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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear all,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">Thank you for your comments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">The NGO Directorate of the Iraqi government has terms and conditions for naming a not-for-profit organization, these terms are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The names of the proposed organization
<b>should not</b> include the following terms: (Iraqi, national, global, international, union, professions, crafts, scientific, syndicate, seminary, society, council, forum, association, center, farmers, fishing, cooperative, central).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#1D1C1D;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The names of the proposed organization
<b>must include</b> one of the following specializations: (agricultural, culture, democracy, economic development, education, environment, people with special needs, human rights, media, humanitarian aid, children and orphans, public health, public services,
relief, youth, women’s affairs , art, sustainable development).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#1D1C1D;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The name of the organization
<b>should be as</b> follows: Organization + a clear proper noun that matches the specializations + one of the specializations.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">The chapter forming group sent several names to the NGO directorate and this was the one that was accepted. They are open to suggestions
for names that fall within the above-mentioned criteria.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">The chapter will be a separate legal entity and will be referred to as Internet Society Iraq Chapter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">Thank you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D">Hana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces@elists.isoc.org> on behalf of Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 3:38</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org <chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Chapter Formation in Iraq<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi,<br>
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 01:57:12AM +0000, Christopher Hawker via Chapter-delegates wrote:<br>
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> 2.<br>
> chapters are distinct and separate legal entities from ISOC<br>
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Yes, this is true.<br>
<br>
> as stated by Andrew Sullivan in his email to the Chapter Delegates list on 03/12/2024 at 03:16pm UTC "chapters do not have legal responsibilities to the Internet Society corporate body". This would mean that the chapter would have no legal responsibilities
to ISOC.<br>
<br>
That way of stating things was perhaps infelicitous (or perhaps some context has been cut). Chapters _do_ have legal responsibilities to the Internet Society corporate body, within the scope of the engagement letter. For instance, chapters promise as part
of their engagement to do certain things (like hold elections for officers); and if they don't do them then the various chapter processes kick in (this includes, for instance, ineligibility for certain kinds of funding or eventual dechartering or so forth).<br>
<br>
The main point I was trying to make in that message is that chapters are not legally a part of the Internet Society, but are independent legal entities. This is not how chapters work in every organization. For instance, in some cases, a "chapter" is really
a branch office of the corporation itself.<br>
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On the matter of the name, I will observe that we do not have a requirement that the entity that is recognized as the chapter must be named "Internet Society $place chapter", and many chapter organizations have names that are not of the usual "chapter" form.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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A<br>
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