[Chapter-delegates] Space for improvement - congrat messages

[borka at e5.ijs.si]

Good proposal Klaus. I support it. Congratulations can go to the chapter 
that announced elections directly  and not to whole  list.

Regards,

Borka
  Slovenia ISOC chapter.


On Sat, 12 Aug 2023, Klaus Birkenbihl via Chapter-delegates wrote:

> Dear delegates,
>
> let me start with a little stat: 2022 we had a total of total of 587 messages 
> on this list. Of the 536 messages there were 161 "congrats" of one form or 
> the other. So there were still 375 messages (~1/day) dedicated to other 
> topics. This means 30% of all messages on the list didn't carry any message 
> beyond politely saying "cool guys! We are so happy you made it.".
>
> <irony>
>
> This might impress you but given we have a total of 110 Chapters we could do 
> much better.
>
> Just a simple estimate of the huge potential: we have ~110 Chapters which 
> conduct elections every 2 years (for now not counting ISOC board elections, 
> rejuvenations ... or so). If every Chapter would only show a minimum of 
> empathy and and politeness, and send congrats to those elected this would 
> count up to the impressive number of 110/2years*119 ~ 6,000/year or 16/day! 
> Please don't overly emote the risk to miss the 1/day message with content 
> among those.
>
> So: wouldn't this be a goal to head for? Be confident and assured: we are 
> good on our way.
>
> Thanks and let's improve!
>
> </irony>
>
> Best regards
>
> Klaus
>
> PS.: I think I saw some kind of ISOC "congratulations" mailing list before 
> but I'm not sure. But if so it obviously was a failure. It might be an 
> alternative to send congrats messages directly to those felicitated instead 
> of the list - which - optimist I am - I'm afraid would fail as well.
>
> -- 
> Klaus Birkenbihl
> Internet Society German Chapter (ISOC.DE) e.V.
> c/o ict-Media GmbH
> https://www.isoc.de
>
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