[Chapter-delegates] Update on By-Laws revision

[Grigori Saghyan]

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Dear All,

ISOC.AM currently is involved in local IGF organizational process, we
expect that in Armenian IGF there will be representatives from
government, NGOs and commercial structures. Based on the
mulch-stakeholder approaches, we expect, that there will be active
discussion between members, all materials we shall distribute widely.
Because it will be a  local, Armenian IGF, we need to have
representation of Armenian organizations. In this case we have to keep
our status only as a local NGO (ISOC.AM) with it's ByLaw, without
mentioning, that it is a ISOC Chapter.  We shall be unable to act as a
Chapter of a foreign organization, otherwise all our proposals will be
interpreted as a foreign influence, which will not help to conduct
ISOC principles.

I think the solution is  possible to find in  optimal organizational
structures for ISOC, based on the international experience. As an
example -  Red Cross or FIFA, where each local organization is a part
of one large association, but is fully independent from organizational
and formal  point of view.

Grigori Saghyan
ISOC.AM







On 6/24/2013 4:19 PM, Ted Mooney wrote:
> To Individual members, Chapter Delegates and Advisory Council
> members,
> 
> After consideration of the legal  and strategic requirements of the
> Internet Society and serious analysis of the views offered by its
> members and Chapters,  the Board of Trustees (BoT) has asked the
> By-Laws Working Group to share the Board's recommended revisions
> with the community for a final review. The purpose of this review
> is to ensure that these changes are clear and understood before the
> Board votes on their adoption rather than to entertain at this time
> additional substantive changes.  These recommendations include a
> number of important updates.  Some notable ones are:
> 
> *             Board composition *             Acknowledgement of
> Chapters, their voting and other rights and responsibilities, *
> The ability of both Organization Members and Chapters to form
> advisory groups *             The establishment of a process for
> Chapters to review and appeal de-chartering decisions *
> Conformance with the laws governing its incorporation
> 
> We invite you to review the attached documents. The BLWG has
> prepared two documents for ease of review,  one which shows the
> full text and where there are revisions; the other is a call-out of
> key issues raised by the ISOC community.  These documents will be
> presented to the Trustees on July 8, 2013 for the Board's review
> and for iproposed adoption of the revised By-Laws at the July 22
> meeting of the Board of Trustees.
> 
> The attached final recommendations are the product of nearly two
> years of community consultations and careful consideration and
> debate by the Trustees.  The period for substantive comment closed
> in January of this year  and all comments were thoroughly reviewed
> by the Board . In this final community review, the BLWG is open to
> comments only regarding clarity of meaning and language.  We will
> reflect  key the views on clarification received by Wednesday, July
> 3 in our July 8 report to the BoT. The By-laws Working Group
> gratefully acknowledges the thoughtful consideration and
> willingness to engage from the Organization Members, Chapters and
> Individual Members. The Board of Trustees has taken community
> suggestions very seriously and Trustees have on many occasions
> expressed their appreciation for the valuable input they have
> received from ISOC Chapters and members. Once again, thank for
> taking time to review these documents for clarity.
> 
> With best regards,
> 
> The By-laws Working Group
> 
> 
> 
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Grigori Saghyan
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