[Chapter-delegates] Happy Thanksgiving

[Khaled KOUBAA]

Narelle,
I do agree with you. For your information Thanksgiving is Today  :)
I personally asked before for such initiative to not receive an amount 
of undesirable emails.
But I am not sure that a simple Wish email to persons and that does not 
concern other is not a big deal that make you write all this :)
I will send soon friendly and only-to-you email to wish you happy 26 Jan :)
Khaled

Narelle Clark wrote:
>
> I think we need to write a formal list charter.
>
> With a charter we can give formal and clear guidelines to list members 
> about things we appreciate being posted to chapter-delegates and 
> things we don't.
>
> There is often traffic on the list which is well meaning, but in my 
> view not useful.
>
> A group, or even our delightful employee Ann, should, off list, set to 
> drafting a charter and post it back for broader endorsement.
>
> The charter should be included as the info file sent to all new 
> members, and occasionally back to the list to remind people of what is 
> on topic, and what is off topic.
>
> I really enjoy being part of ISOC, and very much value the strong 
> international contact and understanding it brings.
>
> As such, the charter should highlight on list topics such as:
> - techniques to promote your chapter
> - joint submissions to international bodies
> - policy development methods n a chapter
> - fund raising methods for chapters
> - recommendations for running chapters
> etc
>
> off topic (in my view) would be:
> - 'me too' posts unless actually voting on something
> - repeated congratulations to new chapters (this is tricky as we need 
> to introduce ourselves and our chapters regularly)
> - items of interest only to one chapter
>
>
> Khaled, who is not alone in this type of thing (indeed I am sure I 
> have been one also, most certainly I have caused it!), has just posted 
> well wishes for what I presume is an obscure public holiday in one nation.
>
> I apologise in advance to Khaled for seeming to single him out here. 
> Please accept that this is not personal towards Khaled.
>
> We have some 92 active chapters, many of which representing separate 
> geographic regions. That leaves us with the possibility of some 92x n 
> public holidays. In addition, a number of us may observe astronomical 
> events, of which at least 4 annually are very significant. 10 chapters 
> only are in North America, and assuming only 5 are in the US 
> (excluding Canada and Mexico) then that leaves some 5 that might 
> observe that particular public holiday. Excuse me again if I have 
> jumped to a conclusion here, as I have no idea when the US 
> Thanksgiving Day is, how it is observed, or even who really observes 
> it, just that it is sometime at the end of the year.
>
> FYI - public holidays I care about are: Australia (aka Invasion) Day 
> 26 Jan, Anzac Day 25 April, New Years (Federation) Day 1 Jan and I 
> admire the Solstices and other astronomical events. I do not expect 
> well wishes for them on this list, though I would encourage people to 
> post descriptions of chapter events conducted to mark such things, 
> particularly if they work well and act as examples to us all.
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Narelle
> VP ISOC-AU
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Khaled KOUBAA
> Sent: Thu 11/22/2007 7:26 AM
> To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> Subject: [Chapter-delegates] Happy Thanksgiving
>
> Hey All,
>
> I wish you happy Thanksgiving
>
> Khaled
>

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