[chapter-delegates] Re: Memebrship presentation

[Veni Markovski]

Philippe,

At 10:31 11-03-05  -0500, Philippe Le Roux wrote:
>I have dificulty to understand how somebody want to be member of ISOC and 
>of its local Chapter.

If that's the only thing you find difficult to understand, then you're lucky!
I can't understand so many things with relations to the Standards, 
Education and especially the Public Policy Pillar, that I have on several 
occasions asked ISOC to create process which will define all the work 
around the pillars.
I have difficulty to understand why there's no response on my proposal....

>IMHO Chapters are the local structure of ISOC, the point of contact 
>between the member and a worldwide organization.
>Chapter is the local dimension of the global ISOC, it's the international 
>dimension of ISOC culture (nobody in Washington or elsewhere can think as 
>european, canadian, latin or african people).
>Chapter is the link between ISOC and the world.

chapters are much more than that. The chapters work mainly in public 
policy, to some extent in education, but we don't work on standards. Now, 
take a look at ISOC and see - it's almost the reverse process.
I wanted a process for that, too. I wanted to see why when we have a budget 
voted in December, until mid March we don't have a process how to use the 
money alocated, after a severe fight to have them...

>It's time to think about an interntional ISOC able to answer to global 
>development of the Internet and of our society.

You remind me of an old Russian saying, "The work of saving the people who 
drown, is the work for the people who drown". Or, as an English-native 
speaking person put it, "The ability to save the drowning is in their own 
hands."

Yes, I agree it's time. It's high time! But ISOC has other items on the top 
priority agenda - IETF restructuring, Standards, etc. Where are the 
chapters on that?

veni