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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hello Jordi,<br>
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I support that, too. Back when the Luxembourg chapter had a half
time salaried staff member, we were able to organize events, find
sponsors, answer phone calls, and a lot of other things.In short,
look and act as professionals. <br>
<br>
I note though that Veni Markovski made such a proposal when we
were at the BoT around 2006, and I supported it. However, it was
rejected by the board and the management.Maybe such a proposal
could be more successful this time.<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
<br>
Patrick Vande Walle<br>
<br>
<br>
On 17/04/13 10:12, Jordi Iparraguirre wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:516E5968.3020507@josoc.cat" type="cite">Dear
all,
<br>
<br>
some weeks ago there was a burst of mails about how could ISOC HQ
help chapters via subsidizing basic admin chores so chapter
leaders can focus on mission instead of chapter administration.
<br>
<br>
This is something that may not be crucial to very dynamic chapters
or chapters in countries where law allows for corporate members,
but that is really an issue to the ones in the deadlock of not
being able to charge fees because they do not have enough
resources to offer appealing payback to members.
<br>
<br>
I was not in Beijing so I could not follow up on the topic, but I
do not recall this was covered in the sessions I attended
remotely.
<br>
<br>
<br>
I'd propose to set an easy minimum common denominator goal and
dates in order to move forward.
<br>
<br>
1- when is the deadline to enter this in the 2014 budget ?
<br>
<br>
2- can we set up a working group (staff+chapters) in order to get
the what, how, how much, etc formal proposal before deadline set
in item 1 above ?
<br>
<br>
To break the ice:
<br>
- could it be possible for chapters to receive a monthly amount
of, lets say, 20hours/week (ie. 1/2 FTE in local currency) to be
paid if and only if the chapter performs a minimum of TBD specific
actions/month (eg. 1 article /week in the blog, X tweets a day,
blog follows ISOC look+feel guidelines, 1 press release is sent
every month, 1 public event a month, accounting and tax cleared,
.... whatever TBD )
<br>
<br>
Thanks for your time considering it and apologies if this is
already running and I'm out of the loop.
<br>
<br>
rgds,
<br>
jordi
<br>
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