[Chapter-delegates] DISCUSSION FORUM - MAILING LIST

[Charles Oloo]

Dear Joyce

Thank you for the information. Having our members in a loop discussion has
been a challenge and  can wait for its launch in the coming weeks.

Regards

Charles Oloo
Chair / President
Internet Society Kenya Chapter



On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org> wrote:

>  Hi Charles,
>
>  Thanks a lot for your message!
>
>  We definitely have the possibility of creating a Community per chapter
> in Connect where the chapter members could interact and engage at chapter
> level.
>
>  Having said that we will only open Connect to all members as from the
> 2nd of June. As you may have read we wanted to launch the platform in
> stages to allow for the chapter leaders and the Advisory Council to
> familiarise with the system and get your initial feedback before launching
> to the members.
>
>  We would welcome chapter communities and communities of interest going
> forward, but did not want to segment the discussions too much in the
> initial launch phase.
>
>  If you can hold this for another two weeks (and let us launch for the
> full membership), I'd be happy to have a discussion on how to best move
> forward right after that.
>
>  Please let us know if your request is time sensitive though.
>
>  I will post some more details on Connect on what is possible with a
> chapter community in the next week, so that it can be of use to all
> chapters going forward.
>
>  Looking froward to discussing this further.
>
>  Joyce
>
>
>
>   --
>  Joyce Dogniez, CMM
> Director of Chapters
> Internet Society
>
>  dogniez at isoc.org
> tel: +352 621 266 189
> Skype: joycedogniez
>
>
>   From: Charles Oloo <oloo6382 at gmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 4:44 PM
> To: Anne Lord <lord at isoc.org>, Christine Saegesser <saegesser at isoc.org>,
> Dawit Bekele <bekele at isoc.org>, "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org" <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Cc: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] DISCUSSION FORUM - MAILING LIST
>
>   Dear Ann.
>
> RE; THE NEED FOR A DISCUSSION FORUM - MAILING LIST
>
>  I hope you are well. I wish to inform you that lack of an AMS integrated
> discussion mailing list is somehow affecting our online discussion on
> pertinent issues.
>
>  The current discussion on the isoc-request at orion.my.co.ke ,mailing lists
> are purely by subscription, hence a majority of ISOC members on the AMS who
> are not subscribed to the orion list cannot receive nor participate in any
> topical discussion, like the KiGF.
>
>  The scenario of having a discussion mailing list that is integrated with
> the AMS would therefore enhance participation and contribution by a larger
> ISOC Kenya membership.
>
>  Can this feature be considered so that it can enhance communication
> among the members
>
>  Regards,
>
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