<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Dear Chapter Colleagues,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">As we review the candidates for the 2027 ChAC Steering Committee elections, I would encourage all Chapters to look beyond their campaign statements and consider their participation in the discussions that matter most to our community.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The ongoing Chapter DNA and proposed Chapter Charter Agreement processes provide a particularly relevant opportunity to do so. These discussions have raised fundamental questions about Chapter autonomy, governance, diversity, local realities, and the relationship between Chapters and ISOC.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I believe it would be valuable to hear directly from the candidates about their views on these processes, their participation so far, and any positions they have publicly expressed.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;">What have they contributed to these discussions? What is their position on the issues raised? How do they envision ensuring meaningful, transparent, and genuinely bottom-up participation by Chapters?</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Not everyone has had the same opportunities to participate, and the absence of a public statement should not automatically be interpreted as a lack of commitment. However, candidates now have an opportunity to explain their positions clearly and demonstrate how they intend to represent the Chapters.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Leadership and representation should be discussed not only during elections, but throughout the year, especially when decisions affecting our Chapters are being considered.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I invite candidates to share their perspectives and Chapters to engage with them in an open and constructive dialogue.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT; font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;">The election is an opportunity to discuss not only who will represent us, but how we expect to be represented.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Best regards,</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Carlos Vera Quintana</span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-kerning: none;"><br>
</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">Internet Society Ecuador Chapter</span></p><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">El oct 13, 2026, a la(s) 13:49, Flávio Rech Wagner <flavio@inf.ufrgs.br> escribió:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p>Hi Dave</p>
<p>Thank you for this excellent comparison exercise using Claude.</p>
<p>As already mentioned here in the list a couple of times, a second
version of the Chapter Charter Agreement is being drafted. It will
be shared very soon and will take into account all the excellent
feedback already sent by many chapters and most of the issues they
identified in the previous version. It will include a clear
explanation on all the changes so far.</p>
<p>Maybe it’s more efficient to wait until the new version is shared
to run these comparison exercises.</p>
<p>And of course, as also mentioned earlier, there will be many
opportunities for an open and transparent discussion on this new
version.</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Flávio</p>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Flavio
and others</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">At
the New York Board meeting tonight, we are going to discuss
the proposed new chapter agreement. So I had Claude compare
the old with the new. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">I'm
going to suggest to our board that a wide open and
transparent discussion be initiated.
Since many chapters raised serious issues on this list,
there is clearly no consensus and no multi-stakeholder
decision-making so far. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">I'm
deliberately not listing particular problems until I discuss
them with the New York board in our meeting tonight. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Here
is Claude's analysis of the changes. To keep the discussion
on track, please make any corrections. Some are trivial, but
please review the items that add requirements to chapters. </div>
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<h2 dir="ltr">What the proposed Chapter Charter Agreement
changes (corrected)</h2>
<p dir="ltr">This compares the current agreement with the
proposed draft labeled “9 June Update: Business-Friendly
Format.” Section numbers refer to the proposed draft
unless marked otherwise.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Format and framing</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Two-part structure.</strong> The current
agreement is one numbered list of terms. The draft
splits into “Charter Principles” (A: Chapter
Obligations, B: Internet Society Support, C:
Rejuvenation, Termination, and De-Chartering) and a
separate “Terms and Conditions.”</li>
<li><strong>Welcome-letter tone.</strong> The current text
opens “is pleased to grant… a non-exclusive charter.”
The draft opens “is pleased to welcome” the chapter and
adds a paragraph on “shared commitment” and the
“benefits and expectations” of being a chapter. It still
“grants the Chapter a non-exclusive charter,” so the
change is in tone, not substance.</li>
<li><strong>No ISOC signature.</strong> The current formal
signature block (“IN WITNESS WHEREOF”) has signature
lines for both parties and Bellagamba’s title. The draft
has “Yours sincerely, Sebastian Bellagamba,” with no
title, and only an “Accepted by Chapter” line. Yet
T&C 2 says the term begins “upon execution by
Internet Society and the Chapter.”</li>
<li><strong>Good standing tied to every obligation.</strong>
Section A opens “in order to remain in good standing,
the Chapter shall…”. Every Section A obligation becomes
a good-standing condition, which then controls funding
(B.1.b) and termination (C.b).</li>
<li><strong>ISOC staff removed from the text.</strong> The
current agreement gives named roles to ISOC staff five
times:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>advice on governance changes (2.b)</li>
<li>advice and assistance as a support item (4.e)</li>
<li>exceptions to the naming rule (5.b)</li>
<li>waivers (8.b)</li>
<li>identifying compliance issues (8.b)</li>
</ul>
The draft refers only to “ISOC” throughout.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Legal entity and name</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>New entity requirement (A.1).</strong> The
chapter must be a not-for-profit “or similar” entity <em>within
the Territory</em>, formally dedicated to ISOC’s
mission. The current agreement states the chapter’s
purpose but doesn’t require a particular entity type or
location.</li>
<li><strong>Naming (A.2).</strong> The recommended
“Internet Society – [Territory] Chapter” format stays.
The draft drops the provision letting staff grant
exceptions “upon a showing of good cause.” It adds that
ISOC will use that name for every chapter “regardless of
the official registered name.”</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Governance requirements</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Elections (A.3.a.ii).</strong> The current
text requires “a representative governing body” with
“regular and periodic transparent and open elections.”
The draft says only “transparent, open elections.”</li>
<li><strong>Term limits extended to all positions
(A.3.a.ii).</strong> The current limit on term length
and number of terms now applies “across all positions.”</li>
<li><strong>Weaker deference to local law.</strong> In the
current text, the election and term-limit requirements
apply “in accordance with local legislation.” The draft
drops that qualifier. It keeps a general bar on
conflicting with local law (A.3.a.iii).</li>
<li><strong>Mandated officer roles (A.3.b, new).</strong>
Chapters must have the equivalent of a chair, secretary,
and treasurer, and no one may hold more than one of
these roles.</li>
<li><strong>Succession planning (A.3.c, new).</strong>
Chapters must build durable operational and financial
systems and plan succession to avoid dependence on a
single person.</li>
<li><strong>Residency (A.3.d, new).</strong> Elected
officers and board members must be primary residents of
the Territory during their terms.</li>
<li><strong>Open meetings (A.3.g, new).</strong> Meetings
may be held only in places or forums open and accessible
to all ISOC members.</li>
<li><strong>Member database (A.3.f).</strong> The
obligation is simplified. It drops the monthly updates
on pending applications and the carve-out for
“legitimate and demonstrable privacy concerns,” keeping
only compliance with data-protection law.</li>
<li><strong>ISOC approval of bylaw changes (A.4.b–d).</strong>
Currently, chapters file governance documents when
chartered and are only <em>recommended</em> to submit
later changes, with staff advice available on request.
Under the draft, chapters must:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>hand over governance documents on request</li>
<li>submit any proposed change with its rationale</li>
<li>get ISOC’s prior approval before adopting any
change</li>
<li>provide updated copies after revisions</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Activities and reporting</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Removed activity requirements.</strong> The
draft drops:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>holding at least one mission-related activity a
year</li>
<li>maintaining an internet presence</li>
<li>giving ISOC an annual schedule of upcoming events</li>
<li>the “best efforts” commitment to high-quality
programs and to using ISOC materials</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>New annual report for every chapter (A.4.a).</strong>
It is due annually “or as otherwise requested by
Internet Society.” It must evaluate the chapter’s
impact, health, and resilience, describe its activities
and its compliance with the Charter, and include a
financial report. Currently, activity reports and
records are required only of chapters that receive ISOC
funding.</li>
<li><strong>Health, resilience, and impact obligations
(A.5.a–c, new, all “shall”).</strong> Chapters must:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>engage members beyond the leadership</li>
<li>run transparent governance</li>
<li>seek diversified local funding</li>
<li>maintain frequent, open communication with ISOC</li>
<li>recruit and mentor new leaders, with youth as a
“core strategy”</li>
<li>deliver “tangible outcomes” measured by value
rather than volume</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Reputation clause (A.5.d, new).</strong> All
activities and communications must be consistent with,
and not harm, the reputation, goodwill, or public image
of ISOC, the ISOC Foundation, or “the broader Internet
Society community.”</li>
<li><strong>ISOC membership for chapter members.</strong>
The current 3.c requires all chapter members to be
individual ISOC members and lets ISOC contact them. The
draft keeps only the 25-member minimum (A.3.e). Because
the draft also bars conflict with ISOC’s Bylaws, the
effect depends on whether the Bylaws impose the same
requirement. I haven’t checked the Bylaws.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">ISOC support</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Shorter, conditional support list (B.1).</strong>
All of it is “subject to applicable law and its annual
business plan.” ISOC now promises three things:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>capacity building in nonprofit governance,
financial management, and communications</li>
<li>access to grants, conditioned on the chapter’s
Good Standing</li>
<li>communication channels</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Support items dropped.</strong> By my count,
the current agreement lists about 11 support items; the
draft lists 3, though the draft’s are broader. The
current list also includes:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>help with leadership development, program
development, and membership recruitment and
retention</li>
<li>policy and position papers</li>
<li>collateral materials and templates</li>
<li>access to the membership portal</li>
<li>staff advice and assistance</li>
<li>an explicit commitment to cross-chapter
collaboration</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Bank account (B.1.e).</strong> It is no longer
required of every chapter, as in current 3.a.V, only of
chapters that want ISOC or Foundation funding. For those
chapters it is stricter: the account must be
“dedicated,” “within the Territory,” and a “regulated”
financial account, where the current text accepts an
“equivalent” one.</li>
<li><strong>Grant compliance (B.1.f, new).</strong> Funded
chapters must comply with their grant agreements, which
the UK called redundant.</li>
<li><strong>Data Sharing Agreement (B.1.g, new).</strong>
If personal data is shared, the chapter must sign a
separate agreement in a form ISOC provides or approves.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Rejuvenation and termination</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Waivers.</strong> The current text allows a
staff waiver “based on valid reasons.” The draft
requires a “written waiver from ISOC” and drops the
valid-reasons standard.</li>
<li><strong>Voting suspended (new).</strong> During
rejuvenation, the chapter’s voting privileges are
suspended, and it loses grant funding. The current text
cuts off “fellowships or grant funding”; the draft no
longer mentions fellowships.</li>
<li><strong>Grounds for termination.</strong> Termination
can follow unresolved “Good Standing” issues as well as
compliance issues. The appeal reference changes from
Article IV of the bylaws to the bylaws generally.</li>
<li><strong>De-chartering.</strong> The chapter must stop
using ISOC “materials” as well as the name, logo, and
tools.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Independence and public statements</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Opening qualifier dropped (T&C 1).</strong>
The independence clause no longer begins “Subject to the
terms of this charter,” even as the draft adds new
controls.</li>
<li><strong>New limits on public statements (T&C
1(iv)).</strong> Chapter statements must not be
“contrary to public ISOC positions” and must be
“professionally prepared and/or reviewed.” The existing
requirement to identify the chapter as the source stays.</li>
<li><strong>No partisan politics (T&C 1.j, new).</strong>
ISOC funds, name, logo, materials, or tools may not be
used for “partisan political campaign activity or
similar activities.”</li>
<li><strong>Legal compliance moved.</strong> The
compliance-with-law and intellectual-property sentence
moves from the tax section into the independence
section, substantively unchanged.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Funding and tax</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Tax-status wording softened (T&C 3).</strong>
The current text says ISOC is exempt from federal and
state taxation. The draft says ISOC “may be exempt from
certain associated state taxes.”</li>
<li><strong>Funding obligations split in two.</strong>
Chapters with a funding agreement follow its reporting
terms. Chapters funded <em>without</em> an agreement
get the current obligations plus two new ones:
<ul dir="ltr">
<li>use the money only for ISOC-approved purposes</li>
<li>return it immediately on written request if they
can’t fulfil the purpose</li>
</ul>
The ISOC Foundation is now covered throughout.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Trademark</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>License (T&C 4).</strong> It now covers
“materials,” which the chapter acknowledges ISOC owns.
The current license is already “revocable” and already
subject to brand guidelines “from time to time.” What’s
new in (iv) is that ISOC may <em>modify</em> the
license “at any time,” acting under the Charter or the
brand guidelines.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Liability, amendment, and disputes</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Broader liability shield (T&C 5).</strong>
It adds “claims, costs, expenses” and lists governance,
operations, statements, contracts, funding, and use of
ISOC’s name and materials. It is still one-way, with no
reciprocal protection for chapters.</li>
<li><strong>Amendment (T&C 6).</strong> The 90-day
notice and “continued participation means acceptance”
terms are unchanged. A new precedence clause says the
Charter overrides ISOC’s online policies and guidance
“unless Internet Society expressly states in writing”
otherwise. My reading, which needs legal review, is that
this could let ISOC change chapter requirements through
other documents without the 90-day process. The 2018
interpretive footnote the UK cites doesn’t appear in the
copy of the current agreement you provided.</li>
<li><strong>Dispute resolution (T&C 7).</strong>
Unchanged. The ICOM-WIPO reference that Switzerland
flagged is in the current agreement too. WIPO and ICOM
developed those special mediation rules for disputes
involving cultural heritage and museums, and mediation
requests under them go to the ICOM Secretariat at Maison
de l’UNESCO in Paris. <a href="https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2011/article_0015.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">wipo</a><a href="https://www.obs-traffic.museum/sites/default/files/ressources/files/ICOM_WIPO_StandardFormRequestforMediation.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">obs-traffic</a>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>Cost.</strong> WIPO’s standard arbitration
fees are $2,000 for registration and $4,000 for
administration on disputes up to $2.5M, with a 25%
reduction for SMEs of fewer than 250 employees,
which would likely apply to chapters. The tribunal
apportions costs between the parties in light of the
outcome. <a href="https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/arbitration/fees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">wipo</a><a href="https://sice.oas.org/dispute/comarb/wipo/WIPAR3e.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">oas</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Term (T&C 2).</strong> Substantively
unchanged.</li>
</ul>
<h3 dir="ltr">Drafting problems in the draft text</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>“Successfully” for “successively.”</strong>
A.3.a.ii says “both successfully and in total” where the
current text says “successively.” In a binding
term-limit clause, that changes the meaning.</li>
<li><strong>Undefined terms.</strong> “Good Standing” is
capitalized like a defined term but is never defined.
“Territory” is defined only as the territory’s name.</li>
<li><strong>No ISOC signature block,</strong> even though
the term requires execution by both parties.</li>
<li><strong>Broken numbering.</strong> B.1 runs a, b, c
and then jumps to e, f, g, and e through g are chapter
obligations sitting under “Internet Society Support.”
T&C 1 is lettered h, i, j instead of a, b, c.</li>
<li><strong>Inconsistent names.</strong> The draft
alternates between “ISOC Foundation” and “Internet
Society Foundation.”</li>
<li><strong>Possible version mismatch.</strong> The UK’s
response numbers the officer-roles clause as 3.c, but
it’s 3.b here. Hank’s, Amrita’s, and Nicolas’s
references all match this draft.</li>
</ul>
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<h3 dir="ltr">Beats</h3>
<ul dir="ltr">
<li><strong>The reputation clause (A.5.d),</strong>
combined with the limit on public statements, could
restrict chapters that criticize ISOC. No one flagged it
in the visible thread, though many messages are clipped
and the private submissions are unseen.</li>
<li><strong>Support shrinks while obligations grow.</strong>
By my count, support items fall from about 11 to 3 while
about 15 obligations are new or expanded. France asked
for templates, and the draft drops the current promise
of templates.</li>
<li><strong>The bank account moves the other way.</strong>
For chapters that need ISOC funding, the bank-account
rule gets stricter, eight years after chapters say they
were promised alternatives. That account of the promise
comes from Winthrop alone.</li>
<li><strong>ISOC staff vanish from the text.</strong>
Decisions that staff used to make, like waivers and
naming exceptions, now sit with “ISOC.” Ask who makes
them under the draft.</li>
<li><strong>The ICOM routing.</strong> A chapter-ISOC
dispute would technically begin at a museums body in
Paris. The error’s survival suggests the clause has
never been used. Ask ISOC whether it has been. Chapter
leaders date the current text to 2018, but the copy is
undated.</li>
<li><strong>The amendment back door.</strong> The “unless
ISOC expressly states in writing” language in T&C 6
deserves a question to ISOC Legal.</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><em>Verification status — Fidelity: Full. Both
texts were read in full and every item was rechecked;
this version includes the six corrections and the added
omissions. It is not confirmed that the “9 June Update”
is the exact consultation text. Reliability: Tier 1 for
what the documents say. The ICOM-WIPO scope and WIPO
fees are Tier 1, from WIPO and ICOM. The 2018 date is
Tier 2, from chapter leaders. The amendment-clause
reading is my interpretation. Flags: [M] for my own
analysis.</em></p>
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presented showing the additions are likely to significantly
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should be carefully evaluated <span class="Asgive ng" style="border-style:none;background:none">about whether
they are realistic for the</span> primarily volunteer
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Prof. Flávio Rech Wagner
Instituto de Informática - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Presidente da ISOC Brasil
ISOC Chapters Advisory Council - Steering Committee Chair</pre>
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