hi, Does this mean I should unvolnteer until we have a new EC? a. On 12 Sep 2009, at 14:17, Alex Gakuru wrote: > I just looked up our Charter > > 2(3). Organization and Structure: > > "The Executive Committee, directed by the Chair, shall be responsible > for the administration of the Constituency, including arrangements for > meetings, website communications, listserv, and teleconferences...." > > Just wondering if we could task the new EC to prioritize development > of a broader "ICT Policy" soonest after they assume office? > > regards, > > > Alex > > On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Avri Doria <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> On 12 Sep 2009, at 10:44, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: >> >>> I am ready to help draft a project if some more people volunteer >>> to help >>> and we could try and seek funds for it (could ISOC/PIR fund it?) >>> -- if >>> people agree my suggestion (and my "weird" opinion on monetizers) >>> makes >>> sense, of course. >> >> >> count me as a volunteer. >> >> there are a fair number of FOSS possibilities, but as anyone who >> has worked >> with FOSS options eventually learns, FOSS is not free it either >> requires >> either sweat equity or hired help. >> >> so i can help with writing funds applications, but will also help, >> to the >> extent of my abilities, with investigating and setting up the FOSS >> options >> while waiting for deliverance from people with funding. I will, >> shortly >> have a fair amount of volunteer time that was dedicated to gnso >> council >> chair activities (averaging about 30 hours/week for anyone who >> contemplates >> such a role) that i can dedicate some part of to this task. >> >> as for the principle of not giving my info to those who collect it >> for data >> mining, it is a personal weakness (i use a google phone and gmail >> and >> twitter and ... after all) but i have already given up on that from a >> personal perspective (i use a google phone and gmail and twitter >> and ... >> after all). i tend to think we need to worry about the laws that >> let them >> use it as opposed to their abilities to collect it. but i have no >> issue >> with helping others avoid the surrender i have already made. >> >> and apologies if i insulted anyone by mentioning that if they had >> the time >> for the role they had the time for ... >> >> a. >> >