[Chapter-delegates] Chapter financing

[Ernesto cruz]

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Ernesto Cruz
ISOC Puerto Rico
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On Apr 17, 2013, at 4:12 AM, Jordi Iparraguirre <ipa at josoc.cat> wrote:

> 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 )
> 
> Thanks for your time considering it and apologies if this is already running and I'm out of the loop.
> 
> rgds,
> jordi
> 
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