[Chapter-delegates] What should ISOC's future goals be? How can we work toward achieving them as ISOC Chapters?

[hamid at som-isoc.org]

Thanks for this initiative to engage us.

There are different challenges that different Chapters face and 
sometimes it will be useful if better communication can be established 
between the Chapter leaders and the ISOC Board.

In our part of the world, some governments think or see the Internet as 
a challenge to their power, while others think the Chapters are 
competing with their ministry of telecommunication, etc. and they should 
manage the chapter, IGF, and any other IT related issues.

Therefore I think we should acknowledge the different challenges face. I 
can cite many examples, but at the moment I will leave it in general 
terms. We will submit specific issues with some specific problems we are 
facing in a different format. Thanks.

Regards,
Hamid, Somalia


On 2021-09-19 22:32, George Sadowsky via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Dear Chapter leaders,
> 
> We are two of the 12 current Trustees of the Internet Society.  We
> come from the ISOC chapter and individual member community.  We ran as
> Chapter candidates for election in 2020 and 2021 and we were elected
> by you as Trustees to join the Board.  This message is a request from
> us to you.
> 
> When a person joins the ISOC Board as a Trustee, they have a
> responsibility to the Society as a whole, not only to the community
> that elected them.  The other communities that elect Trustees to the
> Board are the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and ISOC's
> Organization members.  Each community has its own method for selecting
> Trustees.
> 
> Our responsibilities as a Board include establishing goals for ISOC
> that are consistent with and support the mission of the organization,
> and for guiding the staff, through our CEO, to undertake activities
> that work toward achieving those goals.  In meeting this
> responsibility, we depend to a fair extent upon the knowledge,
> experience, and opinions of individuals in our various communities as
> well as others in the Internet ecosystem, and through staff and other
> means we solicit views and opinions from our communities.
> 
> As elected Trustees, we would like to improve our understanding of how
> ISOC members and ISOC chapters view the activities of ISOC, and we are
> asking for your help in doing so. You have had an opportunity to
> review ISOC's current action plan,
> (https://www.internetsociety.org/action-plan/2021/), that describes
> our current activities and delineates what the Board believes would be
> the most important contributions that ISOC could make in the current
> year to keep the Internet open, globally connected, secure, and
> trustworthy.
> 
>  The current action plan for the year itself rests within our broader
> set of goals to spread, strengthen and protect  the Internet and the
> elements that make it effective for society as a whole.  Recognizing
> that the Board is concerned primarily with a broad set of options with
> respect to choosing priority directions for the organization, we would
> appreciate receiving your thoughts and those of your individual
> chapter members regarding the following questions.
> 
>> •  What are your thoughts regarding the current allocation of
>> ISOC's resources to the activities that it chose for this year.  For
>> the future, is the balance about right, or would some rebalancing of
>> effort be better?  Are there significant opportunities that should
>> be added in the future?
>> 
>> •  At local and national levels, how effective do you think that
>> our current activities are in helping you to meet your goals as
>> individuals and chapters?  What activities are the most important in
>> enabling and supporting your work as individual members and ISOC
>> chapters? Are there current activities that play only a marginal
>> part in supporting your goals?  Are there current or future
>> activities that are especially important in aligning with your work?
>> 
>> •  Are the current methods of exchanging information regarding
>> such questions sufficient?  If not, how would you propose to improve
>> the effectiveness of communication among us?
> 
> We would very much like to understand your thinking about these
> issues.  You input regarding our current work will assist us in
> preparing for the discussions as we plan for future year activities.
> We hope that, in addition to providing your own thoughts, you will
> reach out to your membership to solicit and  include their opinions in
> your response.
> 
> We hope to share your contributions with our fellow Trustees as
> appropriate.  Please let us know if you have any concerns regarding
> our plan to do so with your response.
> 
> Thank you in advance for any assistance that you are able and willing
> to offer.  We very much appreciate your involvement in supporting
> ISOC's mission and goals.   The Internet is for everyone  --  let's
> help to really make it so.
> 
> Muhammad Shabir Awan
> George Sadowsky
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