[Chapter-delegates] Does your Chapter want to be a remote hub for the Global INET?

[gajewski at isoc.org]

Dear Joly and John,


> Joly: It's not a Chapter. It's an independent Society. In a sovereign nation.

> John: To the contrary.  They use the ISOC name.  

The problem is that ISOC does not have an exclusive right to use the name "Internet Society" (it is registered as ownership of ISOC only in very few countries). World-wide there are several examples of NGOs named " 'country name' Internet Society" or "Internet Society of 'country name'" which are not Chapters of ISOC...  They named themselves so because "Internet Society" is simply a natural name for an NGO related to Internet and in most cases they cannot be blamed for uzurpation of ISOC ownership.

With best regards,
Jacek