[Chapter-delegates] APPLICATION for form ISOC Democratic Republic of Congo chapter - please review

[Veni Markovski]

Alejandro,
we've discussed the Romanian proposal for quite a while now (years), 
and it was time to do it. As for Congo, I believe Didier did some 
work on the ICANN NomCom some years ago, and the work was good. But 
the general understanding which I have is that as long as there are 
volunteers within the broader ISOC community to organize themselves, 
and do some work for the good of the Internet, we, the other 
chapters, should support them. In the case of Congo, what makes good 
impression, is that they are forming an NGO to do the work. It's 
generally good for ISOC to have as chapters other organizations, 
formally founded, rather than just group of people - esp. when we 
talk about chapter approval, funding, communications, etc.

Best,
Veni


At 04:33 PM 1/22/2007  +0000, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>Veni,
>
>great to read you.
>
>Does your email imply that you know the proponents of both and trust that:
>
>1. they represent a fraction of the Internet community in their countries;
>2. are able to represent ISOC's ideals and plans;
>3. they are honest dealers who will play straight for all involved;
>4. are not overriding, sequestering, or otherwise playing foul with 
>other former or possible proponents of a chapter;
>5. will run their chapter as far as possible in a democratic, 
>transparent manner;
>6. are reasonably independent from pressures of special interests?
>
>(and so on, i.e., are you telling us briefly that you have done your 
>share of due diligence on both? I would bet you know well the 
>principals in Romania and can answer "yes" to all of the above but 
>don't know equally well how much you are acquainted with our friends 
>from Congo, as instead Wallonie and Luxembourg, i.e. Marie-Anne and 
>Patrick have documented.)
>
>This is in no way a challenge to your knowledge! My thought is that 
>when ISOC staff consults the chapter delegates on these matters they 
>are not only looking for applause and warm welcomes, which tend to 
>be well deserved, but asking for the things that Marie-Anne and 
>Patrick have replied to. We form a "Web of trust" of sorts.
>
>BTW based on the information provided till now I support the two 
>applications, and hope that someone has indeed documented answers to 
>the due-diligence questions.
>
>Yours,
>
>Alejandro Pisanty


Sincerely,
Veni Markovski
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check also my blog:
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