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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Klaus, +1.<br>
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Talking about the membership - the new by-laws should re-establish
direct election of board members. Right now ISOC pretends to
represent chapters and members, but only the chapters have 3
Trustees to elect - members elect zero. And it is time to change
that, or ISOC should stop pretending it represents 30000 people. <br>
When the elections were abolished, it was because they cost a lot,
if I remember correctly. Today ISOC has $ 32 Million budget, and
seems it doesn't know how to spend it. Elections among 30,000
people will cost probably $ 300,000 - less than 1 % of the budget.
But even if they cost more, they still will be better. <br>
Of course, I am sure we'll hear other arguments why this is not a
good idea, so happy to discuss it. <br>
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best,<br>
veni<br>
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On 3/23/2012 07:07, Klaus Birkenbihl wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hi all,
I'd like to give my perspective on LoA as I announced in my mail on policy
yesterday.
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