[Chapter-delegates] ION Bangladesh 2016

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

Dear Jahangir,

thank you for sharing your concerns. This is not the first time I hear
of such problems. I think that the Chapter Advisory Council should take
this problem up. It appears that at present the culture of communication
has been lost by some parts of the ISOC structure. It is indeed
embarrassing for a local chapter to learn about an event ISOC HQ is
organising, in the way you have shared with us. It is even more
embarrassing when participants get in touch with the local chapter to
ask questions and the local chapter knows nothing about the event.
As I said, this is something for the Chapter Advisory Council.

Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 15/02/2016 06:17, Jahangir Hossain wrote:
> Dear Delegates,
>
> Internet Society Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
> (http://www.isoc.org.bd/dhaka/) is delighted  to know that ISOC
> (global) is organizing an ION event in Dhaka, Bangladesh in
> collaboration with BdNOG. This is indeed a great initiative in raising
> awareness, capacity building and, overall, carrying forward ISOC's
> mission in Bangladesh. 
>
> We only learnt about this event from ISOC360 website when one of our
> members
> visited http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/ion/bangladesh2016/.
> However, since there have been no prior communication from ISOC
> (global) with the chapter about this event we could not respond to our
> members query about the chapter's role in this event. As such, we felt
> bit uncomfortable. Our chapter is fairly new (since 2011) and we are
> yet to learn how ISOC (global) works with chapter in organizing local
> events. Is it usual that the local chapter is not informed before
> doing a local event with another local entity? we thought it could
> have been a great way to strengthen a very active chapter like ours if
> we were given the opportunity to work in collaboration or even
> mentioned!. 
>
> We are concerned thinking that  a very active and highly enthusiastic
> local chapter has very little value/importance to ISOC (global) in
> advancing ISOC's mission in Bangladesh. Our members are also beginning
> to wonder how well the local chapter is connected with ISOC (global).
>
> ​We would like to hear about other chapter's opinion about this.​
>
>
>
> /Regards /
> ​*​*
> *
> Jahangir*/
> *​ Hossain*
> On be half of
> ISOC Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
> http://www.isoc.org.bd/dhaka/​
>
>
>
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