[Chapter-delegates] ISOC Business Rules

[Vittorio Bertola]

Terry Monroe ha scritto:
> The statement that ISOC chapter members must also be members of ISOC global
> actually is a re-statement of current ISOC policy as captured in: “Policy on
> the Establishment and Conduct of Chapters of the Internet Society” Doc.
> 97-02 http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/prcchp.shtml, item #6.)
> (Board approved document).  That policy states that "all members of a
> chapter shall also be members of ISOC."
> 
> Erkki has made an excellent point that individuals should be asked to make
> an affirmative decision to join both ISOC Global and an ISOC Chapter.  Under
> 1.1, an individual wanting to join an ISOC chapter also would be required to
> agree to become an ISOC global member.

We still haven't discussed the document so this is my personal take, but 
  the principle you talk about has never been really adopted before. Our 
chapter has several members who have joined us locally, because of our 
local activities, but did not join ISOC global. We might suggest them to 
do so, but what if some of them don't want? I would feel uncomfortable 
in kicking someone out of our organization - maybe an active and 
esteemed member - only because he/she isn't interested in joining ISOC 
Global as well. After all, it's two different organizations, separately 
incorporated - it's not like the local branch of a multinational.

Are you sure that the advantage of a formalized double membership is 
worth the risk of disenfranchising several people at the local level? 
After all, even if they don't formally join the global membership, if 
they're chapter members they're still in the ISOC loop and we can count 
on them.

> As to the suggestion that an individual should have the opporutnity to
> become an ISOC Global member by signing up through an ISOC chapter, that is
> something we will consider during the membership system project (the current
> ISOC Global membership system does not have this capability).  

Most of our members renew their subscription in person, whenever one of 
the Council members meets them at this or that public event. They pick 
some money out of their purse and hand it on the spot, and that's all; 
most of them never get to any Web interface or form of any kind.

In this case, would we be able to subscribe them to ISOC Global (of 
course once they accept the idea) without them having to remember to go 
to a website and fill up a form?

Also, I have some questions in regard to the use of the centralized 
membership system, as exporting personal information out of the EU is 
strictly regulated by law. Does ISOC comply with the Safe Harbor 
provisions?

Regards,
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