[Chapter-delegates] Chapter Advisory Council - creation of an Interim Steering Committee

[Charles Oloo]

Thanks Alejandro. You must be referring to some sort of ToR that is
reflective of  actual work for the proposed Chapter Advisory Council. Am
willing to be a member.

Charles Oloo


On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 1:11 AM, Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch <
apisan at unam.mx> wrote:

>  Chris,
>
>  glad to know you are interested as well.
>
>  You may have missed this from a message of mine on October 1:
>
>  "The *one* true innovation in the landscape is the possibility in the
> Bylaws to create a Chapter Advisory Council.
>
>  Previous attempts have failed and I am among those who have had serious
> doubts about the concept. We should test it now. We know afresh much of
> what the Council should be able to do and what is out of its scope. Let's
> get on to it. I'm in if I can be considered useful."
>
>  I think that before any of us puts his/her names up for roles we need to
> start doing some actual work. What in the present landscape can a Chapter
> Advisory Council do that improves the situation, what could actually go
> wrong with it?
>
>  IMO a Chapter Advisory Council can bridge many gaps and make sure there
> is a persistent and consistent voice from the chapters. It must not try to
> take over from the chapters, however, nor become one more self-propelled
> power center or attempt to become one. IMO that is what killed a well-known
> previous regional model.
>
>  Yours,
>
>  Alejandro Pisanty
>
>
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> *Enviado el:* domingo, 13 de octubre de 2013 15:53
> *Hasta:* ISOC Chapter Delegates
> *Asunto:* [Chapter-delegates] Chapter Advisory Council - creation of an
> Interim Steering Committee
>
>
>  Good Evening:
>
>  *> The ISOC Board of Trustees … acknowledged the right of Chapters to
> form an advisory group*
>
>  Further to the Note to Chapters that we have all received from Walda
> Roseman, I suggest that it is now down to the Chapters ourselves to
> initiate the organisation of at the Chapters Advisory Council.
>
>  To this effect, I would be prepared to take on the röle of Convenor of
> an Interim Steering Committee for the creation of the Chapters Advisory
> Council. If that would be acceptable, I would be glad to see expressions of
> interest to participate in the Steering Group posted to the Chapters
> Delegates List. In the first instance, the Steering Group should comprise
> at least one recognised member from each of the principal geographical
> regions. The initial objective might be to work towards a first plenary
> meeting of the Council in mid-2014, for instance in London.
>
>  With best regards to you all,
>
>  Christopher Wilkinson
>
>  PS: For those of you who do not know me, I initiated the discussion
> about Chapter membership of ISOC in 2010 (and have had a stake in that
> since then).
> I am reasonably multilingual EN/FR/ES; and at 72 I have no interest in a
> longer-term commitment.
>
>
>
>  On 01 Oct 2013, at 21:21, Walda Roseman <roseman at isoc.org> wrote:
>
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