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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">--- Sorry, because of ISOC-KH
server access problems, sent from my personal address ---<br>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Dear Raúl,</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">thanks for your good mail – this mail
and your previous one are very helpful and I am satisfied to look
ahead to a good future.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">To avoid misunderstandings, I would
just like to add some notes.<br>
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<pre wrap="">> There are several things that are being discussed now in the list, and frankly I think that the most important at this stage is to hear what chapters' reps think about every issue rather to provide comments or answer from the Board. </pre>
Agreed. Some of the past mailings show that we were not expecting
quick brief replies from the board – but we were not sure for a long
time whether or not the Board is even reading the concerns
expressed. <br>
<br>
Your response clarified this.
I hope that attention from the Board, as you said, will follow, not
only to the recently raised questions, but to long standing concerns
which did not get any responsive action (just some examples:
Christopher Wilkinson referred to issues raised in the ISOC region
of Europe, or Klaus Birkenbihl pointed to a working instrument for
raising and following through on software problem items on a special
database program which had been created and briefly used in the ISOC
fellowship, but it does not seem to get timely staff attention since
a long time, though this has been raised repeatedly). <br>
<br>
But beyond such procedural concerns, we look forward to the
fundamental issues about the setup of ISOC
members/chapters/regions/global, which will surely receive attention
related to the proposed Bylaws revisions: in your words “the
relationship between ISOC's staff (including regional bureaus) and
chapters, I hope we can have a separate discussion from the bylaws
discussion for this very important topic.”
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Thanks again,<br>
<br>
<br>
Norbert<br>
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On 4/1/2012 11:47 AM, Raul Echeberria wrote:
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Dear Norbert.
There are several things that are being discussed now in the list, and frankly I think that the most important at this stage is to hear what chapters' reps think about every issue rather to provide comments or answer from the Board.
Unfortunately it has taken more time than expected to have ready the publication of the bylaws changes proposal (food for thoughts). As Chair of the Board, I assume the responsibility for that delay. I hope that everything will be on the air not longer than Tuesday or Wednesday.
There is another discussion taking place on this list that is even more interesting than the bylaws that is the relationship between ISOC's staff (including regional bureaus) and chapters, I hope we can have a separate discussion from the bylaws discussion for this very important topic.
I have my own opinions on this issue, but I find more important to listen the members' opinions at this moment.
Raúl
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