[Chapter-delegates] deadline for admin funding

Fri Jul 3 02:20:43 PDT 2020

Dear Chapter Leaders,

Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts around the Chapter Admin Funding Programme (and other funding programs), please know that all your feedback is noted and taken into consideration for future improvements.

We will be in touch with the Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee later this year to agree on a timeline that works better for everyone for 2021.

Based on the comments on the list, we also wish to share some clarifications that are hopefully to everyone’s benefit:

Bank Accounts and Funding Eligibility:

  *   The requirement to have a bank account in the name of the Chapter/SIG is not a new requirement. This was introduced in 2018 as reflected in the updated Charter Letters, and required for the Internet Society and the Internet Society Foundation to comply with their own accounting and liability requirements (see point 3.1.V https://www.internetsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2018-2020-ISOC_Chapter_Charter_Agreement-Apr2020.pdf).
  *   For Chapters in a country where legal registration is not necessary to open a bank account in the official name of the Chapter, please reach out to Stine Philipsen  (philipsen at isoc.org<mailto:philipsen at isoc.org>) with some background on the local setting your Chapter is operating in. We evaluate these circumstances on a case-by-case basis.
  *   Concerning the 2019 round of evaluations: Please keep in mind that additional time was needed to evaluate the applications last year since we were missing documentation (legal registration and matching bank account) from a number of Chapters. We needed to have these documents on file for being able to disburse funds.

Internet Society & Internet Society Foundation Funding Programs:

  *   The Foundation handles project-related funding for Chapters as well as additional funding programs open to a wider audience. This includes Beyond the Net, SCILLS, IGF and COVID19 Emergency Response, please refer to 'Funding Areas' on the Foundation website<https://www.isocfoundation.org/funding-areas/>.
  *   The Internet Society manages the Chapter Admin Funding  (for the day to day running of Chapters/SIGs) and the Chapterthon. For Chapter Admin Funding, please refer to 'Chapter Admin Funding' on the Internet Society website.<https://www.internetsociety.org/grants/chapter-admin-funding/>

Deadline for Chapter Admin Funding:

  *   The 30 June deadline (including funding requirements) has been communicated via numerous Chapter Updates, regional calls and updates, and is listed on the website under the Chapter Admin Funding section. If you consider there to be gaps in our communication around important deadlines, we welcome your suggestions on how you wish to receive this information. Please share this feedback directly with your Regional Community Engagement Managers.
  *   From a systems perspective, the 'Valid until July 01, 2020' is to ensure the program remains open and all applications submitted within the 30 June 2020 deadline are well-received across all time zones.

General comment:

  *   As Stine mentioned in her e-mail to the list on 1 July, we kindly ask those Chapters facing issues linked to the unusual circumstances the world is facing this year to contact her (Stine Philipsen) directly at <philipsen at isoc.org<mailto:philipsen at isoc.org>> by 15 July, so we can evaluate potential solutions for their Admin Funding requests.

Thanks again for your collaboration. As mentioned, your feedback and suggestions are noted and taken into consideration for future improvements of our Chapter Admin Funding program.

Best,

Christine

Christine Saegesser Baethge, Sr. Director Chapters and Individual Members
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On 2. Jul 2020, at 17:47, Otis N. Osbourne <otis.osbourne at gmail.com<mailto:otis.osbourne at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Veni,

I'm in support of your recommendation that the deadline be lifted as it is impractical on the following bases:
1.  The application period opened on May 4 (2nd month of Q2) and closed June 30(?) (3rd month of Q2).  The June 30 deadline is debatable as the AMS Portal had it as "Valid until July 01, 2020".
2.  Funds received must be spent by year-end. Last year, the funds were credited to our account on September 2 despite submitting the application on May 29 (4 months to spend? 🤔).

Final comment:
The June 30 deadline would be most practical if the application period had opened on January 1.

Kind regards,

Otis N. Osbourne

IF IT'S TO BE...IT'S UP TO ME.  THE UNIVERSE, MY LIMIT...THE WORLD, MY STAGE.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 3:44 PM Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org<mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>> wrote:
Hi, everyone.
Perhaps some of you (all of you?) have received a reminder that today is the deadline for applying for chapter admin funding. If you haven't, now you have :)

But, on a more serious note, have you wondered why there's a deadline for applying for admin funding, and it's end of June? Perhaps ISOC could reconsider this, and lift the deadline for admin funding, so that chapters can apply throughout the whole year?

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Best regards,
Veni
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