[Chapter-delegates] Fwd: Renewal Internet Society Chapter Charter

Sun Nov 17 12:35:53 PST 2013

Veni, the minimum performance standards are referenced in the by laws but as they are subject to operational updates and changes were not codified within the by-laws one by one. They were developed prior to my arrival at ISOC by a seven member panel consisting of five chapter leaders and two ISOC staff (Anne Lord was one of them). These were then circulated for additional comment and review before appearing in the letter of affiliation.

While I was not personally involved at all in their development, I support the MPS and believe they are truly that, minimal. Since they were developed by chapter leaders and presented to chapters for review and comment, it seems to me that operationally, a good process was followed.

Happy to discuss further going forward

Ted

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On Nov 16, 2013, at 12:17 PM, "Veni Markovski" <veni at veni.com<mailto:veni at veni.com>> wrote:

Ted, Joyce, would you, please, point me to the adequate Board resolution, agreeing the text that you sent to the chapters? I tried to find it, but was not successful.
I have also written in my original email (see below Elver's comments) that I would like to hear more on some of the items and requirements, as they are not seen in the by-laws, and I don't believe we have received an answer who created them, were they approved by the Board, and if so, why are they not in the by-laws.

best,
veni

On 10/13/13 06:49, Elver Loho wrote:
Hi all,

We received the same letter at the Estonian chapter and I quickly filed it under "things to get angry about later", because I had work to do.

My reaction may have been colored by the fact that during the last recent stink on this list, I sent a letter to Frederic on October 1st proposing a very concrete plan to start a pan-European policy cooperation working group to strenghten ISOC's presence in Europe and to get European chapters involved in actual policy work. And thus far he has failed to reply.

We really need to come back to the core questions, otherwise we'll never get these things sorted out.

1. What is the role of chapters in ISOC?
2. What is the single most important thing that ISOC expects chapters to do on a day-to-day basis?
3. How does ISOC expect chapters to finance this activity?

I may be a bit cynical here, but it seems to me that the role of chapters is to show that ISOC has widespread support around the globe, so as to get funding from PIR. And that ISOC does not expect chapters to do anything, except get more members. And that chapters should operate on an entirely voluntary basis, acquiring new disciples, new names on a list.

Personally, when we joined ISOC, I was expecting at least some sort of policy coordination and joint lobbying effort. I was expecting that chapters would get access to experts in international law, so that we could lobby better and ask questions about upcoming treaties. I was expecting that we would get access to a whole knowledge base and a network of people to help us coordinate global policy. I was expecting to get involved. To participate.

Thus far I've been disappointed beyond belief.

Best,
Elver
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On 13 October 2013 12:44, Veni Markovski <veni at veni.com<mailto:veni at veni.com>> wrote:
Hi, guys.
I guess you have received similar letters?

I already emailed Joyce that there are some issues with the requirements, mainly in the responsibility of the chapters ;-)
Seems like ISOC is not concerned too much about the EU personal data protection, or the fact that may be in some chapters you cannot be a member of the global ISOC, or that in some cases the elections of the Board may not take place every year, or every two years; or that the number of terms may not be limited; or that filing updates with ISOC may mean extra weight on the chapters to produce the documents from the General Assembly in English; or that sharing information with the ISOC staff may not be appropriate; or that promoting ISOC strategic positions could be considered very inappropriate (what? considering the position of a US-based non-profit???).

Further than that, they are telling us that if do not meet "one or more" of the "minimum standards", a process of "rejuvenation" will be initiated.

Somehow I miss all these in the ISOC by-laws, but may be someone can enlightern us?

thanks, and have a great Sunday!

v.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Renewal Internet Society Chapter Charter
Date:   Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:42:56 +0000
From:   Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org><mailto:dogniez at isoc.org>
To:     albena.arnaudova at gmail.com<mailto:albena.arnaudova at gmail.com> <albena.arnaudova at gmail.com><mailto:albena.arnaudova at gmail.com>, mitko at mitko.com<mailto:mitko at mitko.com> <mitko at mitko.com><mailto:mitko at mitko.com>, dgreve at isoc.bg<mailto:dgreve at isoc.bg> <dgreve at isoc.bg><mailto:dgreve at isoc.bg>, veni at veni.com<mailto:veni at veni.com> <veni at veni.com><mailto:veni at veni.com>, julia at isoc.bg<mailto:julia at isoc.bg> <julia at isoc.bg><mailto:julia at isoc.bg>

Dear Chapter Chair,

Dear Chapter Officers,

As previously announced and in accordance with article IV of the updated Bylaws of the Internet Society on 22 July 2013, I am pleased to send you the updated Chapter Charter letter for your Chapter, including the chapter minimum standards as well as the outline of the support to be expected from the Internet Society.

This letter reconfirms that the Chapter is chartered and approved as a Chapter of the Internet Society.

These mutual standards were developed in collaboration and consultation with the Chapters over the past couple of years prior to the Internet Society Board of Trustees review.  Their implementation was placed on hold until passage of the updated By-laws so that we could be certain that they were conform with the amended and restated By-laws. The performance standards herein reflect both the letter and the spirit of the updated By-laws.

I would kindly ask you to sign the Renewal Chapter Charter letter and return it to chapter-support at isoc.org<mailto:chapter-support at isoc.org> before the 15th of December 2013.

Additionally, in accordance with Article VIII, Organisational Members and Chapters shall each have the right to form an Advisory body for the purpose of providing information and advice to the Board of Trustees and the President of the Internet Society on matters of strategic importance to that community.

As kindly requested by a number of Chapter Officers you will receive an invitation next week to join an initial working group that will look at the creation and governance of the Chapter Advisory body.

Should you wish to review the full revised By-laws : http://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/governance-and-policies/amended-and-restated-laws-internet-society

Please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the Chapter Development Team for any further information.

Naveed Haq (Chapter Development Manager Asia-Pacific) and myself will be at the IGF in Bali as well, and have set up a calendar at http://doodle.com/6iwta8yep3kkrrpf should you wish to meet there.

I'd like to thank you for your continuous support and passion to advance the Internet Society's mission in your region.

Kind regards

Joyce

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