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

Mon Jun 24 23:42:27 PDT 2024

> We don't see it because the viewer numbers simply don't back up the claim

Andrew's focus is limited to ISOC Staff events, which are few and far
between, hopefully becoming less so, and their money is on Zoom events as a
live platform. Could do worse!

To kind of agree with Andrew, what ISOC contracted me to do and what ISOC
LIVE actually did, and does, are pretty much orthogonal, but the one did
sustain the other, and I am indeed thankful that the support lasted as long
as it did. Hopefully, any future arrangement will be more rational, and
perhaps ISOC LIVE will open the doors to other pan-chapter projects.

But, to numbers, Vimeo reports, for calendar 2023, the main channel had 58k
views for 165k minutes. Some simulcasts that get shared do way higher live
numbers, and the Internet Archive aggregates views constantly, although it
takes time for them to register. Scroll down on
https://archive.org/details/@isoc_live and you'll see them adding up. In a
couple of weeks we have the HOPE conference, which has previously done a
million views! But, that's an outlier.

In some cases, with some Chapter events, it is true, viewership is not
large, but just being able to put up a quality syndicated public webcast is
valuable to their prestige. Similarly, the audience for Internet Policy
events is small but dedicated. Numbers are not the ultimate metric, there's
access, accessibility, and plain digital preservation.

BTW , thanks, everyone for your support, especially ISOC UK, ISOC PR, and,
of course ISOC-NY and Vint!

Please continue to submit your events at https://bit.ly/isocevents

Joly

On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 12:32 AM Jeffry Fernandez via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Thank you for the advice Judith, I searched for  rejman at isoc.org and
> found it
>
> -
> Jeffry S. Fernandez
>
> El 24 jun 2024, a la(s) 10:17 p.m., Judith Hellerstein via
> Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> escribió:
>
> 
>
> Hi All,
>
> I received mine on June 17 and it came from this email address.
> member at surveymonkeyuser.com (rejman at isoc.org via SurveyMonkey)It was not
> titled a ballot but a consensus call
>
> I would search for this email and you should be able to find it. It is
> only sent to the person listed in the chapter as being the rep to the
> chapter advisory council
>
> Best,
>
> Judith
>
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> On 6/25/24 12:09 AM, Amrita Choudhury via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> I have not received the ballot yet Wyn.
>  +1 Oliview and Eduardo
>
> Regards,
>
> Amrita
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2024 at 5:38 AM Winthrop Yu via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> +1 Olivier and Eduardo!
>>
>> Problem is -- i am the ChAC voting delegate but have *not* received any
>> ballot. Any other ChAC voting delegates in other Chapters who have *not*
>> received ballots?
>>
>> WYn
>> PH
>>
>>
>> On 25 Jun 2024 4:43 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Chapter-delegates
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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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