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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/17/2012 2:03 PM, Borka Jerman
Blazic wrote:<br>
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I share the concerns of the colleagues already (veni, Peter and
the others)<br>
expressed on the list. An association is usually association of
members and they have<br>
the major role in the organization life. All other bodies are set
up for the members to channel<br>
their views, projects and work. This must be reflected in the
Bylaws. So far it seems that<br>
the all other parts of the organization are more important than
the membership.<br>
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With regards,<br>
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borka<br>
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Thanks for sharing your view, saying
that an “association is usually an association of members and they
have the major role in the organization life” - but you say that
in
ISOC it “<span style="text-decoration: none"><b>seems</b></span>
that all other parts of the organization are more important than
the membership.” </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">It does not only <b>seem</b> to be
so.
The 22 August 2012<i> [ISOC] NEWS RELEASE: Internet Society
Welcomes
Sofie Maddens as Senior Director of Global Services</i>, says
clearly
how the Chief Operating Officer of ISOC sees the Internet Society
as
it is now: </p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><b>“The Internet Society is a global
organization, at the heart of which are our Regional Bureaus,”
said
Walda Roseman, Chief Operating Officer of the Internet Society.”</b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">At the Annual General Meeting of our
Chapter yesterday, there was the question raised strongly by Board
and general Members why this is so, and if it is not changing,
what
is the point of being Members? But these voices were countered
with
reference to the role to play in the changing difficult dynamics
of the
information society in Cambodia, and to solidarity experienced
from
other Chapters. And the hope that the Internet Society's new
Bylaws
would bring fundamental changes.<br>
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Norbert Klein<br>
ISOC Cambodia Chapter<br>
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