[Chapter-delegates] Letter from the ISOC Elections Committee

[Veni Markovski]

I am not sure I follow you, Richard.
What conflict of interest? Publish on your site who is your sponsor for 
that particular project, and that in most cases should be enough.
After all, if you or the sponsor don't have any interest in the matter 
your project covers, then the sponsor is wasting their money, no? I 
don't say there should be a conflict of interest.
Also, I am not sure what is the relation with the organizational members 
of ISOC?

v.


On 05/18/14 05:42, Richard Hill wrote:
> Regarding funding from private companies, we are currently discussing 
> this within ISOC-CH, because some concerns have been 
> expressed. Personally, I don't see any problems with sponsorhip for 
> specific portions of specific events, e.g. providing lunch or coffee, 
> but it is important to avoid even the appearance of conflict of 
> interest, because sometimes an ISOC chapter might take a position that 
> is not consistent with that taken by some private companies.
> Also, I think it is important to seek balanced contacts with private 
> companies and I note that indeed many different types of private 
> companies are corporate members of ISOC, see:
> http://www.internetsociety.org/get-involved/join-community/organisations-and-corporations/list-members 
>
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Chapter-delegates
>     [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org]*On Behalf Of
>     *Gihan Dias
>     *Sent:* dimanche, 18. mai 2014 03:28
>     *To:* Chapter Delegates
>     *Subject:* Re: [Chapter-delegates] Letter from the ISOC Elections
>     Committee
>
>     On 2014/05/17 ?.?. 1:12, Charles Oloo wrote:
>>     Engaging local stakeholders is done at various levels and
>>     functions depending on activity or event. The more engagement we
>>     have the more we raise ISOC profile and visibility. In most
>>     cases, the involvement of the media is paramount if at all one
>>     has to reach a wider audience.
>     Charles,
>
>     Yes. I agree. Could you shre with us some the engagements you have
>     carried out or planning to do so. Also, how you are engaging the
>     media?
>>     All these cannot be done without financial resources, and the
>>     annual grant of 2000 USD is not adequate for this,
>     My suggestion, (not as a trustee, but based on my experience
>     elsewhere) is to first spend the USD 2000, and then discuss with
>     Christine/Anne about your additional requirements. Often, some
>     funds may be available somewhere.
>>     bearing in mind the other equally important events like the
>>     annual IGFs.
>     The IGF ambassadors program is separate from chapter funding. Not
>     sure about its status in 2014.
>>
>>     If chapters cannot get or identify other financial resources,
>>     increasing visibility and impact in local scenarios will take a
>>     little longer, especially for young chapters. And this is a
>>     specific area the ISOC BoT, and the Chapter Advisory need to look
>>     into.
>     To develop your chapter, you need to get other funding. Since the
>     ISoc name is well known, it is often not difficult to get funding,
>     both from local companies and rom the local offices of places like
>     Google, Cisco and Microsoft. Please let me know what assistance
>     you need in this regard.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Gihan
>
>
>
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