<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Alan Levin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@isoc.org.za" target="_blank">alan@isoc.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 22 Aug 2013, at 2:24 PM, Gabriel Latjor NDow <<a href="mailto:md@gambian.com">md@gambian.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> No, if you read my rationale for the support, you will see that I am more concern with the geographic and population size. I argued that if in the USA one can create several ISOC chapters (San Fran, NY, DC, etc...) for better impact, then why not in African countries like SA whose geographic and population size is huge? The same applies to Nigeria and some other countries.</div>
</blockquote></div><br>I would point out that there is no national chapter in the USA. Similarly there is no national chapter in India. The stated policy of non-overlapping geographical chapters is why I argued against ISOC Canada, suggesting its establishment could set a divisive precedent. Which it appears to have done. That said, the establishment of a formalized structure for national chapters with recognized divisions could prove useful.</div>
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