[Chapter-delegates] Chapter financing

[Ibrahim ALIO SANDA]

+1

Ibrahim A.S.
ISOC Niger Chapter

--- En date de : Jeu 18.4.13, Augustine CHII NGEK <chii.ngek at gmail.com> a écrit :

De: Augustine CHII NGEK <chii.ngek at gmail.com>
Objet: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Chapter financing
À: "Paul Brooks" <paul.brooks at isoc-au.org.au>
Cc: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
Date: Jeudi 18 avril 2013, 7h57

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.



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Paul Brooks

Treasurer

Internet Society of Australia

www.isoc-au.org.au



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