[chapter-delegates] Dumb question

[Baker Fred]

On Mar 16, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Alan Levin wrote:
> Both of these items have been expressed as a need many times - over 
> and over - can you give us a definitive answer if ISOC HQ has any 
> intention of of pursuing either of these needs?

The need has been discussed among the chapters on a number of occasions 
during which ISOC HQ had no money to do the systems. It now finally has 
some money. It has been doing software work that is probably not all 
that visible to the chapters but is intended to be helpful to them, and 
the very first person ISOC has hired in one heck of a long time is Dave 
McAuley, the guy tasked specifically with looking after our various 
membership management programs.

The board has been thinking about a number of things, and has 
specifically directed staff to do certain things. You will find 
discussion of them in the board minutes and the presentations made to 
the board associated with them.

I am doing some due diligence, and I would like to see this happen. It 
isn't a program that the board has approved (though I don't believe it 
is opposed), and not one the staff has committed to.

Which is why I said "this is not an announcement". If I had wanted to 
make an announcement, I wouldn't have said that.

I would like to believe that I can ask a question of the chapters 
without getting acid comments. Is behavior consistent with ISOC's code 
of conduct a reasonable expectation on this list? If not, I will 
happily not bother replying to it.