[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Bangalore, India

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello,

In the list of members for the proposed Bangalore chapter the members'
organizational affiliations are not shown. Only one of the proposers has
identified himself as from Oracle India Business Center (which now includes
Sun Microsystems?)

The proposal for the Bangalore chapter is to cover the geographical area
"which includes (but is not limited to) Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai,
Goa and nearby areas" The chennai chapter is chartered to cover the
geographical regions of Tamilnadu (Chennai), Kerala, Andhra Pradesh
(Hyderabad) and Karnataka (Bangalore). The proposal for Bangalore is to
split away 75 out of our 120 members.

Are we to become a chapter of 45 members from being a chapter of 120
members? Are we to abandon all work being planned in Bangalore? Should I go
back to the chapter list to say that those from other regions have to join
the Bangalore chapter? (It wouldn't make sense if those from Bangalore
continue with the Chennai chapter, if the Bangalore proposal is approved.)

It would have been a natural progression if we waited till there is some
more activity at Bangalore and proposed on our own a chapter in Bangalore
for the convenience of those in Bangalore. Instead this application is
received and being processed as if Bangalore is completely unrelated to the
Chennai chapter.

A chapter in Bangalore is a good idea. A chapter is Hyderabad is a good
idea. Rammohan of Affilias and Rajesh Aggarwal of ISOC Delhi have said this
and I agree. But ISOC Chennai already includes Bangalore and Hyderabad and
why would anyone show an interest in altering the constitution of ISOC
Chennai? This is not right.

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy



On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Franck Martin <franck at avonsys.com> wrote:

> I'm all for the creation of new chapters in India, but the whole point of
> this discussion was that:
>
> 1) ISOC HQ should direct members first to existing chapters
> 2) if ISOC members are willing to create a new chapter, then they should
> get as much as possible the blessing of existing near by chapters especially
> when the proposed chapter is in the area of a previously chartered chapter.
>
> Franck Martin
> http://www.avonsys.com/
> twitter: FranckMartin <http://twitter.com/FranckMartin>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rajesh Aggarwal" <rajeshaggarwal.ias at gmail.com>
> To: "Anne Lord" <lord at isoc.org>
> Cc: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>, "naresh
> ajwani" <naresh.ajwani at sifycorp.com>, chapter-support at isoc.org
> Sent: Saturday, 3 October, 2009 2:32:58 PM GMT +12:00 Fiji
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in
> Bangalore, India
>
> Dear All,
>
> I fully support Ram Mohan's remarks regarding the need to have a separate
> chapter for Bangalore. When we revived Delhi Chapter more than a year ago,
> we had detailed discussions on this multiple Chapters issue from people from
> many walks of life and different cities. Consensus was that rather than
> forming a single All India ISOC Chapter, we should encourage "different
> flowers to bloom"- that is, different Chapters in major Metros at least. I
> am sure that you will soon receive Applications from Hyderabad and Mumbai-
> all of us should encourage this rather than trying to throttle new ones from
> coming up.
>
> Rajesh Aggarwal,
> (earlier from NIXI, now moved on to new Assignment in Mumbai)
>
>
>
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