[Chapter-delegates] Chapter financing

[Linus Gasser]

Le 17/04/13 09:12, Jordi Iparraguirre a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> some weeks ago there was a burst of mails about how could ISOC HQ help
> chapters via subsidizing basic admin chores so chapter leaders can focus
> on mission instead of chapter administration.
>
> This is something that may not be crucial to very dynamic chapters or
> chapters in countries where law allows for corporate members, but that
> is really an issue to the ones in the deadlock of not being able to
> charge fees because they do not have enough resources to offer appealing
> payback to members.
>
> I was not in Beijing so I could not follow up on the topic, but I do not
> recall this was covered in the sessions I attended remotely.
>
>
> I'd propose to set an easy minimum common denominator goal and dates in
> order to move forward.
>
> 1- when is the deadline to enter this in the 2014 budget ?
>
> 2- can we set up a working group (staff+chapters) in order to get the
> what, how, how much, etc formal proposal before deadline set in item 1
> above ?
>
> To break the ice:
> - could it be possible for chapters to receive a monthly amount of, lets
> say, 20hours/week (ie. 1/2 FTE in local currency) to be paid if and only
> if the chapter performs a minimum of TBD specific actions/month (eg. 1
> article /week in the blog, X tweets a day, blog follows ISOC look+feel
> guidelines, 1 press release is sent every month, 1 public event a month,
> accounting and tax cleared, .... whatever TBD )

Sounds like a great idea, I have two more questions:

- who will get the money in the organisation? Shall they try to divide 
it equally through the number of persons involved?

- who will verify that the work is done? Some automated process?

Linus

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