[Chapter-delegates] ISOC's regional engagement

[Amrita Choudhury]

Agree with you on this completely Veni.

Regards,

Amrita
Internet Society Delhi Chapter

On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 8:31 PM Veni Markovski via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Best regards,
> Venihttps://www.veni.com
> pgp:5BA1366E veni at veni.com
>
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