[Chapter-delegates] Chapter advice on live streaming

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Dear Ted,

I acknowledge receipt of your response, which I have reviewed with 
interest.

The Chapter Advisory Council submitted its formal request on 17 July 
2024. The Board, through its Chair, issued its, I assume, formal 
response on 13 September 2024.

Upon reviewing the list of ISOC Board Meetings available at Internet 
Society Board of Trustees Meetings 
<https://www.internetsociety.org/board-of-trustees/meetings/>, I have 
not identified any meetings of the ISOC Board of Trustees occurring 
between these dates.

Given that this decision was made by the Board, I kindly request the 
following:

  * The minutes of the meeting during which the Board decided not to
    reinstate the ISOC.LIVE video production, editing, and archiving
    services.

Warmest regards,

Olivier Crépin-Leblond



On 13/09/2024 09:17, Ted Hardie via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> One of the items in your recent advice to the board was a request that 
> the "ISOC funding for the ISOC.LIVE video production, editing, and 
> archiving services should be reinstated, as well as ISOC.LIVE should 
> be financially supported by ISOC on an ongoing basis."
>
>
> The board's role here is to set the direction for the organization by 
> establishing strategic goals; the details of the communication plan 
> are a part of the staff execution of those goals.  During the budget 
> analysis of 2023, the communications team analyzed the effectiveness 
> of specific streaming approaches and found that community engagement 
> was driven primarily by on-demand viewing.  This matches a broader 
> shift common to mainstream programming.  As a result of this analysis, 
> the communications plan shifted away from a retainer-based contract 
> for live streaming to a project-based funding model for future work.
>
>
> This was a staff management decision, taken with due care and 
> analysis. The board's role is to assess whether the overall 
> communications plan is effective in meeting the strategic goals; it 
> does not direct the staff to use specific contract types or 
> contractors.  If the needs of the communications plan change again to 
> require live streaming on a full-time basis, the board is confident 
> that the staff will issue the appropriate RFP and conduct the 
> appropriate analysis of the submissions.
>
>
> The project-based funding model remains available, and chapters may, 
> of course, fund specific live streaming events using chapter funds or 
> Beyond The Net grants.  Any analysis of the effectiveness of those 
> live streaming events would be valuable data for any future 
> considerations of the engagement model.
>
>
> The board thanks the ChaC for its attention to the communications 
> plan, and we look forward to continued discussion of how to engage the 
> broader community in the mission of the society.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Ted Hardie
> for the Board
>
>
>
>
>
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