[Chapter-delegates] Proposal to revise ISOC's mission statement

[Jorma Mellin]

All,

At least in the nordic countries “champion” is rarely used in any other context than sports.
It does not translate well either as verb. Advocate could be more useable here.

Rgds,

Jorma
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Jorma Mellin
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SIY ry / ISOC Finland Chapter
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> On 06 Nov 2017, at 19:22, Gonzalo Camarillo <Gonzalo.Camarillo at ericsson.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joly
> 
>> ​Champion is a good English word as it has many aspects - lead, support,
>> and promote​ to name a few - I don't think there is any single other
>> word that quite does it as well.
> 
> I myself agree "champion" is a good verb for what we want to say here.
> Nevertheless, several non-native English speakers have suggested to
> change it. The board will look into this and make a decision.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gonzalo
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