Hello Frank Martin, Joly MacFie,<br><br>Thank you for your comments. The issue is that the Chennai chapter happens to be a chapter chartered to cover the region including Bangalore. We already have 34 members from Bangalore (out of 120 members, so 30% of the chapter members are from Bangalore. We have had programs, we have planned more programs, so the first response from ISOC HQ to any interest by anyone from Bangalore should have been to direct them to join the existing chapter, rather than to carry it forward to such a level that the existing chapter is surprised with the bifurcation proposal<br>
<br><br clear="all">Sivasubramanian Muthusamy<br>Blog: <a href="http://isocmadras.blogspot.com">http://isocmadras.blogspot.com</a><br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Franck Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:franck@avonsys.com">franck@avonsys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This is not a question of distance but of history in the Chapters creation.<br>
<br>
Say ISOC HQ encourages the creation of a chapter in Frankfurt, without talking about it to ISOC Germany.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
Franck Martin<br>
<a href="http://www.avonsys.com/" target="_blank">http://www.avonsys.com/</a><br>
twitter: FranckMartin<br>
<br>
<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
</div><div class="im">From: "Joly MacFie" <<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com">joly@punkcast.com</a>><br>
To: "ISOC Chapter Delegates" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br>
Sent: Monday, 28 September, 2009 9:31:27 PM GMT +12:00 Fiji<br>
Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Bangalore, India<br>
<br>
A map of India might be helpful:<br>
<a href="http://www.mapsofindia.com/top-ten-cities-of-india/top-ten-wealthiest-most-aware-towns-india.html" target="_blank">http://www.mapsofindia.com/top-ten-cities-of-india/top-ten-wealthiest-most-aware-towns-india.html</a><br>
<br>
The Bangalore chapter proposes to represent the Maharashta region,<br>
including the large cities of Mumbai and Pune, at a greater distance,<br>
albeit on a non-exclusive basis.<br>
<br>
The distance from Bangalore to Chennai is 334 km (192 miles)<br>
<br>
Here in the USA we have chapters In New York, Philadelphia and DC -<br>
cities that are as close or closer.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br>
Chapter-delegates mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">Chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
<a href="http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates" target="_blank">http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapter-delegates</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>