[Chapter-delegates] Application to form a Chapter in Gauteng

[Charles Oloo]

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On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 8:17 PM, Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Alan Levin <alan at isoc.org.za> wrote:
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>> On 22 Aug 2013, at 2:24 PM, Gabriel Latjor NDow <md at gambian.com> wrote:
>> > No, if you read my rationale for the support, you will see that I am
>> more concern with the geographic and population size. I argued that if in
>> the USA one can create several ISOC chapters (San Fran, NY, DC, etc...) for
>> better impact, then why not in African countries like SA whose geographic
>> and population size is huge? The same applies to Nigeria and some other
>> countries.
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> I would point out that there is no national chapter in the USA.  Similarly
> there is no national chapter in India.  The stated policy of
> non-overlapping geographical chapters is why I argued against ISOC Canada,
> suggesting its establishment could set a divisive precedent. Which it
> appears to have done. That said, the establishment of a formalized
> structure for national chapters with recognized divisions could prove
> useful.
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