<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Some chapters appear to have explicitly limited the number of consecutive terms for Chapter Officers. <br><br>In our case, the number of consecutive terms (not counting interim terms) that a chapter officer can serve is at most two. <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>satish<br><br><br>--<br></div><div>Satish Babu<br></div>ISOC India Trivandrum Chapter<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Glenn McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All<div><br></div><div>Joly is pointing out an issue that has plagued some chapters which is the perpetual leadership issue. I think a three year term is a reasonable amount of time. Perhaps equally important is a strategic plan, annual reporting and conflict of interest clauses</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>G</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-3142888785832269509gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a href="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight</div><div>289-830 6259<br>.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Joly MacFie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joly@punkcast.com" target="_blank">joly@punkcast.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Hi Joyce,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks for this.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My first question is on the term limits clause:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">(ii) establish the length and maximum number of terms that any individual may hold office both
successively and in total. </blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I think for many Chapters this alone would need by-law change, probably requiring an AGM or an extraordinary vote. At the same time it is so vaguely worded as to allow effectively unlimited terms. Is there a limit as to what ISOC would accept?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">j</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" lang="EN-GB"><div class="m_-3142888785832269509m_5066232787683731559m_5541630619515794677WordSection1">
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at local level in due time. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">We will expect Chapters to sign the revised agreement before 1<sup>st</sup> of January 2018 to still be eligible for Chapter funding. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Therefore, I’d like to ask you all to review the attached Chapter Charter in <b>the next 30 days, until 31<sup>st</sup> August</b> and please contact </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="ES-TRAD"><a href="mailto:chapter-support@isoc.org" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">chapter-support@isoc.o<wbr>rg</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US"> with
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