[Chapter-delegates] A call to chapters’ action

[Winthrop Yu]

There used to be regular Regional (in-person) meetings of the Chapters too ... 
until the Regional Bureaus were dismantled and Chapter Enforcement was centralized.

WYn

On 2 Apr 2024 12:26 AM, Joly MacFie via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> I recall Chapters and members meetings used to happen at every ICANN back in 
> the day, organized by staff, and were happy occasions. There used to be two 
> per ICANN allowing for plenty of lively discussion.
>
> I have a few archived
> ICANN 44 https://isoc.live/4047/
> ICANN 46 https://isoc.live/5359/
> ICANN 49 https://isoc.live/6454/
> ICANN 50 Chapter workshop https://isoc.live/6762/
> ICANN 50 https://isoc.live/6765/
> ICANN 51 https://isoc.live/7095/
> ICANN 52 https://isoc.live/7458/
> ICANN 53 https://isoc.live/7847/
>
> Joly
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 11:08 AM Osvaldo Larancuent via Chapter-delegates 
> <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Luis, we second with your proposal to establish a special real life event
>     once a year for the Internet Society community, addressing different
>     issues based on an agenda, is not an utopian dream, especially when that’s
>     the rule on other technical communities, considering IETF, ICANN, IGF, and
>     so on.
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Osvaldo
>
>     ----
>
>     Osvaldo I. Larancuent Cueto
>     Chair
>
>     Internet Society chapter Dominican Republic (isoc.do)
>
>     https://isoc.do <https://isoc.do>
>
>     *De: *Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org> en
>     nombre de Pedro de Perdigão Lana via Chapter-delegates
>     <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>     *Fecha: *lunes, 1 de abril de 2024, 8:51 a. m.
>     *Para: *drhipo at me.com <drhipo at me.com>
>     *CC: *Luis Martinez via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>     *Asunto: *Re: [Chapter-delegates] A call to chapters’ action
>
>     Hi Luis,
>
>     Loved the suggestion!
>
>     I'm just not sure about doing it as a totally separate event. Considering
>     how much one could save with logistics, maybe doing a short survey related
>     to what events in 2024/2025 chapter leaders will be the most present at
>     and trying to create an opportunity for a hybrid Chapters reunion right
>     before or after the larger event would work well. If it is in their
>     interest, ChAC could have a central role in this. It seems interesting to
>     also elaborate a position document as a result - if that sounds good to
>     others, I'd suggest having a methodology similar to what already happens
>     in other summits and working groups: most of the substantial work
>     (definitions of common agendas and concerns, etc.) would be made a few
>     months before the actual meeting (focusing on finalizing and confirming
>     the text), so we could then present it publicly.
>
>     Cordially,
>
>
>     *Pedro de Perdigão Lana
>     *Lawyer <https://www.sistemafiep.org.br/>, GEDAI/UFPR
>     <https://www.gedai.com.br/> Researcher
>     PhD Candidate (UFPR), LLM in Business Law (UCoimbra)
>     Board Member @ CC Brasil <https://br.creativecommons.net/>, ISOC BR
>     <https://isoc.org.br/> and IODA <https://ioda.org.br/>
>
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>
>     Em sáb., 30 de mar. de 2024 às 23:51, 66499 via Chapter-delegates
>     <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> escreveu:
>
>         Dear Members and Friends of ISOC,
>
>         During the last months, we have read many stories about the tools we
>         need to build a better Internet for everyone, not just the software
>         and resources but policies that may future shape the organizations and
>         regions. Some discussions are happening at a national or regional
>         level, others organized by the staff that we interact with. However,
>         most is happening in the email lists as we have been precluded of
>         meeting physically for long time. As a member of ISOC, I would,
>         respectfully, like to make a call to our 120+ chapters to collectively
>         think about how we can organize in the short term a discussion about
>         the issues that we face to fulfill our mission -global, regional or
>         national. Not a meeting organized and conducted by Staff, not within
>         another organizations’ event, but by the Chapters and their leadership
>         with open participation. It may be an utopia but we know that we are
>         well capable of do it.
>
>         Sincerely,
>
>         Luis Martinez *
>         Member of the board of trustees ISOC
>         ISOC MX
>
>         PS * By the way, 66499 is not my name. Still, I don’t know who may
>         help me to display my name when writing to the Chapter’s Delegate List.
>
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