[chapter-delegates] Serious Discussion on Chapters Role

[Carlos Vera]

"We want to respond to the criticisms now, and I do hope that all Chapters 
will work with us to transition the program to something we can all accept."

Internet is for everyone: It´s only a slogan now?

Let´s make it serious discusion. No "pre made" facts and some irrelevant 
discusions around it.

1. Reveal the program.

2. Rethink a new participating program, in which donating money o supporting 
with money does not mean, at all, votes.

3. Put the Chapter Assembly as the real (in fact WE ARE THE WORLD) and 
maximum gobernanze organism inside ISOC.

ISOC Ecuador

Carlos Vera Quintana
International Director.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James M Galvin" <galvin at elistx.com>
To: <chapter-delegates at lists.isoc.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:28 PM
Subject: [chapter-delegates] an apology


> In advance of the staff response tomorrow and as one of the principal
> parties responsible for the new membership program, I will apologize for
> the timing of the release of the new program.
>
> We should have reminded the Chapters that a new program was coming.  It
> is a reminder because ISOC has always been a membership organization with
> paying membership, since 1992.  The introduction of this program was not
> a "proclamation from on high."  What I did was recast a program that has
> always existed.  All Chapters are welcome to criticize me for the
> program, which you are doing, and I will respond to that criticism.  In
> the meantime, I am sincerely sorry for not making all this clear before
> the release of the program.
>
> We should have made a point of letting the Chapters see the program
> before it was introduced.  But Chapters should also know that this
> program has been under discussion with the Board since before I became VP
> Chapters.  All materials have been available through the "Board" section
> of the web site.  It was never hidden from the Chapters, just not pointed
> out to you.  Links to some of the material have already been posted.
> Even so, that does not excuse the fact that we did not call your
> attention to the documents explicitly.  I am sincerely sorry for not
> calling your attention to the documents while they were under development.
>
> A serious communication mistake was made.  I am sorry for that.  Had we
> alerted you to the new program I am sure we would have had the same
> criticisms but we would have had a chance to respond to them before
> introducing the program.
>
> We want to respond to the criticisms now, and I do hope that all Chapters
> will work with us to transition the program to something we can all
> accept.
>
> Jim Galvin
> VP Chapters
>
>