[Chapter-delegates] ISOC NGL and Ambassador Programme

Tue Jun 24 15:51:52 PDT 2014

Hello everyone,

Like some of you, I am not a recipient of any ambassadorship/fellowship program but I believe that the activity will serve as a platform of awareness for the future leaders in the field of Internet Governance.  The program needs to be evaluated and hopefully be continued so that the next batch of leaders will be guided appropriately to further lead the community into the next generation.

Yours truly,
Aris Ignacio

By the way, +1 to all

On Wednesday, June 25, 2014 6:18 AM, Chester Soong <chester at soong.net> wrote:

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Dear All,

I am not a beneficiary of the Ambassador Programme but I certainly 
support that ISOC maintains, if not increases, the resources to be spent 
on such meaningful and far-reaching programme. But looking at it from a 
different perspective or from the angle to further improve such a 
meaningful program, may be it is time to review the whole thing and see 
if there are pieces of the public interests of the greater Internet 
Community the existing program still fails to serve? It is a fact that 
ISOC has so many crucial goals and missions to accomplish in this area 
alone that the resources devoted to such development is a pie that all 
the beneficiaries must be shared. So I urge the ISOC board and the 
management to review the Ambassador Programme if it is allocated with 
enough resource and such resource is benefiting the right recipients to 
ensure the ISOC's greater missions and goals can be met.

On the note of organizing regional NGFs, I think it is a great idea in 
terms of further developing the notion of Internet Governance. If there 
is anything ISOC HQ wants to do in the AP Region, I and my team from 
ISOC HK will be at your disposal anytime. But we do have to look at the 
issue in a more practical way. Skills and knowledge transfer can be 
easily documented and done, and funding is important but it is just a 
common criteria that can help facilitate the implementation. If we were 
to apply what we learned during the chapter workshop last Friday with 
identifying the stakeholders with the level of significances, funding is 
probably not on the highest of the list. I mean it is high, but not high 
enough to make the event materialize. May be to some of you who are from 
large and "well-off" countries such as the US, Canada (I myself is a 
Canadian by the way) while many of the social needs are satisfied, 
developing a successful Internet Governance framework is obvious. But 
such need is not always on the top of the list for many governments from 
developing and small countries. I don't mean Internet Governance is not 
important to these countries, but there are far more social demands that 
the governments have to fulfill. But it also shows that these 
governments may not realize what good Internet Governance can do for 
their countries in the longer run. I want to say Internet Governance is 
exactly what we need to convince these governments on why they are so 
important and also it is our purpose of the program. How can you expect 
to convince all the individual Internet users before you can convince a 
government of the importance of Internet Governance.

What we need besides an implementation guide and some seed money on 
organizing a NGF event, is actually the influence ISOC HQ can bring 
together. "Muscles" from international level of influence in both public 
and private sectors to show that if any particular government is not 
following suit, they will lose big. Local chapters obviously play 
important role on the ground works as well as convincing the local 
senior government officials and law makers. In alternative to a NGF for 
many of these countries such as the ones in Asia, a Regional GF (RGF) 
may be practical.

I am more than happy if ISOC HQ can provide more information on how this 
plans will be implemented, so I can provide more positive feedback and 
recommendation on how to make it work in the AP Region.

Cheers,

Chester at ISOC HK

On 24/06/2014 8:17 PM, Carlos Raúl G. wrote:
> I like very much john More's ideas on strengthening our local chapters locally with some outside help
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> Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
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>> El 24/06/2014, a las 13:04, John More <morej1 at mac.com> escribió:
>>
>> Cintra
>>
>> Thanks for alerting us all to this pause in the Ambassador Program. I hope that this means that at most it is being evaluated and then will return strengthened.
>>
>> I have also been suggesting to Ted Mooney that ISOC have an expanded program (in addition to the Ambassadors and NGL Programs) of trained interns that could be assigned to Chapters around the world to provide assistance, a sort of Internet Corps. Volunteer organizations can benefit greatly by having at least one paid staffer.  The intern benefits by getting to work with Chapter leaders.  The Society would benefit from increasing the number of future leaders who have been trained in the principles of the Society as well as who have worked in different geographical areas.
>>
>> The program need not be very expensive. Interns would be paid only living expenses and a small salary.  Generally they would have a single two- or three-year assignment.
>>
>> I have seen the benefits for NGOs from this sort of intern program.
>>
>> John More
>> DC Chapter
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>>> On Jun 23, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Cintra Sooknanan <cintra.sooknanan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Chapter Delegates,
>>>
>>> Like many of you I am a graduate of the ISOC Next Generation Leaders (NGL) Programme and alumni of the ISOC Ambassador Programme, these programmes really enhanced and strengthened our Chapter and its leaders.
>>>
>>> Indeed, not only have these Programmes done alot to support ISOC Chapter Leaders in capacity building and networking into the IGF world; but they have been very supportive of non-english speaking chapters in particular by encouraging participation to countries such as Venezuela and supporting French and Spanish language learning.
>>>
>>> In fact, ICANN has  similar programs called the ICANN Fellowships and ICANN Academy programs, both have which been recognised for their success in bringing new contributors to ICANN and rewarded with increased budgets.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, ISOC appears to be doing the opposite. At the ISOC meeting held at ICANN London today, I asked about the reallocation  of funds effectively terminating the ISOC NGL and Ambassador's Program. It is quite strange that there had been no previous consultation or correspondence to the Chapters from staff regarding this change (whether temporary or permanent).
>>>
>>> Toral Cowieson (Senior Director ISOC Leadership) answered the question. She stressed the value of the programs to ISOC and many hands were raised in the room as beneficiaries of these programs. Apparently the  ISOC Ambassadors program will return in 2015 in a different format.
>>>
>>> This email has been very much from my own perspective, I feel that these programs must be returned to truly build existing and new Chapters. From the Chapter Delegates I love to hear your own experiences of these programs.
>>>
>>> Given the vagueness of the status of these key programs, I would like to know from staff what format this program would be returned to the Chapters and internet community; as well as the new focus.
>>>
>>> Thank you for your kind attention and thoughts.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Cintra Sooknanan
>>> Chair
>>> ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter
>>>
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>>> EN ESPANOL
>>>
>>> Queridos Delegados de Capitulos,
>>>
>>> Como muchos de ustedes, yo soy graduada del Next Generation Leaders de ISOC  y  ex-alumna del Programa de Embajadores de ISOC (NGL).  Estos programas realmente han mejorado y fortalecido nuestros Capítulos y sus líderes.
>>>
>>> De hecho, no sólo han hecho mucho estos programas para apoyar a los Capitulos de ISOC Capítulo en la creación de capacidades de los lideres y la creación de redes en el mundo del IGF; ademas han sido un gran apoyo de los capítulos que no hablan inglés, en particular mediante el fomento de la participación de países como Venezuela y el apoyo del aprendizaje en idiomas francés y español.
>>>
>>> De hecho,  ICANN tiene programas similares llamados ICANN Fellowship Program y ICANN Academia, y  ambos han sido reconocidos por su éxito en traer a nuevos contribuyentes a ICANN y han sido recompensados con mayores presupuestos.
>>>
>>> Desafortunadamente, ISOC parece estar haciendo lo contrario. En la reunión de ISOC celebrada en la reunion de ICANN en Londres hoy,  pregunté acerca de la reasignación de fondos que termina efectivamente con el Programa de NGL y de Embajadores de ISOCy. Es bastante extraño que no había habido ninguna consulta previa o correspondencia del Staff con los capítulos con respecto a este cambio (ya sea temporal o permanente).
>>>
>>> Toral Cowieson (Director Senior de Liderazgo de ISOC) respondio a la pregunta. Hizo hincapié en el valor de los programas para ISOC y se levantaron muchas manos en la sala de quienes son o fueron beneficiarios de estos programas. Al parecer, el programa de Embajadores de ISOC volverá en 2015 con un formato diferente.
>>>
>>> Este correo electrónico ha sido escrito desde mi propia perspectiva<yo siento que estos programas deben regresar para ayudar a construir verdaderos exitentes capítulos asi como nuevos. Me encantaria escuchar directamente de los Delegados de los Capitulos sus propias experiencias en estos programas.
>>>
>>> Dada la vaguedad de la situación de estos programas clave, me gustaría saber del Staff en qué formato este programa regresara tanto a los Capitulos como a la comunidad  de Internet; así como el nuevo enfoque.
>>>
>>> Gracias por su amable atención y comentarios.
>>>
>>> Saludos cordiales
>>>
>>> Cintra Sooknanan
>>> Presidente
>>> ISOC Trinidad and Tobago Chapter
>>>
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