<p dir="ltr">I can't speak for the others but voting rights are less important to me in this case than a basis for community dialogue. Make us a nonvoting SIG if you have to. <br>
V</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 3, 2015 11:42 AM, "Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond" <<a href="mailto:ocl@gih.com">ocl@gih.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear Gihan,<br>
(and everyone else who has spoken to this)<br>
<br>
I feel uneasy about the concept of a "Chapter" for several reasons:<br>
<br>
1. Chapter status gives it voting rights in Chapter elections, which are<br>
geographic in scope. Creating topical chapters open the door to abuse<br>
and weakens the geographic emphasis of chapters (in particular, the<br>
Chapter structure promotes the voices from parts of the world which<br>
often do not have a voice or a seat at the table) and lessens their<br>
voice on the Internet Society Board.<br>
2. Chapters are entities that are independent of ISOC altogether and<br>
whilst needing to support the ISOC mission, have leeway which a SIG<br>
would not have. There is therefore less chance of a SIG to go off the rails<br>
3. Taking a leadership role in a topical chapter risks preventing<br>
someone from taking a leadership role in a geographical chapter. Is it<br>
possible for someone to be Chair/Vice Chair of more than one Chapter?<br>
<br>
For these reasons, I would support SIGs; topic based groups.<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
<br>
Olivier<br>
(my own views)<br>
<br>
ps. had this proposal come on April 1st, I would have said it looked<br>
right in line with the forthcoming TCP-YP - Yummy Protocols<br>
<br>
On 03/04/2015 06:13, Gihan Dias wrote:<br>
> On 2015-04-03 පෙ.ව. 1:33, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:<br>
>> I fully agree on reservations on the creation of non-geographical<br>
>> chapters. We already have a couple good-faith efforts which I think<br>
>> do their work well and can allow us to study some of the in-depth<br>
>> issues.<br>
>> ...<br>
>><br>
>> The idea of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) is interesting and worth a<br>
>> comprehensive look.<br>
> Although we already have the Disabilities chapter (the Interplanetary<br>
> chapter *may* be considered geograpical based, I too feel that we need<br>
> a different structure for such groups.<br>
><br>
> We could work on the idea of SIGs if there is enough interest.<br>
><br>
> Gihan<br>
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