[Chapter-delegates] Trustees! not staff! Re: Announcement about the dissolution of ISOC-KH

borka at e5.ijs.si borka at e5.ijs.si
Tue Nov 5 22:35:56 PST 2013


+1, fully agree regarding staff and the rest of  the mail..

Borka


On Tue, 5 Nov 2013, Veni Markovski wrote:

> You are right. The staffers are good people. I'd say - amazingly good
> people.
> 
> What has happened (and none of us is a part of it, so we don't know all
> details) is a sad page in the ISOC history. The HQ has to look with more
> patience and attention in cross-cultural issues. I am sure the relevant
> staff would know what's going on, and hopefully someone at the BoT would ask
> the right questions, and find out.
> 
> v.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/05/13 13:43, info at isoc.org.ec wrote:
>       Sorry my email was incomplete. Here the complete version
> 
> Maybe the problem is not staff by guidelines and policies they
> follow. 
> 
> Sometimes we look for actions where there is no option to act,
> 
> So we must work on policies, resources and responsibilities and the
> ask staff to follow
> 
> Staff are employees they do their work. Am I right?
> 
> Carlos Vera
> 
> Internet Society Ecuador
> www.isoc.org.ec
> Síguenos @isocec
> 
> El 05/11/2013, a las 12:57, Ted Mooney <mooney at isoc.org> escribió:
>
>       I think it is important to say here that all of
>        Membership & Services staff are quite saddened by the
>       decision of the ISOC Cambodia Chapter to dissociate from
>       The Internet Society.  I see there are many who take the
>       view that Chapters are treated with indifference or worse
>       by ISOC staff, yet others have found Staff to be not only
>       helpful, but enthusiastic in their support for chapters
>       and the opportunities to overcome obstacles together.  Why
>       is this?
> 
> I'm aware of a number of such opportunities for the Cambodia
> Chapter and ISOC to look together at solutions.  That none of
> these were satisfactory is very unfortunate.  It may be that
> when a single solution is all that will be accommodated, it is
> difficult to arrive at a win-win.  
> 
> I am personally amazed at how much chapters are able to
> accomplish and how much good they do for the Internet as we all
> want it to progress.  And the Internet Society is absolutely
> unique in its contributions to research, technical advocacy,
> policy development, coalition building and community support.
>  Which must be why, despite the many voiced misgivings, you all
> remain members, leaders and team mates.  Please do not stop now.
> 
> Changes are coming as we all know.  Some sooner rather than
> later.  I've voiced my optimism for the work of the Chapter
> Administrative support Working Group as well as the Chapter
> Advisory Council all led by Chapter leaders and supported by
> ISOC Staff.  It is also clear that there are constraints of
> framework, culture and infrastructure not only from region to
> region but from country to country that we acknowledge and seek
> to address head-on with flexible and multifaceted solutions. 
> 
> I agree there has been enough talk.  Actions must follow - good
> faith action from each and everyone of us.
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Ted Mooney
> Senior Director, Membership & Services
> The Internet Society
> 1775 Wiehle Avenue
> Reston, VA 20190 USA
> Office: +1 703-439-2774
> Cell: +1 301-980-6446
> eMail: mooney at isoc.org
> 
> From: Talha Habib <tali2leo at gmail.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 1:14 PM
> To: Glenn McKnight <contact at internetsociety.ca>
> Cc: ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Trustees! not staff! Re:
> Announcement about the dissolution of ISOC-KH
> 
> +1 Glenn
> 
> Thank you
> --
> Warm Regards,
> Talha Habib
> 
> * Sent from Galaxy Note
> 
> On Nov 5, 2013 8:53 PM, "Glenn McKnight"
> <contact at internetsociety.ca> wrote:
>       Hi All It's interesting reading this forum how  many
>       of the writers  are dissatisified with the staff
>       performance and in particular with the  Chapter
>        MOU. 
> 
> Perhaps  we need to do some metrics and have a survey
> completed by an independent group to everyone on the
> performance of ISOC  from Top to Bottom.   
> 
> Some of the poison pen stuff and finger pointing isn't
> helpful and it's getting people's  backs up.  We should be
> working colloboratively and building a positive spirit but
>  reading this delegate list  it's  a bit disconcerting. 
> 
> Glenn
> 
> Glenn McKnight
> Membership Outeach
> ISOC Canada Chapter
> skype gmcknight
> "The Internet is for Everyone"
> [Drafts?number=325673&view=att&th=13d35e7c9f4238cb&attid=0.1&disp=thd&zw]
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:48 AM, Christian de Larrinaga
> <cdel at firsthand.net> wrote:
>       Actually I think it is the Trustees who need
>       to wake up and smell the
>       coffee. We in part elect them. They are our
>       representatives.
>
>       I am not clear what Trustees want to achieve
>       with a network of chapters
>       as part of the new mission based ISOC
>       organisation. I hope Trustees will
>       set out some thoughts and ideas for what they
>       want for chapters and set
>       out a process including chapters directly to
>       establish a plan how that
>       can be optimally implemented.
>
>       The recent letter we all received had more
>       than an attitudinal tinge of
>       "sign and shut up" about it which is not
>       helpful if you genuinely want
>       partners around the world defining and
>       delivering your mission. It may
>       be that the trustees want to act only through
>       the staff and see chapters
>       as a way to spread the footprint to elect some
>       trustees and do some
>       fringe activities convening local people. If
>       that is the case then make
>       that clear please.
>
>       I genuinely need to know what the trustees
>       want with chapters. I don't
>       need the whole journey defined before
>       Christmas but it would be helpful
>       to get sight of the first steps at least and a
>       vision for how "we" can
>       define the journey, so by this time next year
>       there is clarity.
>
>       Christian
>       > David Solomonoff
>       <mailto:president at isoc-ny.org>
>       > 5 November 2013 03:12
>       > This is tragic - both for Cambodia's
>       netizens (past, present and
>       > future) and for ISOC.
>       >
>       > It will have long-term negative consequences
>       for the global
>       > organization in ways that are hard to
>       anticipate. But first and
>       > foremost will be the temptation for other
>       Chapters to dissolve or
>       > dissociate whenever there is disagreement.
>       >
>       > If other Chapters follow a similar path, the
>       credibility - and even
>       > the viability - of ISOC will be severely
>       damaged.
>       >
>       > The ISOC staff who allowed this to happen
>       have made a grievous error.
>       >
>       > Sincerely,
>       >
>       > David
>       >
>       > On 11/03/2013 09:26 PM, Chantra Be wrote:
>       >
>       >
>       > --
>       > David Solomonoff, President
>       > Internet Society of New York
>       > president at isoc-ny.org
>       > isoc-ny.org
>       >
>       _______________________________________________
>       > As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you
>       are automatically subscribed
>       > to this list, which is regularly
>       synchronized with the Internet Society
>       > Chapter Portal (AMS):
>       https://portal.isoc.org
>       > Chantra Be <mailto:chantra.be at gmail.com>
>       > 4 November 2013 02:26
>       >
>       > *Dear All,*
>       >
>       > *On 26 October 2013, a meeting was held
>       according to Article XII of
>       > the Bylaws of the Cambodian Chapter of the
>       Internet Society:*
>       >
>       > *Article XII. - Dissolution of the Chapter*
>       >
>       > 1. Dissolution of this Chapter by consent of
>       the members shall consist
>       > of unanimous agreement of all its officers
>       together with a majority
>       > vote at a meeting which has been publicized
>       in advance to all members
>       > of the Chapter for the purpose of taking
>       this vote.
>       >
>       > *2. Should this Chapter be dissolved, its
>       assets shall be transferred
>       > to ISOC International Headquarters.*
>       >
>       >
>       > The meeting had been called on 23 September
>       2013, stating:
>       >
>       >
>       > “It is to propose – unless real and
>       practical alternatives are
>       > identified within the following month – to
>       call a meeting of all
>       > members of our Chapter for the purpose of
>       taking a vote to dissolve
>       > the ISOC Cambodia Chapter.”
>       >
>       >
>       > *The meeting decided to dissolve the ISOC
>       Cambodia Chapter; this
>       > decision becomes effective after the present
>       Announcement will have
>       > been sent out:*
>       >
>       >   * - to all members of the ISOC Cambodia
>       Chapter
>       >   * - to the Chapter Delegates list of ISOC
>       >   * - to the Chairperson of the Board of
>       ISOC
>       >   * - to the ISOC Senior Director,
>       Membership & Services (You had
>       >     written: “If the Cambodian Chapter
>       wishes to rescind its ISOC
>       >     chapter status, a letter so stating to
>       the APAC Chapter
>       >     Development manager is sufficient” -
>       would you please forward it
>       >     there – or also to other persons in ISOC
>       beyond the APAC office
>       >     who might want to know.)
>       >
>       >
>       > This decision was taken drawing together the
>       conclusions of the
>       > correspondence with ISOC staff and ISOC
>       Chapter leaders: we appreciate
>       > very much the many encouraging comments from
>       other Chapters, and we
>       > regret that the expected correspondence from
>       ISOC staff – regional and
>       > central – was late, or not forthcoming at
>       all, and not proposing real
>       > and practical steps ahead.
>       >
>       >
>       > *The following is to be more specific:*
>       >
>       > In response to the “Interim Information:
>       Serious considerations to
>       > dissolve the Cambodia ISOC Chapter” which
>       wehad sent to you and to
>       > ISOC Chapter leaders and ISOC staff on 16
>       Oct 2013, we received the
>       > following response from Ted Mooney - ISOC
>       Senior Director, Membership
>       > & Services – on 18 October 2013, under the
>       Subject line “Communication
>       > and moving forward with the ISOC Cambodia
>       Chapter.”
>       >
>       > I quote /the mail from Ted Mooney here in
>       Italics/, to distinguish it
>       > from comments from other Chapter leaders and
>       from our own side.
>       >
>       > /Dear Chantra Be,
>       >
>       > I've followed with great interest the
>       responses from Norbert Klein on
>       > the Chapter Delegates e-list. I want you to
>       know that I and many of us
>       > at ISOC have thoroughly read your original
>       email more than once and
>       > the subsequent messages from Mr. Klein. I
>       have researched the claims
>       > made regarding the correspondences between
>       ISOC Staff and the
>       > Cambodian Chapter and the outreach attempts
>       made on both sides. It is
>       > evident that Staff has a different
>       interpretation of the data than has
>       > the Chapter. It is, in my opinion therefore,
>       not constructive to dwell
>       > on the past but to address the issues raised
>       in your message, once again.
>       > /
>       > Ted Mooney refers again to outreach attempts
>       supposedly made by ISOC
>       > staff.
>       >
>       > This is not the first time such claims are
>       made, and therefore we had
>       > responded:
>       >
>       > - We do not know “what has been communicated
>       to” the ISOC Senior
>       > Director, Membership & Services in this
>       respect – but the situation
>       > continues: neither the Singapore based ISOC
>       ASIA PACIFIC staff, nor
>       > the ISOC Chapter Development Manager,
>       Asia-Pacific, nor the ISOC
>       > Senior Director, Membership & Services have
>       responded to the detailed
>       > content in the mail from our Secretary...
>       > *- But if such mail was sent and we did not
>       receive it for whatever
>       > reason – it would be appropriate to share it
>       here on the Chapters list.*
>       >
>       >   * *
>       >     *
>       >   * *Instead of using this opportunity to
>       provide copies of such mail,
>       >     we received again just the same baseless
>       claims.*
>       >
>       >
>       > More serious is that he says /“It is, in my
>       opinion therefore, not
>       > constructive to dwell on the past.”/- He had
>       criticized our sharing of
>       > concerns about the non-responsiveness of
>       ISOC staff with other
>       > Chapters and the Chairperson of the ISOC
>       Boardto be unprofessional. He
>       > is continuing to refuse to deal with serious
>       problems. I repeat again
>       > our mail which related to one of the two
>       staff at the Asia Pacific
>       > Regional Office:
>       >
>       > = = =
>       >
>       > *“ Dear Thip,
>       > **After having received your mail, rejecting
>       our request to serious
>       > discuss the crisis for our Chapter, created
>       as a result of the general
>       > situation and legal requirements in Cambodia
>       in the meeting, and the
>       > refusal to ISOC staff to positively pay
>       attention to our situation, we
>       > do not think it would be appropriate to
>       cooperate, as a Chapter, with
>       > organizing a meeting for your 1 - 2.5 hours
>       event, for which you would
>       > like to invite the Members of the Cambodia
>       Chapter and other
>       > non-Chapter members. To discuss fundamental
>       problems within ISOC,
>       > affecting the whole membership, only among
>       officers, as you suggest
>       > (which has been tried in vain by email so
>       far) would not be in line
>       > with our history to promote and practice
>       open communication – high
>       > values regularly lifted up among the goals
>       of the Internet Society
>       > world wide and in its slogan: the Internet
>       is for everyone.**
>       >
>       > The situation and this response has been
>       shared and discussed with the
>       > Members of the Advisory Board of our Chapter
>       and is unanimously supported.
>       >
>       > Norbert Klein
>       > President, ISOC-KH
>       >
>       > *The five members of our Advisory Board at
>       that time were (reflecting
>       > the stipulation of our Bylaws “The Advisory
>       Board of five members,
>       > from important sections of the ISOC Cambodia
>       Chapter membership”):
>       >
>       > - the Head of the IT in Education Section in
>       the Ministry of Education
>       > - the Editor in Chief of a leading Cambodian
>       daily newspaper, who is
>       > at the same time President of the Club of
>       Cambodian Journalists
>       > - the President and CEO of a major broadband
>       providing ISP
>       > - a senior staff member in the office of the
>       Council of Ministers of
>       > the Government of Cambodia, and
>       > - one student.
>       >
>       > = = =
>       >
>       > We do not have much confidence in regional
>       and central staff of ISOC
>       > that has damaged the formerly good name of
>       ISOC in Cambodian society,
>       > and no word is seen from them to apologize
>       publicly or to rectify this
>       > – but instead it is considered that we are
>       unprofessional to raise
>       > such unsolved problems. We do not think it
>       is acceptable that ISOC
>       > staff visits a country, refuses to discuss
>       the problems identified as
>       > important by a Chapter, holds her own
>       meeting to which she invited
>       > some people who said they did not know an
>       hour ago that ISOC exists –
>       > and she encourages them to become members
>       and run for leadership in
>       > the elections one month later. And senior
>       staff of ISOC just keeps silent.
>       >
>       > The Documentation Center of Cambodia -
>       www.dccam.org
>       > <http://www.dccam.org> – has in every mail
>       originating from themthe
>       > sentence:
>       >
>       > *“...a society cannot know itself if it does
>       not have an accurate
>       > memory of its own history.”*
>       >
>       > The Internet Society would do well to
>       consider this also for itself,
>       > on its way into a better future.
>       >
>       >
>       > Ted Mooney continues:
>       >
>       > /*1.* Chapter by-laws. From various
>       correspondences and information
>       > sent to the Cambodia Chapter, including
>       examples of by-laws from other
>       > chapters and stated flexibility to address
>       the local needs dating back
>       > to 2011, I would like to re-iterate the
>       flexibility of the Chapter
>       > By-laws template to assure that agreed
>       Chapter By-laws account for all
>       > local laws and special circumstances with
>       respect to jurisdiction,
>       > foreign affiliation and governance.
>       > /
>       > What he calls flexibility seems more to be a
>       situation of confusion in
>       > ISOC operations. It is obvious from the
>       correspondence on the Chapters
>       > list - that not all Chapters have been made
>       to accept what is now in
>       > our Bylaws – but these problematic elements
>       continue to be on the ISOC
>       > website as “mandatory” elements. And while
>       he informs us that we are
>       > free to flexibly apply the Chapters Bylaws
>       template, at the same time
>       > “Renewal Chapter Charter letters” are going
>       out to be signed and
>       > returned by 15 December 2013, including
>       “chapter minimum standards”
>       > stating that if a Chapter does not meet "one
>       or more" a process of
>       > “rejuvenation” will be initiated.
>       >
>       > One Chapter chair commented: “Somehow I miss
>       all these in the ISOC
>       > by-laws, but may be someone can enlighten
>       us?”
>       >
>       > There is obviously no clarity and broad
>       agreement with Chapters at
>       > present about the content and role of
>       Chapter Bylaws, as some of the
>       > Chapter Delegatesmails show – with reference
>       to a lot of time spent
>       > for nothing in the past (*highlighting
>       added*in our quoting):
>       >
>       > *-------- Original Message -------- *
>       >
>       > *Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Fwd:
>       Renewal Internet Society
>       > Chapter Charter
>       > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 15:44:09 +0200
>       > From: Klaus Birkenbihl
>       <Klaus.Birkenbihl at Isoc.de>
>       > Organization: Internet Society German
>       Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE
>       > <http://ISOC.DE>)
>       > To: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>       > <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>       > <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>       > <mailto:chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>>
>       >
>       >
>       > ...I also don't foresee much change in
>       practice if we sign the letter.
>       > Nevertheless it is the wrong thing at the
>       wrong time. During the last
>       > years when chapters became more visible and
>       active we discussed so
>       > many beautiful things that could give
>       support and help to be more
>       > effective. E.g. Issue Trackers to identify
>       issues and track their
>       > resolution, Wikis to support collaboration
>       and many other things the
>       > Internet holds that other groups use to do
>       better work. So next thing
>       > we expected to see was some progress here.
>       >
>       > But instead of picking up e.g. the prototype
>       that was provided by
>       > Elena, we still lack reporting facilities
>       for projects and problems,
>       > collaboration tools, we stick to the old
>       work-intensive AMS to
>       > exchange our member data … But what we get
>       is another version of the
>       > Letter of Affiliation.
>       >
>       > Please keep in mind: it is effort, money and
>       time that is provided by
>       > chapters members that is used to do the
>       work.
>       >
>       > Financial support by ISOC is rather
>       marginal. (Did you e.g ever manage
>       > to organize an event for $2000? For our last
>       event even the fee for
>       > the room was higher.) Knowing that ISOC
>       lacks the budget to pay them,
>       > chapters - though complaining once and a
>       while - continue to work on
>       > this base.
>       >
>       > The Letter of Association says ISOC wants
>       you to perform such and
>       > such, wants to define a maximum number of
>       terms for office holders [is
>       > this really a mission related concern?], and
>       you need ["we believe in
>       > numbers"] to have that many individual
>       members, [can it be summed-up
>       > with corporations? - AMS still don't let me
>       report corporate members]
>       > and so forth. Read this while keeping in
>       mind that its chapters time,
>       > chapters money, chapters effort. Doesn't it
>       annoy you?
>       >
>       > I don't say we should be against the Letters
>       of Association but given
>       > the situation as it is - they should be the
>       result of negotiations and
>       > not a headquarters dictatorship.
>       >
>       > Maybe the newly to be created Chapters
>       Advisory would be the group to
>       > develop a template that fulfills 2 criteria:
>       >
>       > - it is balanced in terms of responsibility
>       and control, benefit and
>       > achievements
>       > - it allow**s**to be adjusted to needs of
>       individual chapters (e.g.
>       > those with a commercial branch, or with
>       corporate members, or with a
>       > special focus like accessibility ...)
>       >
>       > Such Letter of Association could have a real
>       effect.
>       >
>       > Klaus*
>       >
>       > *=*
>       >
>       > /*2.* The Chapter Administrative Support
>       Working Group is now meeting
>       > regularly to discuss various ways to address
>       Chapter issues regarding
>       > operational resources. As you have noted
>       from the discussion in this
>       > email forum, there is a wide disparity of
>       views and therefore,
>       > multiple solutions may be piloted.
>       >
>       > It is regrettable that this has not come
>       together as quickly as the
>       > Cambodia Chapter has needed, so we hope that
>       you will reconsider your
>       > voluntary de-chartering until there are more
>       widely available support
>       > options for you to evaluate. Please do keep
>       in mind that local
>       > self-sufficiency will always be a key
>       component of any operations
>       > resource strategy.
>       > /
>       > While local self-sufficiency is a broadly
>       understandable principle,
>       > the way this issue has been treated so far
>       seems to have seen this as
>       > a financial affair. We have not seen
>       response to the much more complex
>       > situation, where many people in Cambodia
>       have, over the years and
>       > again recently, been self-sufficient in
>       providing their energy, their
>       > health, their freedom, and in some cases
>       their lives in the struggle
>       > for justice and in the struggle to be free
>       to communicate about it.
>       > Alot of public support, legal assistance,
>       and care for victims, is
>       > however not based on local finances, but is
>       provided by organizations
>       > and institutions extending external
>       solidarity funding support.
>       >
>       > We have shared information that
>       communication technology and
>       > information networks are fairly well
>       developed in Cambodia and there
>       > are working groups, regular activities,
>       IXPs, organized structures,
>       > Barcamps (the most recent one a week ago
>       with more than 2000
>       > participants)– quite a number of the ISOC
>       Cambodia Chapter members
>       > provided leadership in these fields. Our
>       inquiry if ISOC could
>       > financially assist in setting up and
>       initially operating an office was
>       > clearly related to the specific government
>       regulations (*following the
>       > ISOC staff guided Bylaw: “The Chapter shall
>       be established as a
>       > non-profit organization under the laws of
>       Cambodia”*).
>       >
>       > If ISOC staff considers financial /“local
>       self-sufficiency [...]
>       > always be a key component of any operations
>       resource strategy”/we are
>       > out for the time being.
>       >
>       > One comment on the Chapter list had said
>       there is no need for us to
>       > defend ourselves – ISOC staff may have to
>       defend themselves instead.
>       > We leave this open – but if anybody is
>       interested in our context, you
>       > may find some more information about local
>       contributions at the Annex
>       > at the end of our Documentation to be sent
>       out separately. This
>       > material – voices from the Chapters - may be
>       of value for the work
>       > following a recent ISOC Board decision that
>       “acknowledged the right of
>       > Chapters to form an advisory group.”
>       >
>       > /*3.* We once again call upon the Cambodia
>       Chapter to a) participate
>       > with ISOC staff in a conference call to
>       speak forthrightly about the
>       > issues you raise, b) participate in the
>       regularly scheduled Asia
>       > Chapter Webex calls in which most other Asia
>       chapters are now
>       > participating. Regarding, a) above, we have
>       noted your concern that
>       > many Cambodia Chapter officers cannot attend
>       a call at one time for
>       > work-related and other obligations. We are
>       very willing to have
>       > multiple calls to accommodate various
>       schedules and to be held at
>       > times that allow as many officers to attend
>       as possible.
>       > /
>       > We did not participate lately in such
>       conference calls or webinars as
>       > our experience over the years is that such
>       talks did not lead to much
>       > results. Especially multiple sessions on the
>       same subject ended up
>       > with open questions: What was really
>       discussed or decided? Email
>       > exchanges leave much clearer records.
>       >
>       > /On another note, there is currently a
>       Chapter workshop in Bali ahead
>       > of the IGF. I hope the Cambodian
>       representative will take the
>       > opportunity to speak to Naveed ul Haq,
>       Chapter Development Manager for
>       > Asia, Joyce Dogniez Director of Chapter
>       Development and Raj Singh our
>       > Regional Bureau Director. Such a
>       conversation presents an additional
>       > opportunity to resolve timing conflicts and
>       help us all get to a
>       > resolution of the issues.
>       > /
>       > Ted Mooney added:
>       >
>       > /“This is unfortunate as there is a travel
>       fellowship available for
>       > the each Asia Chapter to attend in which
>       expenses are covered. My
>       > assumption was that surely you would take
>       advantage of such funding
>       > from ISOC particularly when your
>       representative would have a forum
>       > with ISOC executives in which to discuss
>       your specific issue. Why did
>       > you chose not to attend?”
>       > /
>       > The fact that intensive communication on the
>       Chapter list, with
>       > several calls from various Chapter leaders
>       calling on ISOC staff –
>       > central and regional – to respond to the
>       contents of our mail did not
>       > result in such responses, was not an
>       indication that to meet in Bali
>       > would provide the practical and timely
>       responses we were hoping for.
>       > We did not want to ask for such
>       international travel support for one
>       > person to talk to ISOC staff traveling to
>       Bali to talk about things
>       > for which the 90 ISOC staff and advisors
>       could not organize written
>       > responses in the months and weeks before.
>       >
>       > And finally, Ted Mooney said:
>       >
>       > /“Also, I think we needn't burden Chapter
>       Delegates with a lengthy and
>       > hopefully fruitful conversation between us
>       in email. I will no longer
>       > be posting my responses to you to the entire
>       list.”
>       > /
>       > Here the ISOC Senior Director, Membership &
>       Services, is obviously not
>       > in line with the many Chapter leaders who
>       were interested and did
>       > actively participate in the related
>       discussions on the Chapters list.
>       > As Ousmane MOUSSA TESSA from the Niger
>       Chapter wrote:
>       >
>       >
>       > *Hi all,
>       > +1 Veni! [Bulgaria]
>       >
>       > In my previous mail I tried to share a quiet
>       simple idea of the
>       > "ecosystem" of ISOC. Veni summarized what
>       this ecosystem must be. I'm
>       > just thinking it just a global decentralized
>       process, as Chapters
>       > don't be considered as "subsidiaries" of
>       company with an HQ and Board
>       > of Trustees!
>       >
>       > BTW, I agree 200% with Veni about the fact,
>       and keeping in mind that
>       > "the strength of a chain is based on the
>       quality of its weakest link".
>       > Hence, let's support each other to move
>       steadily and forward a visible
>       > thread, so even the newcomers can jump easy
>       in one the various wagons
>       > of ISOC.
>       >
>       > Keep on talking, talking again, in the only
>       aim to ... to sharpen our
>       > current and future actions and overcome
>       inherent difficulties of our
>       > Global "institution".
>       >
>       > All the best
>       >
>       > Ousmane
>       > Niger Chapter
>       > *
>       > We continue to share our communication.
>       >
>       >
>       > We are committed to the “basic values” for
>       which many persons around
>       > the world became members of the ISOC – and
>       it is our assumption that
>       > many of our present Chapter members may want
>       to continue to be members
>       > of ISOC, for which they had to sign up
>       before being able to become
>       > members of a chapter.
>       >
>       > Probably there will also be an informal
>       fellowship of “Friends of the
>       > Internet in Cambodia” - and there may be
>       interest in the future to see
>       > how the recent decisions of the ISOC Board
>       thataffirmed the role of
>       > chapters in the governance and mission of
>       the Internet Society will
>       > work out, especially when a Chapters
>       Advisory Group will have done its
>       > work and hopefully the clarification of the
>       role and relation of staff
>       > and chapters may lead to a new start of
>       ISOC.
>       >
>       >
>       > Be Chantra
>       >
>       > chantra.be at gmail.com
>       <mailto:chantra.be at gmail.com>
>       >
>       > (still) Secretary of the ISOC Cambodia
>       Chapter
>       >
>       > until this announcement is sent out.
>       >
>       >
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> -- 
> 
> Best, 
> Veni Markovski
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