[Chapter-delegates] A thanks to our Bengaluru and Kenya chapters

[Maureen Hilyard]

HI Chris

That sounds really exciting.  Happy to help in any way possible
Charles should be knee deep in NomCom duties in March.
I return to Rarotonga on March 18 from ICANN Seattle, but will be free for
a couple of months to do any organising of contacts for you, if that's not
too late.

Maureen.


On Mon, Jan 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM Christopher Locke <locke at isocfoundation.org>
wrote:

> I’ll be in APAC in March in Singapore & Australia to meet the local
> community. I’ll work with you Maureen on who I should meet.
>
> We’re also in early stages of talking to USAID and their delivery partner
> Cadmus to use our training programs on community networks for pacific
> islands. Again, as we firm up the opportunity I’ll come to you for advice
> Maureen.
>
> Best, Chris
>
> *Chris Locke,* EVP & MD of Internet Society Foundation
>
> locke at isocfoundation.org | Time zone: UTC -0 | Pronouns: he/him/his
>
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> *From:* Maureen Hilyard <maureen.hilyard at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2025 9:24:00 AM
> *To:* Charles Mok (gmail) <charlespmok at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Christopher Locke <locke at isocfoundation.org>; Carlos Vera via
> Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [Chapter-delegates] A thanks to our Bengaluru and Kenya
> chapters
>
> I agree. It's great to hear about these positive ISOC leadership
> interactions with chapters who are doing such superb work in their
> communities especially in areas where our support is much needed. It is the
> recognition and acknowledgement of their efforts and the goodwill, that
> they will treasure.
>
> I cannot remember when the Pacific had interactions with anyone from ISOC
> for many a year, and touching base will be so valued by those who will get
> to meet Sally and her team in Hawaii. Definitely something to add to their
> reports that they will prepare for their return to their tiny home Islands.
>
> Great work, Team ISOC.
>
> Maureen
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Jan 2025, 7:11 pm Charles Mok (gmail) via Chapter-delegates, <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> It's great and refreshing to see our senior management appreciating the
> importance and contribution of our chapters in fostering the goals of the
> Society -- locally and globally! Thanks for the update Chris!!
>
> Charles
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM Christopher Locke via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
>
>
>
> I just wanted to send a quick ‘kudos’ email of thanks out to Alphonce and
> the Kenya Chapter team and Adarsh & Rajan at the Bengaluru chapters for
> meeting with me and others on my recent trips.  We are beginning an
> ambitious strategy to crowd-in funding from other donors to increase the
> support we can give in grant funding over the next five years, and in both
> cases I was well supported by the local chapters in these meetings.
>
>
>
> In Nairobi Alphonce and his team joined me and ISOC staff at a lunch with
> the local Mastercard Foundation team, where we discussed how our work on
> community connectivity and training provides essential support to bringing
> people into a safe, secure and reliable internet.  In Bengaluru Adarsh &
> Rajan joined me at a dinner with local ISOC staff and an august group
> including Reeta Roy (President of the Mastercard Foundation), James Mwangi
> (CEO of Equity Bank Kenya) and Patrick Awuah (Founder & Principle at Ashesi
> University Ghana).  Adarsh & Rajan presented and chatted to the group about
> their work and how ISOC chapters support training and connectivity, and how
> global efforts such as the Rural SIG support the goals of foundations such
> as the Mastercard Foundation and Equity Bank.
>
>
>
> There is a power in getting our chapters and community into these meetings
> with potential partners and donors.  The real power of what we do comes
> from partners hearing this first hand from our community.  It’s been
> fantastic to get the support of Aphonce, Adarsh and their teams as we do
> this, and it’s something we will continue to do as we build our co-funding
> coalitions.  I will talk more about this on the future Chapter Advisory
> calls and am very happy to do other calls dedicated to explaining our
> approach and how Chapters can support and get involved on other calls if
> desired.  We’re still in the development stage but I hope in 2025 working
> together we can create partnerships that will support a lot of our work
> over the next five years.
>
>
>
> I’ll be in Ethiopia this week at the Internet Development Conference
> meeting more Chapters, as Sally and I will continue to do as we travel, not
> just drawing you into meetings for your support, but also listening to you
> to understand how we can work better together.  2025 is shaping up to be an
> exciting and productive year for us all, and I want to thank those Chapters
> who have already taken the time to meet and work with us, and I look
> forward to doing more of this throughout the year.
>
>
>
> Best, Chris.
>
>
>
> *Chris Locke,* EVP & MD of Internet Society Foundation
> locke at isocfoundation.org | Time zone: UTC -0 | Pronouns: he/him/his
>
>
>
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> everyone.
>
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