[Chapter-delegates] Update on By-Laws revision

[Veni Markovski]

+1.
I don't think it is a wise thing to mention anywhere in the by-laws of 
national ISOC entities that they are chapters of ISOC.org.
If ISOC.org stops to exist tomorrow, all these national bodies will be 
in a limbo.

v.


On 06/26/2013 13:50, Grigori Saghyan wrote:
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> Dear All,
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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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