[Chapter-delegates] Role of chapters

[Barrack Otieno]

Elver,

Permit me to show my face even though you have asked that we hold our
comments. you have asked very difficult questions, i agree with Narelle
that probably we should not draw staff into this. I think we need to
re-engineer our Strategy. Indeed African Chapters met senior ISOC staff in
Durban and we had a similar debate even though we did not have clear
answers since the Staff equally needed time to think through a win win
situation. I would suggest an open minded approach on this issue from both
Chapter leaders and ISOC management in charge of the organizations strategy
so that we can arrive at a sober decision. The fact that we are having this
debate shows that we have come of age, we are thinking globally and acting
locally and need to be empowered more, my proposal to ISOC is to consider
whether it is feasible to support at least one staff per Chapter in
addition to the other support being extended. The chapters in return should
remit a certain percentage of membership fees back to the ISOC HQ to ensure
we are able to sustain this model, this is just a thought that we can build
around.

Barrack Otieno

Kenya Chapter


On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 5:54 AM, Narelle Clark President ISOC-AU <
President at isoc-au.org.au> wrote:

> Hi Elver
> I have to say the questions you posed worry me somewhat and I need some
> clarification.
>
> Were you meaning to direct them at the staff of ISOC itself, or staff of
> the chapters?
>
> If you were meaning to gather answers from the ISOC staff themselves, then
> I am concerned for the implications for them - they will all have entered
> into their jobs in good faith, and I am confident they do the best job
> they can. It is up to the management of ISOC to ensure appropriate
> staffing strategies, including training and guidance on the topics you
> mention.  These sorts of things should be documented on the ISOC web site,
> also. There is a duty of care towards the staff and that duty of care may
> not be served by a discussion that seems to involve them justifying
> themselves. At least that's how it comes across to me.
>
> If you meant them to be answered by the staff of chapters, then the
> answers will vary - what sort of outcomes are you trying to achieve? Are
> you trying to pool the answers for a combined approach to the challenges
> we all face?
>
> On that note, I can answer for my chapter - we currently don't have any
> paid staff, but we do hope to within the year. The specifics of that role
> are yet to be determined, but in the past such a role has included (in no
> particular order): policy development, submission management, event
> management, member liaison, media liaison and - of course - fund raising.
>
> On Tue, October 1, 2013 5:36 am, Elver Loho wrote:
> > I know there are some people reading this email, who are in a salaried
> > position funded by ISOC. I would like to ask all of you, who fit this
> > description, to reply with a single paragraph of no more than 5
> sentences,
> > outlining your personal understanding on the following three issues:
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
> Narelle
>
>
>
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>
>
> Narelle Clark
> President
> Internet Society of Australia
>
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