<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear members, </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ISOC
 has created a new group called the Chapters Advisory Council (AC), 
whose purpose is  to channel and facilitate advice and recommendations 
to and from the President and Board of Trustees of the Internet Society 
in a bottom up manner, on any matters of concern or interest to the 
Chapters AC and ISOC Chapters.  Each chapter may appoint one delegate to
 the AC, and 66 of the 110 Chapters did so.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The AC has a Steering Committee of 9 members, which elects a Chair, up to 3 vice-Chairs, and a Secretary.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
 ISOC-CH delegate to the AC is Richard Hill, Vice-Chair External, and he
 has been elected to the AC Steering Committee (51 of the 66 chapter 
delegates voted in the election for the Steering Committee members).  
The Steering Committee has held its first meeting to elect its officers 
and organize its work. Avri Doria has been elected Chair; Richard Hill, 
Douglas Onyango and Rudi Vansnick are the vice-Chairs; and Babu Ram 
Aryal is the Secretary. The Chair will soon be reaching out to the 
chapters to ask for inputs.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I’m
 sure that we all look forward to this new group which can help further 
to strengthen the relations between the chapters and the central ISOC 
structures and staff.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br>For more details on the AC, see:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)">  <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/chapter-advisory-council/chapter-advisory-council-charter" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/chapter-advisory-council/chapter-advisory-council-charter</a> </span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:rgb(31,73,125)"> </span><br clear="all"><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Roxana Radu<br>ISOC-CH Vice Chair, Internal<br><br>-------ISOC-CH------<br>Website: <a href="http://www.isoc.ch/" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.ch/ </a><br>Follow ISOC-CH on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ISOCSwitzerland" target="_blank">ISOCSwitzerland</a><br>Facebook group page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/isocch/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/isocch/</a><br>More about the Internet Society: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/</a> <br></div></div>
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