[Chapter-delegates] Publicising ISOC Support of IG

James Gannon james at cyberinvasion.net
Sun Jul 10 10:22:07 PDT 2016 

And that was supposed to read “feel good factor”.. Always remember to proof before hitting send!

-JG

From: Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org>> on behalf of James Gannon <james at cyberinvasion.net<mailto:james at cyberinvasion.net>>
Date: Sunday 10 July 2016 at 18:20
To: Raul Echeberria <echeberria at isoc.org<mailto:echeberria at isoc.org>>, ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Publicising ISOC Support of IG

Hey Raul,

Just taking this along a little bit of a tangent from the core thread,

On 1) I think that ISOC needs to find a way to show and publicise that support network better, even as a chapter leader I was unaware of some of those things that ISOC was supporting and its really a ‘feel going factor’ to be able to show that to our local members but also to promote ISOC as a organisation. ISOC gets flak sometimes for what it spends funds on so when we are spending funds in such impactful areas we really should find ways to show the impact and outcomes of these areas, its a great list, lets make sure everyone knows that we are doing all these things!

-James

From: Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org>> on behalf of Raul Echeberria <echeberria at isoc.org<mailto:echeberria at isoc.org>>
Date: Sunday 10 July 2016 at 17:55
To: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] IGF Ambassadorship Open



Richard, Nadira:

I like your approach.

We are now talking about 2 different things.

The discussion started about a the “ageism” in the IGF Ambassador program. Now it becames how to support Chapters for attending IG fora/meetings.

1) With regard to the first topic. We have a lot of programs for supporting the engagement of the community in IG landscape and they are all very diverse.

- We support the IGF secretariat.
- We support IGFSA and though IGFSA we support National and Regional IGFs without any restriction.
- Our Regional Bureaus support many initiatives run by other organizatios and they are involved in the organization of some others, to strengthen the involvement of the community in IG debate.
one example is the South School on Internet Governance, an initiative led by Olga, with which ISOC contributes. And the funding we provide is used for funding fellows under they own criteria.
This is another way to support the strengthening of community participation in IG
- Same happen with the regional IGFs with which we contribute and we are involved in. In LACIGF for example, part of our contribution, together with others’ ones, are used not only for fellows to the regional meeting but also for the global IGF, under their own rules.
- And many national IGF receive direct support from ISOC too,
- Beside that we have also several fellows programs: IETF policy fellows, IETF tech fellows, fellow programs around specific  meetings like the African Peering and Interconnection Forum, or Eurodig,  and of course the Next Generations Leaders and the IGF Ambassadors.
- We have also capacity building activities, that is another way to support community participation in IG. The NGL, Internet Governance for Policy Makers and we can organize more capacity building activities for more specific audiences (for example for chapters leaders or in partnership with a specific chapter for their community)
- The regional chapters workshops are also an important initiative to get more people involved in IG and policy discussion.
- Last but not least. We provide support to the chapters through Beyond the Net for organizing meeting with their local community and this is another very very important way to involve new people in IG discussion.
- I’m sure I’m forgetting other things we do……..

Internet Governance is not only the global IGF. We work in bringing people on board though all this myriad of options. And even speaking at the global IGF. There are many different sources of funding for the participation of the people.
The global IGF is attended by probably 1500 people and I’m sure many of them are funded by different programs oriented to different kind of audiences.

So, to the question about is there is some ageism in ISOC programs, my answer is No. There isn’t. We have a very diverse programas and activities that reach out a very diverse audience. In fact, I would say that ISOC surely is one of the organization with the most diverse activities around IG directed to the most diverse audience.

As I said in my previous mail, it doesn’t mean we can not review all those activities, some of them, and/or the design of a specific one. In fact we do it. So, all your comments are not only welcomed, but very much appreciated.


2) We regard to the second topic: if what we are talking about is how we support Internet Society Chapters to attend different IG fora/meetings, this is a different discussion.

I’m sure that many chapters members and chapters leaders are already being benefited by one or many of the initiatives i have listed above, but if this is one area where you think Chapters need more support, so what Richard and Nadira propose is very good. Let’s include this in the discussions about how to support better ISOC chapters.
Many ideas come to my mind right now about this. We should not focus only in attending meetings but in capacity building in general. We could hold some of our Internet Leadership Program’s activities oriented specifically to chapter members and/or leaders. I would be more than happy to discuss it with you.


Best,

Raúl











El 10 jul. 2016, a las 05:39, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch<mailto:rhill at hill-a.ch>> escribió:

I will submit Nadira’s proposal below to the Chapters Advisory Council Working Group on Improving Support for Chapters. It seems to me to fit in well with one of the areas that was discussed at the first meeting of that working group.

Best,
Richard

From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of Nadira Alaraj
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2016 09:40
To: Narelle Clark
Cc: ISOC Chapter Delegates
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] IGF Ambassadorship Open


Yes, Narelle, applicants from all countries are eligible to the IGF Ambassador fellowship. However, it is good to push through to initiate a new fellowship program, open to all, as suggested on this thread.  In the new fellowship program it must not only be directed to attending the IGF, but to all fora/meetings that are part of IG ecosystem and partially sponsored by ISOC.

On Jul 10, 2016 6:09 AM, "Narelle" <narellec at gmail.com<mailto:narellec at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Glenn
My understanding is that First Nations peoples from developed countries are eligible.

This is a change I pushed through. It may be an oversight in the latest call.


Narelle

On Thu, 7 Jul 2016 14:36 Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com<mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>> wrote:
The call for IGF Ambassadors has opened for  IGF Mexico.

Note the limitations
Selection criteria
IGF Ambassadorships are for young Internet Society members who have a strong interest in the issues and themes of the IGF. Ambassadorship awards are available for first-time and returning ambassadors. Selection for the Ambassadorships is competitive. All applicants must be:
·        between the ages of 20 and 40
·        a member of the Internet Society
·        able to present a strong motivation for attending the IGF meeting
·        able to demonstrate interest and expertise in issues on the IGF agenda
·        able to demonstrate experience in leading Internet governance discussions at the international level and in multi-cultural environments
·        capable of appropriately represent the Internet Society and its views and policies as an Ambassador during the IGF
·        capable of  continuing to work with the Internet Society locally after the IGF.
I am curious  how  the  Internet is for  Everyone, but why does  ISOC  continues to limit the ambassadors to under 40 years old.   Interesting since  ARIN  Fellowship or  ICANN has removed this obvious discrimination against dedicated volunteers

I wonder how many previous candidates actually worked with the local chapters after the IGF.

Recently at  ICANN  we reviewed all the fellows based upon their  self-identified sectors and countries and the bias has been for  World Least Developed economies- this has meant that  US  territories in the South Pacific,  first Nations,  poor and rural  Americans  were not eligible.  We have stated for  years that this is unfair to  Canadian and US  first nations/indigenous ( can be treated as independent tribal governments) .  ICANN is now  reexamining their criteria with a noteworthy change to allow first nations people to participate.

Does anyone else feel  that  ISOC's  ambassador program suffers from ageism?

Glenn

Glenn

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