[chapter-delegates] Results of the board discussion on membership

[Rosa Delgado]

All,

Hope you understand that we brought to the attention to the board the
concerns of chapters and they were listened. As mentioned by Veni, soon
it will be announced the Project funding initiative and this is positive
for chapters.

Lynn and Fred will address a letter to you to explain further about this
issue. As from now, the communications among us will be improved, and
this is a fact. More consultation channels will be developed.

Chapters are important for ISOC but ISOC is also important for chapters.

Lets work together and not against. Coming from a developing country
myself I understand this issue more than others perhaps but I also
understand than not everybody thinks the same. Some individual members
will start to pay their membership because they don't feel identified
with a chapter, or do not have a chapter near by or for other reasons.
They also have the right to express themselves. 

With regards

Rosa

-----Original Message-----
From: Franck Martin [mailto:franck at sopac.org] 
Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2005 03:06
To: Gene Gaines
Cc: Veni Markovski; Patrick Vande Walle; Rosa Delgado;
chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org
Subject: Re: [chapter-delegates] Results of the board discussion on
membership


Veni, Patrick and Rosa

I know you have the best at heart for the chapters, and value your input

and stewardship at the BoT.

I was hoping that the VP-Chapter or even Lynn would have written to the 
chapter-delegates list to explain the result from the board on this 
topic. I think we showed enough that this matter is of importance to us.

I was hoping they would therefore communicate with us immediately after 
the board.

It is not too late though. I'm curious to see how they see the issue 
after the BoT meeting.

Cheers

Gene Gaines wrote:

>Veni,
>
>I will make my position clear, in response to your email below.
>
>I mean the best for ISOC; otherwise I would not be putting
>in this time.
>
>Making ISOC effective will require work and changes.  I hope that all 
>will help toward in that work.
>
>I suggest to you the issue of governing transparency and taking 
>personal responsibility for actions is the critical issue today, far 
>more important than one action of the US$75 membership question.
>
>The people who will be disappointed by the US$75 membership vote will 
>be INFURIATED by the "sense of the board" decision.
>
>So we move on and continue to work to make things good.  It
>is that way in groups where there is any sense of democracy.
>
>Differing opinions, selfish interests, greed, grabs for power to the 
>harm of the group and its objectives arise from time to time. It is the

>responsibility of everyone in the group to continue civil communication

>and work to make things right.
>
>So, Veni, I appreciate your words.  But expect many people to be 
>INFURIATED for the reason I give above.
>
>  
>
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