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<p>Alejandro,<br>
I like your questions. I've often thought it would be very, very useful for ISOC chapters to recruit a Board of Advisors (separate and distinct from the leadership of the chapter) who would consist of leaders of the Internet community, the business community, and the non-profit sector in their country. The Advisors would not be asked to do much (although they might be speakers at chapter events or help recruit speakers and members). The advisors' most important role would be to lend their name to the cause and thus increase the credibility and reach of the chapter. Perhaps more importantly, the fact that a chapter in formation could recruit such a group would be prima facie evidence that the chapter was in good hands.<br>
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<font size="2">Re: [Chapter-delegates] APPLICATION for form ISOC Democratic Republic of Congo chapter - please review</font></td></tr>
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<tt>Veni,<br>
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great to read you.<br>
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Does your email imply that you know the proponents of both and trust that:<br>
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1. they represent a fraction of the Internet community in their countries;<br>
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2. are able to represent ISOC's ideals and plans;<br>
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3. they are honest dealers who will play straight for all involved;<br>
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4. are not overriding, sequestering, or otherwise playing foul with other <br>
former or possible proponents of a chapter;<br>
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5. will run their chapter as far as possible in a democratic, transparent <br>
manner;<br>
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6. are reasonably independent from pressures of special interests?<br>
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(and so on, i.e., are you telling us briefly that you have done your share <br>
of due diligence on both? I would bet you know well the principals in <br>
Romania and can answer "yes" to all of the above but don't know equally <br>
well how much you are acquainted with our friends from Congo, as instead <br>
Wallonie and Luxembourg, i.e. Marie-Anne and Patrick have documented.)<br>
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This is in no way a challenge to your knowledge! My thought is that when <br>
ISOC staff consults the chapter delegates on these matters they are not <br>
only looking for applause and warm welcomes, which tend to be well <br>
deserved, but asking for the things that Marie-Anne and Patrick have <br>
replied to. We form a "Web of trust" of sorts.<br>
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BTW based on the information provided till now I support the two <br>
applications, and hope that someone has indeed documented answers to the <br>
due-diligence questions.<br>
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Yours,<br>
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Alejandro Pisanty<br>
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Director General de Servicios de Computo Academico<br>
UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico<br>
Av. Universidad 3000, 04510 Mexico DF Mexico<br>
Tel. (+52-55) 5622-8541, 5622-8542 Fax 5622-8540<br>
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Veni Markovski wrote:<br>
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> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:13:12 -0500<br>
> From: Veni Markovski <veni@veni.com><br>
> To: Anne Lord <lord@isoc.org>, chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org<br>
> Cc: chapters@isoc.org<br>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] APPLICATION for form ISOC Democratic Republic<br>
> of Congo chapter - please review<br>
> <br>
> Dear colleagues,<br>
> on behalf of ISOC-Bulgaria, I welcome both Congo and Romania in our family!<br>
><br>
> veni<br>
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> At 12:37 PM 1/22/2007 +0100, Anne Lord wrote:<br>
>> Dear Colleagues,<br>
>><br>
>> The following application for a new Chapter to be formed in the<br>
>> Democratic Republic of Congo has been received. It is being sent to<br>
>> this list for peer comment and review. The period allowed for<br>
>> comments is 2 weeks and the deadline is 5th February 2007.<br>
>><br>
>> Best wishes,<br>
><br>
><br>
> Sincerely,<br>
> Veni Markovski<br>
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> check also my blog:<br>
> </tt><tt><a href="http://blog.veni.com">http://blog.veni.com</a></tt><tt><br>
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