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Hi Evan,<br>
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situation in the US in which ALL chapters are regional is far
from optimal. The Washington DC Chapter acts as a pseudo
national chapter by holding events attended by national
policymakers and hosting the American IGF. But also consider
that If you are an ISOC member in Texas or Florida or the
country's second-largest city (Los Angeles) you have no local
chapter and must associate with a distant one or go through
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- I am not aware of the ISOC-DC chapter ever publicly positioning
itself as the de-facto national chapter. As John More notes, by
nature of its location, it attracts a very different
audience/membership to the one we here at the San Francisco-Bay Area
Chapter attracts but I really don't see that as a problem. <br>
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President & Chair<br>
San Francisco-Bay Area Internet Society Chapter<br>
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