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

[Jacqueline Morris]

I haven't received any ballot. Checked 3 accounts, SPAM,... Nada.

On Mon, 24 Jun 2024, 16:43 Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Chapter-delegates,
<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> 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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