[Chapter-delegates] Services, staff considerations, and so forth (was Re: ISOC LIVE - the reports of its death are exaggerated, but..)

[Andrew Sullivan]

Dear colleagues,

On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:01:11AM +0000, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Chapter-delegates wrote:

>We are not asking for analysis. Quite the contrary, we are asking for 
>more transparency on already existing report. We assume that they 
>exist because any firm would produce abbreviated accounts starting 
>from detailed accounts. As abbreviated figures are currently 
>published, we assume that detailed account exist. I would be very 
>concerned if details of every project budget in the Internet Society 
>did not exist. That would be alarming.

Yes, there are of course detailed accounts, and our accounts are audited annually.  Indeed, the reason the Form 990 takes so long to post is because we have to wait for the results of the audit.

But as I said, a substantial change to the information (and its form and timing) that we release requires, in my view, a change of board policy, whcih would need to be adopted by the Finance Committee and then the Board of Trustees.

Best regards,

A

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