[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-DC bylaws - geographic restriction clause

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello

Whether or not stated in the bylaws, all Chapters with geographic names are
deemed to be geographic chapters.

But at the same time Chapters could adopt it as a convention to be open to
members of other Chapters from anywhere. ISOC Chapter guidelines allow
membership in multiple chapters. This needs to be encouraged.

Chapters may also be open to prospective members who express a particular
interest in joining a Chapter beyond his geographic region. (ISOC England is
'indicative'ly a Chapter for the people of England but if someone from India
or Spain wishes to be a part of Isoc England, the Chapter shouldn't refuse
to consider membership. )


Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
Isoc India Chennai



On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Marcin Cieslak <saper at saper.info> wrote:

>
>
>
> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Joly MacFie wrote:
>
>  The ISOC-DC chapter in formation are in the process of formulating a
>> set of by-laws.
>>
>>
>>
>> James Galvin has questioned a geographic restriction to the effect
>> that members must be from the local area.
>>
>> Drafter James More responded  that 1) other chapters have geographic
>> boundaries, and 2) the restriction could be removed.
>>
>> Does any other chapter have such a restriction?
>>
>
> ISOC Poland bylaws (from 2000) say, that the chapter operates
> on the territory of the Republic in Poland and *may* operate
> outside of it. What this practically means that we need to travel to
> Brussels from time to time due to our EU activity.
>
> Please have a look at the board resolution 97-17 "ISOC Chapter Policy"
> (from 1997):
>
> 3. Scope of Chapters
>
>  Chapters may be established on a non-exclusive basis to cater to
>  the needs of any specific, cohesive community of interest. Generally
>  this will be a regional community within national boundaries.
>
>  Where a significant overlap of the defined communities arises from
>  the proposed creation of a new chapter, a compelling reason must
>  exist for such a redundancy. This does not preclude formation of
>  City/State/Province/Department chapters where a chapter already
>  extends to national boundaries.
>
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/general/trustees/mtg11.shtml
>
> Basically, the rule is to avoid direct territorial competition.
>
> --Marcin
>
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