[Chapter-delegates] Follow-up on Chapters Advisory Council Meeting of 17 September 2024

[Hank Nussbacher]

On 10/10/2024 19:04, Ilona Levine via Chapter-delegates wrote:

Hi Ilona,

Based on all the delegates who have supported Olivier's request and in 
the interest of transparency and openness, I am sure ISOC and/or ISOC 
Foundation have some sort of document (not a contract or agreement and 
maybe not even an MoU) which maps out the areas of interest in regards 
to communications and who does what. Why not share what is available?

Regards,
Hank


> Hi Olivier,
>
> Thank you for your follow up email. I think the use of the term 
> "outsourcing" in the email below might have caused some confusion.  
> You mentioned you are familiar with the “supporting organizations” and 
> how they operate, but it might also be helpful for me to provide 
> some additional background for others.
>
> As you know, the relationship between supporting and supported 
> organizations is not a vendor or contractor relationship. Though 
> the Foundation is a separate corporation, it is a controlled 
> subsidiary of ISOC, not a third-party service provider or outside 
> contractor.  So ISOC is not “outsourcing” to the Foundation but 
> instead, the two entities cooperate to achieve the mission of the 
> Internet Society.  In other words, as a supporting organization, the 
> Foundation’s purpose is to operate for the benefit of, and to support, 
> ISOC. In furtherance of that purpose, the Foundation conducts programs 
> and activities that benefit ISOC and furthers ISOC’s mission. For 
> example, the Foundation engages in communications activities at the 
> direction of and to the benefit of ISOC.
>
> As you also know based on your extensive experience with nonprofits, 
> the Internet Society Board develops the overall strategy for 
> ISOC. Internet Society management then develops its action plan and in 
> turn, works with the Foundation to ensure that it, as a 
> supporting organization, provides the support necessary to achieve 
> ISOC’s goals. The Foundation does that through its own action plan, 
> which sets out objectives for all of its functions, including 
> the communications function.  So the Board sets the strategy, Internet 
> Society management creates the action plans, and the Foundation 
> management allocates resources to support those plans as necessary.
>
> After the approval of the 2025 action plans, ISOC will share them with 
> the community.  As discussed earlier, part of that will be Chris 
> presenting to this community how the communications group will be 
> tackling its work in the upcoming year.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ilona
>