailto:tali2leo at gmail.com>>
Date: Saturday, June 28, 2014 at 12:24 AM
To: Chester Soong - Hong Kong Chapter <chester at soong.net<mailto:chester at soong.net>>
Cc: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC NGL and Ambassador Programme


+1 Chester.

Thank you
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Warm Regards,
Talha Habib

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** Kindly excuse brevity and typos.

On Jun 28, 2014 1:48 AM, <chester at soong.net<mailto:chester at soong.net>> wrote:
Agreed, but I think ISOC HQ may provide appropriate facilitation and financial assistance, especially for the activities that can enhance the achievement of ISOC's goals and objectives at the regional and even local levels. I am really not sure if any of the chapters in Asia can claim to be resourceful. ISOC HK is working its butts off (excuse my language) to maintain only one full time staff with all exco members are volunteers with a full-time job. If you mean bearing the cost including only time and effort to train the person, that's fine. But paying the person's wages, it is a luxury for many chapters including ISOC HK.

What ISOC HK can do at the very least is certainly to provide internship or mentee opportunities. We organize more than 2 events a month as hosting organization and on top of that, we actively response with public statements to government and public issues relating to IT and the Internet, especially the ones affecting ISOC's mission and objectives. So I am very sure there are plenty of things the person can learn. But the only thing we cannot afford is the person's wage if any. ISOC HK recruits students for local universities in assisting our events as helpers, MC, or event event website preparation.

We welcome any idea in such area.

BTW, I would like to leave with a note of appreciation to all the ISOC staff and the Board of Trustees who have been making the ISOC events at ICANN London 50 possible. I am very glad to see you all and let's work closer together in protecting ISOC's mission and goals.

Best,


Chester at ISOC.HK<mailto:Chester at ISOC.HK>
 On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:54:53 -0400
 John More <morej1 at mac.com<mailto:morej1 at mac.com>> wrote:
Agreed. My general feeling is that part of the discipline is to not just accept charity.

John

On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:46 PM, Gihan Dias <gihan at uom.lk<mailto:gihan at uom.lk>> wrote:

On 2014/06/25 ප.ව. 2:08, John More wrote:
Also to be considered, again based on my experience, is whether Chapters that are in a better financial position could be asked to provide support for the intern assigned to them, thereby freeing up funds for other Chapters.
John,

My view is that all chapters should bear at least part of the cost of a volunteer coming to them.

Regards,

Gihan

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