[Chapter-delegates] Review of Chapter Application for Nepal.

[Veni Markovski]

Franck,
I've also thought on that. However, the laws usually allow to have a 
society both as legal entity (e.g. ISOC-Bulgaria), but also as a free 
organization of citizens (which is not a legal body). It depends on 
the country, conditions, traditions, and last - but not least - on 
funding, when one decides what to do.

I'd be happy to see ISOC supporting chapters switching to legal 
status, ideally non-profit for public benefit, where such a figure 
exists in the law. But surely there are countries where that's not 
possible for one or another reason.

veni

At 11:30 PM 21.12.2006 '?.'  +1200, Franck Martin wrote:
>Anne,
>
>Many thanks for this information. Many thanks also for raising the issue
>on what is a chapter and what should be the criteria to open or close a
>chapter.
>
>Personally, I have the feeling that a successful chapter starts by
>getting it a legal status in the country it is based. I see F seems to
>fulfill this part and it would be interesting to know which chapter is
>legally registered. Saying that, I also acknowledge the difficulty in
>some countries to officially register anything. So it should not be a
>hard criteria, but it would be helpful to know which chapter have gained
>this status and which chapter in formation is aiming for this status.


Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
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