<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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