[Chapter-delegates] Chapter advice on live streaming

[Hank Nussbacher]

On 13/09/2024 11:17, Ted Hardie via Chapter-delegates wrote:

Ted,

As Cheryl raised in the chat today:

"Please do note the ChAC Steering Committee did NOT receive any formal 
response to our correspondence to the matters raised by the PR Chapter 
and discussed  in detail by the ChAC.  The first the ChAC Steering 
Committee knew of the BoT response was when we like all Chapter 
Delegates read the email sent over the last weekend to the Chapter 
Delegates list. We (the steering committee) still trust a Formal 
Response to our Formal correspondence will be forthcoming however to be 
published on out Web space for full transparency and accountability of 
our mandated actions"

The fact that no response was delivered to the ChaC and rather just 
dropped here on the list, caused Luis to feel that the ChaC was not 
doing its work: "Thanks Ted for the extended explanation on the issue, I 
am sure that Chapters’ members share my gratitude to your email while 
not hearing ChAC communication recently. "

I would have thought that after the ChaC sent an email to the BoT, that 
the BoT would respond back to the ChaC.  Can you explain the rationale 
why the BoT response was sent to the delegate list?

Regards,
Hank Nussbacher
ChAC member - speaking only for myself

> 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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