[Chapter-delegates] Chapter financing

[Augustine CHII NGEK]

Hi,
This discussion has been going on for long and has garnered a lot of
support from members. I do think the ISOC Board should look at this
proposal so that we can take a decision about it. This will help to start
another discussion and move ahead. There is much to discuss and do.

CHII Augustin
ISOC Cameroon Chapter



On 18 April 2013 02:18, Paul Brooks <paul.brooks at isoc-au.org.au> wrote:

> On 17/04/2013 6:12 PM, Jordi Iparraguirre 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.
>
> Count me in for any further discussions on this.  Back when we could
> afford a
> part-time staff member, things happened. Now that we are, like many other
> chapters,
> reliant on people with other day-jobs finding precious spare time, or
> finding
> indulgent employers that don't mind some work time being spent on ISOC
> business and
> administration, a lot less happens.
> There seems to be threshold for effectiveness - if we can help get
> sufficient funding
> to chapters to get over the staffing threshold, then the effort can become
> self-sustaining and growing as the resources start bringing in more
> membership funding
> and grant funding than their salaries are consuming. We have to recognise
> that our
> passionate representatives and backoffice workers can't get by on passion
> alone, they
> also need to eat - or they burn out and leave, which we have seen too much
> of.
>
> Regards,
>     Paul.
>
> --
> Paul Brooks
> Treasurer
> Internet Society of Australia
> www.isoc-au.org.au
>
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