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

[Alexander Blom]

Hi all, Judith,

We seem to arrive at opposite conclusions, where you (and Andrew) attribute
the modest total amount of grant funding for chapters to the lack of
applications, and my chapters' experiences are the opposite, namely the
foundation steadfastly refusing our applications, one after the other.

It would be interesting to have some statistics to understand how many
applications were received and how many were denied, and how much of
the budget is currently used.
At the same time I think that a more transparent procedure with an
opportunity to appeal would stimulate more chapters to apply as well. After
all, despite all the efforts to the contrary, applying is still quite a
significant investment in time and effort, and adding an opportunity to
defend your project before it being turned down would make the procedure
more attractive.

Met vriendelijke groet,
Kind regards

Alexander Blom
ISOCNL

Op ma 27 sep. 2021 om 18:32 schreef Judith Hellerstein via
Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>:

> HI All,
>
> I know there has been a lot of work done on simplifying the Beyond the net
> program and I thank you for that.  I think that one of the issues that
> have led
> some chapters to not apply for them has been that if their program that
> they
> wanted to gain funding for was was not one of the types listed in the pull
> down
> tabs and so they gave up without using the Other tab and showcasing why
> their
> program was important to the chapter and met the chapter's goals and
> needs.  The
> programs were tied to the main topics within the ISOC Action plan for that
> year
> but sometimes those action items did not have a direct relationship to
> what that
> particular chapters were facing and so since they did not fit or explain
> how
> their program fit into the ISOC plan and issues for that year they gave up
> or
> they were not successful.  I think the addition of the other category in
> the
> Beyond the net applications and the ability to explain how this program
> that
> you are seeking funding for meets the goals and action items you set out
> in your
> own chapter action items and goals for this year has now allowed other
> chapters
> and SIGs to gain access to funding.
>
> I think the expansion of the topics drop down list in beyond the net has
> broadened the ability for chapters to gain funding has made a difference
> but
> perhaps others were not aware of this broadening of the issues that can be
> covered by a Small Beyond the Net Grant.  This is what allowed our SIG to
> get
> funding as Accessibility is not a topic or an issue but all encompassing
>
> On the issues of Attorneys I definitely agree on as the Accessibility SIG
> has
> had this issue over the years with ISOC and we have worked hard to find
> alternative arrangements that could work and allow us to function and put
> on
> programs.  The additional Flexibility now on the budget is a great help as
> often
> costs change from when you planned them to when they happened and good
> that
> these could be modified later.
>
> Best,
>
> Judith Hellerstein
>
> Accessibility SIG
>
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> On 9/27/2021 12:12 PM, Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 11:59:03AM -0400, Veni Markovski via
> > Chapter-delegat>Question to ISOC staff (or you, if you know the answer):
> >> Is there a change between the time when ISOC was funding projects, and
> now,
> >> when the Foundation is doing it?
> >
> > The Beyond the Net grants program was moved in its entirety unchanged
> from the
> > Internet Society to the Foundation.  The program has been considerably
> > simplified recently in an effort to make it still easier for people to
> apply,
> > and the deadlines have been removed to make it possible to apply when it
> works
> > for the chapters.  Nevertheless, we _still_ have a shortage of
> applications:
> > the programme fund has not been tapped completely since I started in
> this job.
> >
> > Some chapters, meanwhile, not only apply for BtN grants but also for
> other
> > grant programmes, and are successful in their applications.  We have
> invested
> > significantly in training materials to try to make this process easy for
> grant
> > applicants. Please do apply.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > A
> >
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