[Chapter-delegates] Creating a good momentum

[Bob Hinden]

Hi,

In my almost 6 years on the ISOC Board, I think there have been many improvements relating to ISOC relationship with it’s chapters.  There clearly were serious problems, but I think there have been many improvements since then.  It’s not perfect and I won’t list the problems six years ago, they are well known, but will say that the ISOC Board and ISOC staff are very committed to continuing the improvements.  The Chapter members advisory council and the Boards Open Forum are the latest examples.  We included the Open Forum in our board meetings to allow the ISOC community to speak directly to the Board.   Something long overdue, and we did hear from you :-)

The challenges that face the Internet are not going away.  While the technology continues to get much better, for example by giving us the ability to have distributed meetings with video and audio that enable the Board Open Forum, the challenges to an open and secure Internet grow, and we still have much to do to bring the Internet to everyone (and now everything).  There is much for us all to do to build the future that we want.

Thanks,
Bob



> On Apr 11, 2016, at 11:04 AM, Raul Echeberria <echeberria at isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> Dear all:
> 
> In the last few days there have been interesting discussions in the chapter-delegates list.
> My colleagues in the staff, myself and the Board, have expressed a lot of openness in considering different ideas that have been mentioned in the discussions.
> 
> We have now a new tool for catalyzing the participation of the chapters and for helping to synthesize the discussions. This is the Chapter Advisory Council and its Steering Committee.
> 
> We have to find a balance between the resources the organization makes available for supporting the work of its chapters,  with the volunteer work that the chapters do by themselves in strengthening their organizations.
> 
> Things are not as bad as sometime they seem to be and they are neither as good that they don’t need any improvement. There is always a lot work to do.
> 
> I feel we are working in the right direction, and this is also what i have heard from many of our chapters leaders from different parts of the world. I’m very optimistic with what we can achieve. We need now positiveness and  take advantage of the discussions for creating a good momentum.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> Raúl
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