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Borka, <br>
it seems that instead of asking what the chapters can do for ISOC,
we should ask what ISOC can do for the chapters.<br>
<br>
After all - and that's a fact not known to all people on this list,
it were <b>the chapters who provided the overwhelming support for
ISOC</b>, when it was bidding to get the management of .org. <br>
It were the chapters, who collected letters from governments,
academia, and non-profits, to be brought against other bidders. Let
me remind you, that some of the other bidders were also far better
prepared to run a registry, than ISOC. Back then, ISOC was not the
same organization as it is today, and therefore we, the chapters,
have done our duty to ISOC. <br>
<br>
best,<br>
veni<br>
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/12/2013 07:18, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:borka@e5.ijs.si">borka@e5.ijs.si</a>
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:alpine.LRH.2.00.1303121203170.19613@kekec.e5.ijs.si"
type="cite">+1
<br>
<br>
Well said. Our law does not allow for non-for-profit
<br>
association as it is ISOC-SI corporate members. So, we do not
have any
<br>
donations or similar income. The work is done
<br>
by volunteers, but for how long (we are paying the
<br>
accounting clerk as we must provide each year
<br>
to the tax office a financial report)?
<br>
<br>
The demands to the chapters from
<br>
ISOC staff are rising every day and it seems that chapters are
working for an association with quite a big and paid staff
without knowing why we must do that and why we must
<br>
change the current modest voluntary support we have from our
members.
<br>
The European chapters had a meeting in Frankfurt on December 17th,
<br>
three or four ISOC staff people attended the meeting but so far
no Minutes appeared from the meeting. However, in the same time
ISOC is requesting the chapters to send Minutes from their
meetings and to run extensive membership administration, what is
the basis for that request?
<br>
<br>
<br>
With regards,
<br>
<br>
Borka
<br>
ISOC Slovenia.
<br>
<br>
<br>
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013, Edwin A. Opare wrote:
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Elver,
<br>
<br>
Well said.
<br>
<br>
Any ideas, thoughts or suggestions on chapter sustainability
especially when
<br>
membership dues are not coming through and a chapter does not
have any
<br>
corporate members and their relating support on board?
<br>
<br>
Edwin Opare
oc.org</blockquote>
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