[Chapter-delegates] ISOC LIVE - the reports of its death are exaggerated, but..

[Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele]

Dear Joel Okomoli,

Thank you for your volunteer service to the Internet Society and to your
local community.
I'd like to correct an assumption in your email that the Board of Trustees
are paid for their services on the Board.

On the contrary, no we are not paid for our services on the board.
 In fact we are co-volunteers like you on the board fighting to defend the
Internet we all love as per ISOC's mission.
To further give more information about what we do on the board and to clear
the air that *no previous or current Board of Trustees members are paid for
their service on the board, please check out this link as this is a public
fact.*

*https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/faq/
<https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/faq/>*

Thank you once again for your service as we continue to volunteer,
collaborate, and work together for the Internet Society we all love.

*Caleb Ogundele*
Member, Board of Trustees

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 6:39 AM Joel Okomoli via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Dear ISOC BoT,
>
> I join the good people expressing displeasure with the decision
> aforementioned and under discussion for two main reasons:
>
> 1. We live in different time zones and it is not possible to sit in live
> sessions all the time
> 2. Some meetings attract above capacity attendance and live streams by
> Jolly Mcfie provide the next best alternative
>
> While the BoT and staff are privileged and get paid to sit in meetings or
> follow meetings you must also provide an avenue for the community to walk
> along this journey even as volunteers and at their own cost. Else I
> interpret this as a straight cut back on community participation!
>
> It is also noteworthy that there's increased aggression towards the
> community or community initiatives from ISOC Leadership over the last 2
> years! What's the problem?
>
> Kindly rescind this decision.
>
> Joel Okomoli - ISOC Kenya Chapter
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 9:12 PM Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 10:38:40PM +0530, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
>>
>> >The actions of the Staff, with the BoT 'abstaining' from interventional /
>> >suggestive Directions, has loudly saved a thousand dollar or two per
>> month,
>> >but what probably continues is the flawed pattern of unnecessary
>> >expenditure and probably suboptimal contracts that run into millions ????
>>
>> I am not sure what your question is, so I can't respond to it.  Could you
>> please rephrase?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>> --
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>> e:sullivan at isoc.org m:+1 416 731 1261
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-- 
*Caleb Ogundele*
Email: muyiwacaleb at gmail.com
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