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Hi. <br>
Thanks for this email. <br>
<br>
Several points on the chapters (Article IV and others):<br>
- the chapters are still electing only 1/3 of the Board (as now), so
no change there.<br>
- The text says "Internet Society Chapters are groups organized by
ISOC individual members" but that's not always the case. If that
remains, no association, created by non-ISOC members, could ever
apply for becoming a chapter. I am not sure what the language could
be, but perhaps something should be changed here.<br>
- There's reference that these chapters "are chartered according to
the standards of performance", which will be defined by ISOC. Not
sure that this is the case. In some countries the NGOs that are
either chapters now, or might want to become one, might not be able
to meet these standards (which may change as ISOC wishes) due to
formal, legal reasons.<br>
- I don't think the requirement that the chapters should be "formed
for the expressed purpose of aggregating individual<br>
member interests, expertise and creativity <b>in order to pursue </b>the
ISOC mission." Actually such a requirement immediately might lead
to the chapter breaking some national laws. Why would a non-profit,
or another type of legal body, founded in country X. be obliged to
pursue the mission of a US-based non-profit? <br>
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I might have more, once I hear the comments on those.<br>
<br>
best,<br>
veni<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 06/24/2013 08:19, Ted Mooney wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">To Individual members,
Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council members,</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">After consideration of the legal and
strategic requirements of the Internet Society and serious
analysis of the views offered by its members and Chapters,
the Board of Trustees (BoT) has asked the By-Laws Working
Group to share the Board’s recommended revisions with the
community for a final review. The purpose of this review is
to ensure that these changes are clear and understood before
the Board votes on their adoption rather than to entertain
at this time additional substantive changes. These
recommendations include a number of important updates. Some
notable ones are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">• Board composition<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">• Acknowledgement of
Chapters, their voting and other rights and
responsibilities,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">• The ability of both
Organization Members and Chapters to form advisory groups<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">• The establishment of a
process for Chapters to review and appeal de-chartering
decisions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">• Conformance with the laws
governing its incorporation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; "> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">We invite you to review the attached
documents. The BLWG has prepared two documents for ease of
review, one which shows the full text and where there are
revisions; the other is a call-out of key issues raised by
the ISOC community. These documents will be presented to
the Trustees on July 8, 2013 for the Board’s review and for
iproposed adoption of the revised By-Laws at the July 22
meeting of the Board of Trustees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">The attached final recommendations are
the product of nearly two years of community consultations
and careful consideration and debate by the Trustees. The
period for substantive comment closed in January of this
year and all comments were thoroughly reviewed by the Board
. In this final community review, the BLWG is open to
comments only regarding clarity of meaning and language. We
will reflect key the views on clarification <i>received by
Wednesday, July 3</i> in our July 8 report to the BoT.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">The By-laws Working Group gratefully
acknowledges the thoughtful consideration and willingness to
engage from the Organization Members, Chapters and
Individual Members. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">The Board of Trustees has taken community
suggestions very seriously and Trustees have on many
occasions expressed their appreciation for the valuable
input they have received from ISOC Chapters and members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">Once again, thank for taking time to
review these documents for clarity.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">With best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;
font-size: 11pt; ">The By-laws Working Group</p>
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