[Chapter-delegates] Recent Correspondence from the Cambodian Chapter

[Pornphisud Mongknonvanit]

Hello... I am new here. What is +1 mean? Are we voting now?

Pornphisud Mongkhonvanit
President
Siam Technology College
ISOC Thailand

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> On Sep 30, 2013, at 4:30 PM, Grigori Saghyan <gregor at arminco.com> wrote:
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>> On 30.09.2013 2:57, Winthrop Yu wrote:
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>>> On 9/30/2013 5:49 AM, Grigori Saghyan wrote:
>>> ... If Chapters are branches, ISOC have to pay to keep this
>>> branches, because there is no any organization with branches,
>>> where branches are self-financed. In case, if this branches are
>>> self-financed, they do not need any HQ.
>> Yes, this is an important point, but we view it somewhat
>> differently. The voting record of the Philippines is likewise
>> clear.  Much effort went into that, ISOC-PH is currently heavily
>> engaged in renewed national debates that will build-up in the
>> months to come.
>>
>> The point is this -- if we engaged with government and other local
>> stakeholders simply as a branch or satellite office of a
>> foreign-based organization, the likely response would be -- "Thank
>> you for your (international) organization's opinion, send us a
>> position paper and we will take it into consideration."  Then the
>> dialogue and engagement ends there. Instead, when ISOC-PH comes to
>> the (local) table, we say -- "We are Filipinos too, and wish to
>> articulate and convey (some of) the views and concerns of the
>> Philippine Internet community."  The resulting continuing
>> engagement is more effective.
>>
>> WYn
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>> P.S.  Yes, we do have the same administrative and financial issues
>> as many other chapters.  We are also caught in situations where a
>> handful of individual volunteers have to cover too many issues on
>> multiple fronts.  But we are also wary of the convenience
>> (expediency?) of direct financial support and how such funding may
>> affect the perception of ISOC-PH *locally*.
>>
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