[Chapter-delegates] Notification: Individual Donation campaign

[Susannah Gray]

Hi Todd,

Thanks for your mail. I have some concerns about this campaign:

- This is the first I've heard of it. Your mail notes that the campaign 
will start this week already. As you'll be soliciting donations from 
individual members, were the chapters consulted about this? If so, when?

- The San Francisco-Bay Area Chapter members get regular emails asking 
them to donate to the chapter to support its work. An email coming in 
from a different entity asking for support for the same 
reasons/activities is going to cause confusion, may incite accusations 
of spamming and will interfere with our local fundraising campaign.

- In your Q+A document you note ""All donations will support the broad 
range of Internet Society programs. Things like training for the next 
generation of Internet leaders, expertise and equipment to build 
Internet networks in communities that need access, and smart standards 
and policy-making so the Internet continues to be safe, open, and a 
means of opportunity for people around the globe.". There's no mention 
of how the money donated from the individuals that chapters work so hard 
to recruit will filter down to the chapters themselves.

Kind regards,

Susannah

—
Susannah Gray
President
San Francisco-Bay Area Internet Society Chapter
www.sfbayisoc.org



On 11/11/2017 06:15, Todd M. Tolbert wrote:
>
> Good Day Chapter Leaders,
>
> Next week, The Internet Society will launch a donation campaign to our 
> Individual Members. This is the first such campaign in several years. 
> In the past, ISOC has raised money through sustaining memberships of 
> individuals, donations, organization memberships and grants from all 
> around the world. This diversification in our fundraising helps ISOC 
> to maintain its public charity status and combine all of these 
> resources together to support the work for an open, trusted, and 
> global Internet.
>
> As you know, Chapters are central to our work. Members are encouraged 
> to engage with their local Chapters, with both time and financial 
> support so that the great work around the world, at the local level, 
> can continue to flourish.  This campaign is a pilot of our ability to 
> meet the needs of members who have asked for a way to complement their 
> advocacy efforts with financial support to ISOC in general.
>
> Attached you will find more information on this campaign and answers 
> to several important questions. I recognize that this question and 
> answer document may not answer all questions, but hopefully will 
> provide you with a unified message of the impetus and intentions of 
> this upcoming campaign.  As is our custom, we are letting you know 
> that this work is upcoming and we look forward to sharing with you the 
> results of the campaign when it is completed.
>
> Thank you and have a great weekend.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Todd
>
> -- 
>
> Todd M. Tolbert
> Chief Administrative Officer
> Internet Society
> 1775 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 201
>
> Reston, VA 20190
> E: Tolbert at isoc.org <mailto:Tolbert at isoc.org>
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>
>
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