[Chapter-delegates] Participation in discussions was Membership or Mission?

[President ISOC-KH]

Thanks for responding, Narelle. Let me >>>comment between the lines:

On 03/27/2012 02:53 PM, Narelle Clark wrote:
>> I try to understand: all trustees are following, but there was no "need"
>> to post in response to the many serious questions raised on this
>> Chapters list - as being discussed these weeks?
> For me it's largely a time and time zone thing.
>
> Time - this is a voluntary position
 >>> Same for most of us.
> on top of my full time job
 >>> Same for many of us.
> and
> Presidency of the Au Chapter.
 >>> Same for some of us.
> I am also a wife, mother, daughter,
or husband, father, son
> and friend. To be honest, I love all of these roles very much and in different
> ways!
Probably same.
> Time zone - the bulk of our participating membership is in time zones out
> of wack with mine, so much happens when I am asleep.
Here I do not follow: I am in Cambodia, also "out of wack" - but only 
when it is online webinars or the like.
There is no problem to participate in the off-line discussion on 
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org

> So to sum it all up, for me if something has been pointed out before I get
> to it I won't feel the need to say it again. Generally I consider that
> ideas mean more than people to a debate. This is not always, however, the
> case. Therefore, please accept I do what I can when I can as well as I
> can. Sometimes that's more, and sometimes that's less.
Same - but here is the big difference between us volunteers (busy with 
our normal obligations apart from ISOC, and and ISOC staff, no?
> best regards
>
>
> Narelle

On 27 Mar 2012 17:26:54 africa fest <africafest at hotmail.com> wrote:

But feedback from the Board is also part of the evolutionary process. We 
must engage each other as often as possible to make our Society a more 
perfect body. So sounding back in the debates ensures that we know you 
hear us and we do not have an omni-(xxx) body out there who are above us 
commoners.

Gabriel

=

My best greetings to all the other unpaid volunteers, and to the paid 
staff pleading for an understanding when a small chapter needs help as a 
chapter, not for projects only, and responses online.

Norbert