[Chapter-delegates] ISOC's regional engagement

[Andrew Sullivan]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 05:00:40PM -0400, vinton cerf wrote:
>It might be good to put something on a "donate" web page that explains this
>dilemma in answer to the question "why should I donate to ISOC?"

There's in fact work in progress to improve that case for giving to donors, so watch the web page.  I should note, as well, that some countries have tax treaties with the US that allow donations to US charities to be treated as charitable donations in the home country (Canada is among those countries).  We're obviously not in a position to give people tax advice, however.

>$13M is a not inconsiderable sum of money and ISOC does need to adapt its
>structure to create incentive for donations coming from outside the US, for
>example.

Yes, that would help, but the truth is that we do not get much in the way of donations in the US either; and the US is the most charitably-inclined economy on the planet.  So we're trying to get better at the comparatively easy task before we take on the hard one.

Best regards,

A

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