[Chapter-delegates] Profit and Loss

[Frederic Taes]

Dear Ted,

 

In recent discussion about Live stream service, you highlighted the necessity of a positive business case: even if we are a not-for-profit organization, we need to stay financially viable and not throw money through windows. It’s a fair point. I was really impressed by the figures and extended analysis performed by Olivier-Crépin Leblond: this should be used to challenge the internal staff decision. My proposal would be to give a yearly envelope for common services to chapters, and to let the ChAC to determine how this money should be used for those common services, like live streaming service and archiving, global license for video meetings,… That would be economically the best.

 

Livestream discussion is about 64K, but what about millions we burn?

 

>From Internet Society strategic plan, MANRS is/was a key window to promote Internet Society and to convert yearly 5 MANRS members to become ISOC organizational members, bringing money to us.  This has been stopped now: Global Cyber Alliance took all the work and knowledge of ISOC, they completely removed ISOC visibility from www.manrs.org. While some organizations would have requested big amount of money for this transfer, it’s the opposite that happened : ISOC not received but gave 5,250,000 USD to them (https://www.isocfoundation.org/project/manrs-initiative-succession/). What’s the rationale of the business case?

 

Kind Regards,

Frederic.

 

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