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<p>Thank you for making an official announcement Christine. I had
emailed this email list twice last week to inquire why the APAC
weekly update did not make any mention of ISOC's termination of
Raj Singh; unfortunately both my emails were blocked as "spam".
Perhaps something for IT/tech to look into, but be that as it may
... <br>
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<p>Raj will be sorely missed by the Chapters and the IG Community at
large. Even as he entered the the IG space as PICISOC and then as
one of the founders of APRALO [list cc'ed above] he already
brought with him a wealth of professional expertise and
experience; and Raj's decade and a half with ISOC can only have
augmented this. But perhaps even more importantly, Raj saw and
interacted with us (Chapters and individuals) as we were on the
ground. Anyone could bring up any matter with Raj, ask him a
straight question and you'd get a straight answer, no evasions,
obfuscations or corpo-speak. When Raj made a commitment, you know
he would go to bat for the Chapter.<br>
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<p>Indeed a loss for ISOC. Yet perhaps we will see Raj again
somewhere else in the IG space, hopefully sometime soon.<br>
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<p>WYn<br>
PH<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27 Sep 2023 3:18 AM, Christine
Saegesser wrote:<br>
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<div class="">Dear Colleagues, </div>
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Earlier this month, the Internet Society made the difficult
decision to reduce our workforce (across regions and teams). Most
of you are probably following the related discussion on the
chapter-delegates list on this. As mentioned by Andrew there, this
decision was made, with careful consideration, to ensure
the Internet Society remains on a solid financial footing as we
increase our fundraising efforts to support our vital work around
the world.
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Through this period of transition, we remain committed to
working closely with our community, including our chapters and
special interest groups, to carry out our work to build, promote
and defend the Internet. Our chapter support team is not
impacted and we will continue to be there for all of you as
usual to engage our community and provide the support it needs
to work towards our vision of an Internet for everyone.</div>
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If you were working on any projects affected by these changes,
please let us know by sending an e-mail to <a
href="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org"
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so we can together discuss the continuation of this work.</div>
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<div class="">Best, </div>
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<div class="">Christine <br class="">
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<div class="">Christine Saegesser Baethge, Sr. Director Chapters
and Special Interest Groups<br class="">
<a href="mailto:saegesser@isoc.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">saegesser@isoc.org</a>
| Twitter: ch_saebae<br class="">
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