[Chapter-delegates] IMPORTANT: vote from Chapter Advisory Council - please make sure you vote!

Mon Jun 24 13:43:37 PDT 2024

Dear Chapter Colleagues,

your Chapter Advisory Council representative will have received a ballot 
in their email from
member at surveymonkeyuser.com (rejman at isoc.org via SurveyMonkey)

This is an important voting ballot. It is awkwardly called a "consensus 
call" but in fact it is a VOTE which will determine whether there is 
support from Chapters for two proposals from Internet Society Puerto 
Rico Chapter:

1. To open the Chapter Delegates Mailing List to Observers
2. To ask the Internet Society Board to resume funding for ISOC.LIVE

Ask them to FIND THAT BALLOT IN THEIR EMAIL AND VOTE!

The deadline for answering this poll will be by end of day *1 July 2024.*

*1.* The first proposal is that the Chapter Delegate email list 
(https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/private/chapter-delegates/ 
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/9j1PvCydjOv_2BLwgl0oF53jwwio0telZ8N1DGWXKxh_2B2imhkcgutD5QyUYNErbkzs4iO8dao46hRbC7dgbAcr9e0p_2B6JIVnXSfVQ47Yl6xCcZMkcDAcEYtyhkLBmMX5ADyh_2FzXkJ5tBh6vs_2FnOoeSYNR_2B_2BXz_2FZ_2BOxmNjaRBqxyQzb7yNpcM5ZV8HotkSpTN_2F69_2FjqpsSIl2DZ3fIY7zVQQA_3D_3D>) 
should be opened to chapter members as observers (view only – not 
allowed to post) to enhance transparency and understanding of ongoing 
discussions concerning Internet Society chapters.

The summary and presentation (3 pages) on the issue of opening the 
chapter delegate mailing list to chapter members as observers can be 
found here: https://app.box.com/file/1529389295278 
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/WNK14PnkIGXfG63_2FHXq0b2bYhbCX4DESD8ubYv7rFyMv2mYL9DvpRLphVijV2Hf5qFmLmJTy8oXorFVCer5rPUDRSu2RWqM81C433snstQuuOxbSErC53ChtnYdUX3_2Fi5t_2FfkfYrrSZnEqFbcTb9FprQ_2BogpBlaACtJoU0PeDhzbm01UiqpNlo0G_2BxwrZ_2FjZ>

*2.* The second proposal is that Internet Society funding for the ISOC 
LIVE video services and archiving services should be reinstated, and 
that Internet Society should financially support ISOC LIVE on an ongoing 
basis.

The summary and presentation (4 pages) on the issue of funding support 
for ISOC LIVE can be found here: https://app.box.com/file/1529393003452 
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/WNK14PnkIGXfG63_2FHXq0b2bYhbCX4DESD8ubYv7rFyMsA5DZ517yOaOx9IZhWaab_2BpCT_2F2kj3ERbPd47gUR786_2BBXIZRhk57sJn4UcAw6JXKa6yC_2F0ROP6njdgm3SO258rVRti4qfM6glJpRKFoDHqHu0uPcGY1knu8x9KM8o2Kx8Ad2ZwcTmF0b69FlzAiG>

- For those interested, additional compiled background material can be 
found at the following link: 
https://isoc.box.com/s/nz55gmctgti8hg5t4trjlbric1c7wogt 
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/tr/v1/te/99R008gs9BbcWq1C_2FLGbukNXhhxw93tZBbp_2Fg9wuWcg5jqr1LOXyrz3YWk6X6rDnZhg0MDyK5PJRjwIzdDH0EtC5dgnpdxRZgnrmXsDF447hZOmP0OfoVcVHoyB9PoyOcpvqU_2FxrFHT_2BT691WXPZVWA_2BSQvZpRkxvF0xZhnYfselR1x_2BI5Me3dD5KKqxM5MqFs7z87Z3808VA1e7iCukzw_3D_3D>

I am not going to comment on the first poll as there are views 
for/against opening Chapter Delegates mailing list.

*On the other hand, the second vote about ISOC.LIVE is one where I have 
very strong views. *

As you know from some of the updated emails which Joly has sent to the 
Chapter Delegates mailing list, his service costs in the region of $64 
000 per annum and currently Dr. Vint Cerf is funding it out of his own 
pocket (thank you!) until August 2024. Past that date we do not know 
what will happen. It is therefore very important that we, as Chapters, 
ask for the Internet Society Board of Trustees to bring back the funding 
for this excellent resource which many Chapters have benefited from - 
and your chapter can benefit directly too! The discussion is not about 
"live" and "recorded" or whatever ISOC is trying to make you believe. It 
is about having a channel that has high production value, with captions, 
titles, names of speakers, sound and video enhancement, a full 
description, as well as publicity for your event on many external 
mailing lists, raising the profile of your chapter and increasing the 
number of viewers for your content. Joly brings 40 years of experience 
in that field - he is no amateur and the productions speak for themselves.
Year ago, this was promoted by ISOC - in fact there was even talk of 
some video equipment to be shared with Chapters so they could stream 
their event with better quality picture etc. But in recent years, the 
Chapters have seen all of this taken away from them and replaced with... 
nothing but bureaucracy to stop them from utilising the resource.

Not convinced?
Check this: https://isoc.live/
And this: https://livestream.com/internetsociety   - 24 000 followers
And this too: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2
And that: https://livestream.com/internetsociety3
And it's all in the process of being archived for posterity at archive.org !
https://archive.org/details/isoc-live

All done by one person working with the Internet Society Chapters.

A bargain at $64K all included. But you might ask - "I thought ISOC does 
not have the money?"
The Internet Society is receiving $30M per annum from PIR.
The Internet Society foundation is receiving $30M per annum from PIR too.
And you're telling me there is no funding for a sum that constitutes 
0.21% of that $30M budget?
0.1% of the total budget Internet Society + Internet Society Foundation?

*Think about it and vote YES to ask the Board to reinstate funding for 
ISOC.LIVE*

And vote - because if you don't, it's like voting no. ISOC.LIVE will no 
longer be funded and you'll only have yourselves to blame for losing the 
opportunity to showcase your Chapter's activities.

Olivier Crépin-Leblond
(speaking on my own behalf and not on behalf of any Chapter)

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