[Chapter-delegates] 2016 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections

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+1 @Gihan

On 3/22/2016 1:59 PM, Gihan Dias wrote:
> On 2016-03-21 ප.ව. 11:41, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>>
>> it's great to see a message from a Chapter-elected Board of Trustees,
>> as we are about to elect the next one to go and hide away for three
>> years (I do miss the time when you took part in discussions.)
> Alejandro,
>
> I'm sorry to hear that you perceive that ISoc Trustees, once elected,
> hide away for three years.
>
> Not only Hans Peter, but all the other trustees have been contributing
> regularly to various ISoc forums, and meeting chapter members at various
> places. For example, Desiree met with ISoc Sri Lanka members when she
> came to Sri Lanka on a private visit last month.
>
> In addition, trustees work with the CEO and ISoc staff to ensure that
> chapters (and other ISoc stakeholders) get value from ISoc. We were
> successful in finally getting the Chapters Advisory Committee
> operational this year, as well as several other new initiatives, which
> are in the 2016 Action Plan
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/internet-society-2016-action-plan>.
>
> As a former Trustee, you know that we are all volunteers who take on
> this task in addition to our normal job, and try to put as much time as
> possible on board work as well as our own chapter work.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gihan
> ISoc Trustee
>
>
>
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