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

[Sabrina Wilmot]

Shiva,

We will address your points below in our meeting with you scheduled 
today and will send the outcome later to the list.

Regards,

       Sabrina Wilmot
       Manager, Chapters & Individual Members
       Internet Society (ISOC)   www.isoc.org
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On 10/8/2009 4:13 AM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto:rajeshaggarwal.ias at gmail.com>>
>     To: "Anne Lord" <lord at isoc.org <mailto:lord at isoc.org>>
>     Cc: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>     <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>, "naresh ajwani"
>     <naresh.ajwani at sifycorp.com <mailto:naresh.ajwani at sifycorp.com>>,
>     chapter-support at isoc.org <mailto: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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