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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">+1 Eric<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Louis Houle
Président
Société Internet du Québec - ISOC Québec
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Louis.Houle@isocquebec.org">Louis.Houle@isocquebec.org</a>
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Le 2014-03-29 14:16, Eric Burger a écrit :<br>
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There are three legs to the ISOC three-legged stool:
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<li>Chapters: the people who USE the Internet</li>
<li>Organizations: the people who BUILD and RUN the Internet</li>
<li>IETF: the people who INVENT, REFINE, and ensure an
INTEROPERABLE Internet</li>
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<div><b>No</b> leg is more important than the other:</div>
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<li>Chapters represent individual people’s interests, not
driven (necessarily) by a profit or governmental motive. </li>
<li>Organizations represent the most people from more
geographic regions than any Internet Society community. </li>
<li>The IETF represents the best in working out the best
technical solution, irrespective of one’s company, national,
or ethnic origin.</li>
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<div>Likewise:</div>
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<li>Without Organizations, we would not have the insights of
how things <i>really</i> work.</li>
<li>Without Chapters, we would have no heart.</li>
<li>Without the IETF, there would not be an Internet for there
to be an Internet Society.</li>
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<div>This is also why, as Jason pointed out, once each Internet
Society community selects Trustee(s), those Trustee do not
represent that community. Those Trustees work for the best
result for the Internet. Not Chapters. Not Organizations. Not
the IETF. Not even the Internet Society as a corporation. Just
the best for the open, free, accessible, and interoperable
Internet.</div>
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<div>On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:41 AM, Gihan Dias <<a
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2014/03/29 පෙ.ව. 9:14,
Evan Leibovitch wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Any candidate can promise to throw money at
a solution and hope it will fix itself. (Whether, once
on the Board, such a position has a realistic ability
to succeed, is reasonable to ask. )</p>
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<big>Evan,<br>
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So I will refrain from making unrealistic promises.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">But the challenge is more than just money,
it is one of changing culture. IMO, those who are
elected have a responsibility to ensure at the Board
level that chapters are a built-in characteristic of
ISOC, indeed *the* defining characteristic, not one
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<big>Yes. Chapters came later in the society's evolution.
However, now they are (or should be) one of the two legs
of the society, of equal status with organisational
members. I believe that the best way to do this to
strengthen chapters by<br>
1. Making chapters be active, visible and effective at a
national level, and to have chapters identify and drive
national issues<br>
2. Have effective input from each chapter, through
regional bureaus, to the Society. This will include -
but not be limited to - the Chapter Advisory Council.<br>
3. Make chapters financially strong by supporting
fund-raising at chapter level.<br>
4. Support each chapter to have at least a part time
paid staff member. - otherwise volunteer officers will
find it difficult to get any work done<br>
5. Encourage and support collaboration among chapters.<br>
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I would also like to get your views on other ways of
strengthening chapters.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Such cultural evolution requires far more
than financial consideration to ensure chapter
sustainability (though that component is certainly
part of it). I want to hear from each candidate a
vision that indicates both an understanding of this
challenge and the political capability to confront it.</p>
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<big>Each chapter is unique, and will have its own
challenges. ISoc should be flexible enough to work with
each chapter on its own terms, while at the same time
avoiding favoritism.<br>
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Regards.<br>
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Gihan<br>
ISoc Sri Lanka<br>
BoT Candidate<br>
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