[isoc-ny] ISOC Global Chapter Marathon: Digital Schools - call for teams.

[ISOC-NY announcements]

​Further to this, I queried chapter-support on the exact procedure. Like,
do we have to have teams ready before confirming by May 16? Here is the
response:

 if your chapter confirms the participation , we will send an email to your
members to invite members to send proposals to your Chapter board , after
that , you decide which project (from the received) will represent you in
the marathon. Below the whole process :



HOW WILL THE COMPETITION WORK

   1. Each Chapter should notify ISOC on their interest to participate by
   writing the Chapter name on this form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
   r/59SPXF5 . *Deadline May 16th*
   2. Once the Chapter confirms their participation, ISOC will send
   individual emails to all Chapter members to invite them to send proposals
   to the board. *Deadline : July 10th*
   3. Chapter members will send proposals to the Chapter Boards
   4. Chapter Board will do a screening of the projects and select a *unique
   project* that will represent them in the competition. *Deadline : July
   31st*
   5. Chapter Board will notify participants about the resolution. *Deadline
   : July 31st*
   6. Winning proposals will apply to zoom grants for funds. Each Chapter
   will receive $2000 to develop the project. Money will be wired to
the *Chapter
   only*. Once the Chapter gets the money, they will wire it to the
   developers of the project.  *Deadline: September 15th*
   7. ISOC will evaluate, approve and send funds to the Chapters.
*Deadline: Oct
   15th*
   8. The developers of the project will have a range of 1.5 months to
   develop the project. From October 15 to November 30th. *Deadline: Nov
   30th. **Projects that do not fulfill this timeline will not be eligible
   for the final competition and prize.*
   9. Once the project is finished, developers should send a video and
   reports of the project according to the requirements described in the web
   page. *Deadline: Dec 7th.*
   10. ISOC will upload videos and send a voting link to the community
   11. ISOC will announce the winner of the competition. The winner will
   get $3000 that will be wired to Chapter account.


So,
​ I will just go ahead and confirm
. Members should expect a further email in a couple of weeks inviting
participation.  But you don't have to wait for that to get started. In fact
the earlier the better! We do have an isoc-ny slack available.
 .​



On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 6:18 PM, Joly MacFie <president at isoc-ny.org> wrote:

>
> If any ISOC-NY members are interested in forming a team to participate in
> this, please let me know at president at isoc-ny.org.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
>
>
> Dear Chapter Leaders,
>
>
>
> As some of you may remember, we ran a pilot program in LAC last year,
> called Chapterthon. It was a project marathon between Chapters in the
> region to encourage Chapter members to engage and find innovative solutions
> around the issue of "Connectivity". The winner was the Venezuela Chapter.
> Check out the video
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/lac-chapterthon-winner-venezuela-chapter>
> of the project.
>
>
>
> Based on this successful experience, this year we have decided to take the
> Chapterthon to the global level. We hope you are ready to take up the
> challenge!
>
> This year's theme will directly contribute to the UN Sustainable
> Development Goal on Quality Education (UN SDG 4
> <http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals/goal-4-quality-education.html>)
> . We will therefore be looking for projects that will benefit schools and
> students around the world. You can find details about the challenge here:
> https://www.internetsociety.org/chapterthon-2017-connect-school
>
> *If your Chapter wants to be part of the Chapterthon , please confirm your
> participation by*
>  ​
>
> *​​*
> *Deadline: May 16th 2017*
>
>
>
> WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CHAPTER
>
>    - Select a project based on submissions from your members
>    - Receive funds and allocate them to the developers of the project
>    - Follow up on project deadlines
>
>
>
> WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF PARTICIPATING
>
>    - Promote the Chapter
>    - Local and global visibility for the Chapter and the work done locally
>    - Bringing opportunities to members and engage them in the Chapter
>    - Make a change, provide opportunities and knowledge to your community
>
>
>
> We are looking forward to receiving your applications and… may the best
> project win!
>
>
>
> Please send your questions to chapter-support at isoc.org
>
> <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=chapter-support@isoc.org>
>
> Regards,
>
> *ISOC Chapter Support Team*
>
>  ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --
>
> Joly MacFie
> President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
> http://isoc-ny.org          218 565 9365 <(218)%20565-9365>
>



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Joly MacFie
President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY)
http://isoc-ny.org          218 565 9365
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