<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Hello Salam,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">For those of us (like me) who are not familiar with ISOC jargon such as “CAC is a vital and necessary milestone in the cultural evolution of the Internet Society”</p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">I did not attempt to confuse anyone. I was stating that as my personal opinion. That was *my* jargon. :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">There are many here who have been involved in ISOC chapters far longer than I have been. But it was my observation to date that Chapters, until recently did not have adequate representation as one of the three pillars of ISOC (IETF, Organizational members, Chapters). They lacked a coherent voice through which to advise ISOC on issues as they relate to the needs of Chapters, both regarding internal development and contribution to global efforts on policy advocacy and education.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">The election of Board members by Chapters was one important step. The bylaw changes that encouraged formation of a Chapter Advisory Council (to operate in parallel with the Organizational Member Advisory Council which already exists) were another.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">I have heard many ideas in my conversations with other Chapter leaders and members, ideas of how to better make use of the Chapter infrastructure to contribute to this truly unique facet of ISOC. Some are internal; (capacity building, leadership development, day-to-day operations, daily management) and some are external (outreach, events, public policy, fundraising, etc.) While I do not want to presume what others might want from it, there are a number of benefits of having a Council as, amongst other things, a bidirectional liaison between Chapters and the Board. (This is not the same as Board members who are elected by Chapters; once on the Board they are no longer directly accountable to the voters (until their next election).</div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">I hope these answer your questions, at least partially. Many more will be answered when the next draft is released.</div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif">- Evan</div><br></div><div> </div></div>
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