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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Louis Houle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:louis.houle@oricom.ca" target="_blank">louis.houle@oricom.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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ISOC Quebec
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</span><div><div class="h5"><div>Le 2016-08-22 à 16:46,
Osvaldo.Larancuent a écrit :<br>
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Dear Avri,
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<div>I welcome this initiative supporting the role of
local chaptes in the negotiation and application of ISOC related
policies, which I agree as AC representative of the Dominican
Republic Chapter.</div>
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<div>Comments:</div>
<div>1) Alejandro: +1 - quorum based on percentage basis.</div>
<div>2) CW: +1</div>
<div>3) Gihan: +1 </div>
<div>4) Moore: Remove “ownership” wording</div>
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<div>On 19 ago 2016, at 3:11 p.m., avri doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div>Dear ChAC delegates,<br>
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The ChAC Steering Committee has reviewed "A proposal for
greater<br>
involvement of Chapters in the position and policy brief
development<br>
process" (below & attached) and is submitting it to
the Chapter Council<br>
for approval.<br>
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Decisions by the ChAC are governed by the Rules &
Procedure paragraph 6<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Substantive decisions,
in particular regarding advice and<br>
recommendations, shall be made by the AC. Decisions
may be made by<br>
electronic means (e.g. E-Mail, electronic voting
systems, etc.) or<br>
during remote (audio/video conferencing) or physical
meetings.<br>
Decisions shall normally be taken by consensus
(meaning lack of formal<br>
opposition). If consensus cannot be achieved, then the
Chair of the AC<br>
Steering Committee shall organize a vote. In case of
voting, decisions<br>
shall be taken by a majority vote of the delegates to
the AC. The<br>
quorum shall be nineteen (19) delegates. In case of
tie, the matter<br>
will be resubmitted for discussion and a new vote.
Votes will be<br>
secret. The tally of votes (for, against, abstain, did
not vote) will<br>
be published. Abstentions will be counted towards
determining the quorum.<br>
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At this point I would like to open discussion on this
proposal for the<br>
next week - until 8/27 1200 UTC. At that point I will
initiate a<br>
consensus call on the document, including any changes
that may be<br>
warranted as part of the discussion. This consensus
call will also be<br>
scheduled for 1 week. Should the document not meet with
consensus, I<br>
will then request that we continue discussion on it and
will bring it to<br>
a vote.<br>
<br>
Thank you<br>
<br>
Avri Doria<br>
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(for the ChAC SC)<br>
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*A proposal for greater involvement of Chapters in the
position and<br>
policy brief development process*<br>
<br>
*Background*<br>
<br>
In the past, there have been occasions when ISOC staff
met with national<br>
policy makers without involving the national chapter in
any way. Since<br>
national chapters often have good relations with
national officials, it<br>
would be preferable if the chapters are also involved in
meetings with<br>
national officials. We propose a recommendation below to
that effect.<br>
<br>
At present, there does not seem to be a consistent
practice within ISOC<br>
regarding the role of the membership in the policy
development<br>
process and the preparation of background and position
papers that ISOC<br>
puts forward. Specifically, some policy papers are
submitted to the<br>
membership for comment, specifically the policy briefs,
while others<br>
papers, such as position papers, are not. In one case,
the membership<br>
was not informed of a specific submission. It appears to
us that<br>
systematic consultation with the membership can only
improve the quality<br>
of a policy, background paper, or position paper. The
intent is not to<br>
change ISOC's current decision-making process for such
papers: staff<br>
would remain fully responsible for the final version of
the paper. The<br>
intent is to allow staff to benefit systematically from
the views of the<br>
membership, and to decide whether or how to incorporate
comments from<br>
the membership. We propose a recommendation below to
that effect.<br>
<br>
<br>
*Recommendations*<br>
<br>
Review with the relevant chapters, policy positions and
alliances before<br>
they are made, and inform them of meetings with national
policy<br>
makers, unless time constraints do not permit it. We
have active mailing<br>
lists that can make it quick and easy.<br>
<br>
In general, policy, background and position papers,
including policy<br>
briefs should be submitted to the membership for comment
prior to<br>
publication, with the understanding that staff retains
full ownership<br>
for the final version. Staff can choose the most
appropriate method to<br>
consult the membership, for example by asking for
volunteers to review<br>
drafts, by posting a draft for comment to a mailing
list, by convening a<br>
virtual meeting to discuss the issues, etc.<br>
<br>
Further, when papers are published and/or submitted to
some entity<br>
outside ISOC, the membership should be informed and a
link to the paper<br>
should be sent to the appropriate mailing list and to
the Chapter<br>
Delegate's mailing list just prior to the publication or
submission.<br>
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