[Chapter-delegates] ISOC's regional engagement

[Veni Markovski]

Hi, Andrew.
Couple of comments below.

On 9/20/23 12:23, Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Hi Veni,
>
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 08:10:10AM -0400, Veni Markovski via 
> Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
>> Our proposal was not implemented, and it seems not much has been done 
>> since, if the lack of public support has resulted in letting so many 
>> people go.
>
> I cannot speak about the proposal you made in the past, but I think it 
> is simply false (and not a little dismissive of you to say) that "not 
> much has been done since." 

My conclusion is based on the results. If a lot has been done, ISOC 
would not let 10% of its staff go (of course, I can argue the other way 
around, too, that e.g. if you haven't done what you have, there would be 
20% of the staff gone). You are right, though, that...

> It took the Internet Society a long time to build this situation, 

Hence, my comment about proposals made way before you joined ISOC as the 
CEO; if they (or others - we were not some kind of genius, just 
practically speaking Trustees) were implemented, there would not be 
"this situation".

> and it will take a lot of work and time to get out of it.  I am 
> certainly unhappy that we have not made as much progress as I would 
> like, but we will continue our focus on improving this situation.

This sounds positive, in the meantime highly qualified people from 
around the world are let go, which is a big loss for ISOC and the global 
Internet community. I have let people go (in my business years), and I 
know how tough it is; in fact to me this was as difficult situation as 
the one when an employee got injured in their normal way of work, and I 
had to run to the emergency care to be sure they will treat them well.
While I don't know if it was as difficult decision for you, as it has 
been for me, I am sure that many of the chapters leaders might have felt 
like me, especially from countries in transition.

The people ISOC let go are people, who we know, good and decent 
individuals, and we (at ISOC Bulgaria, but hopefully at other chapters, 
too) feel sorry they are no longer with us.



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Veni
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