[Chapter-delegates] Chapter participation in the final compilation of the Revised By-Laws

[Klaus Birkenbihl]

Alejandro Pisanty wrote on 2012-10-22 17:46:
> Ted,
> 
> Thanks a lot. 
> 
> I nominate John More, Hans-Peter Dittler and Klaus Birkenbihl and move that we institute a self-organized, fast process to distill chapters' preferences into a short list of candidates. 
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Alejandro Pisanty
> Enviado desde/Sent from BlackBerry® 
> 

Thanks for the honor Alejandro. Though in general I'd be ready to accept I
have a few reservations:

 - Since the By-Laws are discussed now for a while I assume that this
   group shall do some final editing rather than make something new.
 - As from the discussion at INET2012 and later discussions on mailing
   lists I still cannot see that the way ISOC shall be controlled and
   governed reflects the spirit of its mission.
 - I still believe that being "cause based" does not require a small group
   of people in control and a huge membership with no say. (This might
   be appropriate for the Cath. church or some dictatorships. But not for
   orgs that want promote democratic virtues.)
 - Having me (and maybe the other ones that you proposed) on the committee
   bears the risk of reiterating discussions that were rather unproductive
   till now.
 - As I wrote in my last mail on this: I don't expect these By-Laws will
   significantly change the way ISOC is governed. So my preference would
   rather be to promote change by other means.

So let me summarize: yes I'd be ready to accept.

Klaus

-- 
Klaus Birkenbihl
Board member
Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE)
c/o ict-Media GmbH
http://www.isoc.de/
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