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

[Joly MacFie]

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <
apisan at unam.mx> wrote:

> I would be much less concerned about individual monetary contributions or
> membership fees at this point and look to expand the membership of the
> Yemen chapter mostly by goodwill and the value proposition of ISOC. Funding
> at this stage can be secured in many other ways, while arrangements to
> charge fees are expensive and cumbersome, and the fees themselves may
> disincentivate potential members.


OTOH there is the idea that payment can enhance the sense of
stakeholderism, and result in a committed membership.  I think that there
are not a few "open" chapters that were founded by a core of what ISOC
refers to as "sustaining members" and originally served as professional
organizations,  ISOC-NY among them, if not ISOC itself, As far as separate
funding, donors often may look to match what the participants will put up
themselves. Once the chapter is on a firm footing, capacity building,
including membership restructuring can be contemplated.

I laud the idea to create a home for the Chapter. I'd be happy myself  to
kick in a few $$.

I look forward to the chapter's establishment, when I can proselytize it to
my increasing number of Adeni fb friends.

j
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