<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Well said, Glenn. I second your thoughts.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Imran</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 8, 2016, at 09:24, Glenn McKnight <<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" class="">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Hi Folks<div class="">Lets be clear. David's work bridged two worlds. Outreach and Engagement and the face of ISOC NY which was the first chapter that most Canadians joined in the absence of a ISOC Canada chapter over four years ago. The other tasks and responsibility was the mundane and boring stuff. ie. administration </div><div class="">He and others can't do both jobs and it's unreasonable to expect anyone to do both. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Another issue. I brought up the need for chapters to have funds to pay for Officers and Director Errors and Omission Insurance and proper Liability insurance for events, an annual financial review/audit. These are real expenses and a mark of professional organization but when I mentioned these things I got shot down saying we don't have any MONEY. If you don't do these proper things you will be SUED as a director. How can you recruit new board members/counsellors ( whatever you call yourself) if you do public events and speak out on Internet issues. Any organization is at risk of litigation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My checklist for a chapter</div><div class="">1. Proper accounting system</div><div class="">2. Good CMS</div><div class="">3. Good Website and online payment system for membership</div><div class="">4. Collateral material </div><div class="">5. Banners and promotional stuff</div><div class="">6. Active committees</div><div class="">7. Active participation with ISOC campaigns. ie. INTERNET STRONG, Colloborative Security etc</div><div class="">8 Sufficient insurance to protect directors</div><div class="">9 Annual General Meeting </div><div class="">10 Once a year large educational event</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My two cents</div><div class="">G <br class=""><br class="">Glenn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Glenn McKnight<br class=""><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br class="">skype gmcknight<br class="">twitter gmcknight</div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>