[chapter-delegates] ISOC BoT and membership

[Philippe Le Roux]

I suggest that the membership is based on a percentage of annual income.
This is, imho, the only way to have a fair contribution managing the social 
diferences between countries and inside a country.

I suggest too that membership is collected by the chapters, evently added 
by a local contribution decided by the chapters, then sent to the HQ.

At 10:08 2005-03-09, Gene Gaines wrote:
>Wladek,
>
>I apologize for taking so many words, below, to express my
>personal thoughts.  The important words are in the first two
>paragraphs and the last paragraph.
>
>1) You have my permission to quote from any of my emails.
>
>2) My own position is clear. I will not join the ISOC "member"
>    category under the present newly-announced system.
>    I cannot accept the "member" title when the annual fee is
>    US$75 for everyone, everywhere. This is against what I
>    believe ISOC should be.
>
>    Every person should be able to join ISOC without having to
>    pay more than a reasonable portion of their income.
>
>    If ISOC Board believes that a charge for membership is
>    necessary (that could be for a variety of reasons) then that
>    fee should be based on the individual's ability to pay. For
>    illustration, that fee could be the equivalent of pay for two
>    hours of work, in their local currency.
>
>    I do not presume to have the best design for an ISOC
>    membership plan.  But I do know that the $75 membership
>    plan announced on March 1, 2005, and the way that it was
>    announced as a broadcast press release without any disclosure
>    or consultation to its present members and chapters, is a
>    serious step in the wrong direction for ISOC.
>
>3) Briefly, my thoughts on ISOC and how it must operate in order
>    to fulfill its very important -- critically important -- role
>    in our world.
>
>    It is my sense that much of the world that has dealt with
>    ISOC Headquarters and Board of Trustees in the last few years
>    believes that the organization is arrogant, centrist-driven,
>    and does not want to hear from either chapters or individual
>    members. Right or wrong, I believe that this to be a broad
>    perception. This must be overturned. By deeds and words from
>    Hq.
>
>    To perform its stated missions, ISOC reasonably needs
>    multiple levels of memberships. Possible examples:
>    contributing, corporate, individual, region, chapter,
>    student. That said, ISOC must be a membership organization,
>    and to be effective every person who wants to be a member of
>    ISOC, from every place in our world, should be able to have a
>    voice at the governance table and must be heard.
>
>    I appreciate that giving membership such a voice requires
>    substantial resources and time and patience from those
>    governing ISOC and its staff.  Cannot be avoided.
>
>    Not a new problem. There are hundreds of "republic" and
>    association models to learn from.
>
>    I will not presume to propose a model, other than to say that
>    it appears to me that individual members, chapters, corporate
>    members, and possibly geographic areas or even governments
>    will need a voice at the ISOC governance table and a vote in
>    who will be their representative at that table.
>
>    Most important to me. Individual or area income level must
>    not be a barrier to anyone being able to say, proudly, that
>    they are a member of ISOC and participate in its governance.
>    "Member."  Not "second-class member", not "associate member".
>
>Gene Gaines
>gene.gaines at gainesgroup.com
>
>On Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 5:09:48 AM, W. wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
>
> > Patrick vande Walle kindly volunteered to express my point of view as
> > sketched in my presentation to Board of Trustees in Minneapolis. He wrote:
> > "I share your fundamental concerns, with some nuances, so I think I
> > would be able to make sure your opinion gets heard."
>
> > Today I am going to enhance and improve my presentation. I would like to
> > ask all of you for suggestions. Also I would like those of you who
> > participate in our debate for right to use direct quotations especially
> > from Irwan Effendi messages.
>
> > Rgds
>
> > Wladek
>
>
>
>--

*PLR!

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Philippe Le Roux
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