[NPOC-EC] [Ext] Marketing Materials

[Joan Kerr]

Hello Natalie,

Thank you for your response and for your suggestion, so let's start with a
phone to review the requests.
Regards,

On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 5:06 PM Natalie Schoer <natalie.schoer at icann.org>
wrote:

> Hello Joan –
>
>
>
> I’m sorry that we were unable to create the buttons and produce the
> business cards. We strive to accommodate as many requests as we can but
> sometimes come up against tight deadlines and print restrictions with
> vendors, especially those located in different countries.
>
>
>
> Moving forward, I think it would be helpful to set up a phone call right
> after we send out the initial deadlines to go over the types of requests
> that we can expect and plan accordingly. I believe this will allow us to
> work together more effectively and achieve your goals.
>
>
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>
>
>
> All the best,
>
> Natalie
>
>
>
> *From: *Joan Kerr <joankerr at fbsc.org>
> *Date: *Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 1:01 PM
> *To: *Jane Sexton <jane.sexton at icann.org>, "npoc-ec at icann.org" <
> npoc-ec at icann.org>, Joan Kerr <fbscster at gmail.com>, Adam Peake <
> adam.peake at icann.org>, Jean-Jacques Sahel <jean-jacques.sahel at icann.org>,
> Maryam Bakoshi <maryam.bakoshi at icann.org>
> *Subject: *[Ext] Marketing Materials
>
>
>
> Hello Jane,
>
>
>
> I am writing this email on my own behalf as a volunteer
>
>
>
> Thank you for printing the brochures and Constituency cards for Kobe
> Japan. They were very useful.
>
>
>
> In many discussion with Adam Peake, I was told that Comms provides support
> for printing materials and other services.  However, to my great
> disappointment, two of NPOC's submissions were rejected -the buttons &
> colour Constituency cards.   It is important to note that the members of
> the NPOC ExCom spent precious time in designing and consulting to choose
> the right materials.  The disappointment is not so much about not getting
> the items, but the cavalier way in which it was handled. It's not good
> enough to say we can't do it.  Instead, it would have been respectful to
> ask how can we support you in getting it done, which would communicate
> respect for time used to design the materials. Communication is a two way
> process.
>
>
>
> The importance of Kobe was to launch the NPOC marketing strategy and to
> create excitement to encourage participation in the ICANN Policy
> Development Process, so the materials were really important to do that.
> The importance of the buttons was to create excitement around events such
> as the Joint Session and Constituency Day, of course that did not happen. I
> am only mentioning this to avoid wasting volunteer precious time in the
> design process.
>
>
>
> Might I suggest that in the future, it would be respectful to outline the
> criteria , not just the dates for submitting materials for printing but
> under what criteria and that time allows for alternate submissions.   I
> think its unfair to ask volunteers to design its own materials submit them
> and have them discarded with no follow up or options to achieve the goals
> of outreach & engagement.
>
>
>
> Please advise how NPOC and Comms can work together to get the requests
> done, to make this a two way and collaborative process.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
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>
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Joan Kerr,

Entrepreneur, Artist, Humanitarian

T: +1 (416) 907-0783

Skype: joankerr_fbsc

fbsc.org, www.joankerr.ca

Chair: Victory Garden Leadership Implementation Team

Chair, Sustainable Agriculture, Global Humanitarian Technology Conference

Chair: IEEE Smart Villages Project, Sustainable Agriculture Working Group

Chair: ICANN Not for Profit Operational Concerns Constituency

Recipient of the United Nations Civil Society Award (WSIS 2004)

Recipient, Region of Durham Community Partnership Award

Advisor, IEEE Humanitarian Initiatives Committee

Advisor, Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network, (CSAYN) Global
Coordination Unit
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