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Elver, <br>
don't get disappointed, but rather - join the club. <br>
We have had similar experience through the years - many of us have
been with ISOC for decades. <br>
But we never gave up, and neither should you. <br>
<br>
It is true that in the last years it's kind of more difficult than
before, when the chapters were doing whatever they wanted, and were
not getting a lot of attention from the ISOC HQ. But that changes
with the HQ hiring actually good people (I know many of them), who
have a direction that leads them to engage instead in a fruitful
dialogue, in a fruitless one. I do believe that ISOC can change, and
it is because this cannot last forever. <br>
There are too many threats, confronting the Internet as we know it
today, to allow diversion of our attention, efforts, and skills from
fighting the common misconception about ISOC and the chapters, to
fighting with the HQ. Plus, I've personally tried that few years
ago; it doesn't work ;-) <br>
<br>
So, let us try to nicely explain to the staffers, responsible for
chapters, why what they do, does not reflect the multicultural
essence of the chapters, the different laws and regulations that
govern us all. <br>
<br>
I am more concerned about everything that is happening outside of
ISOC, than the few items, taking place within it; as chapters'
officers we have duties first to our organization, and only then to
ISOC HQ, and therefore, if there's a conflict between the laws that
govern our statutes and ISOC HQ requirements, we will have no
choice, but withdraw from the "chaptership". <br>
<br>
<br>
v.<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/13/13 06:49, Elver Loho wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi all,
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<div>We received the same letter at the Estonian chapter and I
quickly filed it under "things to get angry about later",
because I had work to do.</div>
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<div>My reaction may have been colored by the fact that during
the last recent stink on this list, I sent a letter to
Frederic on October 1st proposing a very concrete plan to
start a pan-European policy cooperation working group to
strenghten ISOC's presence in Europe and to get European
chapters involved in actual policy work. And thus far he has
failed to reply.</div>
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<div>We really need to come back to the core questions,
otherwise we'll never get these things sorted out.</div>
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<div>1. What is the role of chapters in ISOC?</div>
<div>2. What is the single most important thing that ISOC
expects chapters to do on a day-to-day basis?</div>
<div>3. How does ISOC expect chapters to finance this activity?</div>
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<div>I may be a bit cynical here, but it seems to me that the
role of chapters is to show that ISOC has widespread support
around the globe, so as to get funding from PIR. And that ISOC
does not expect chapters to do anything, except get more
members. And that chapters should operate on an entirely
voluntary basis, acquiring new disciples, new names on a list.</div>
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<div>Personally, when we joined ISOC, I was expecting at least
some sort of policy coordination and joint lobbying effort. I
was expecting that chapters would get access to experts in
international law, so that we could lobby better and ask
questions about upcoming treaties. I was expecting that we
would get access to a whole knowledge base and a network of
people to help us coordinate global policy. I was expecting to
get involved. To participate.</div>
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<div>Thus far I've been disappointed beyond belief.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Elver</div>
<div>.ee</div>
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