[Chapter-delegates] 2014 Internet Society Board of TrusteesElections

[Houle Louis]

+1 Eric

Louis Houle
Président
Société Internet du Québec - ISOC Québec
Louis.Houle at isocquebec.org
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Le 2014-03-29 14:16, Eric Burger a écrit :
> There are three legs to the ISOC three-legged stool:
>
>  1. Chapters: the people who USE the Internet
>  2. Organizations: the people who BUILD and RUN the Internet
>  3. IETF: the people who INVENT, REFINE, and ensure an INTEROPERABLE
>     Internet
>
>
> *No* leg is more important than the other:
>
>   * Chapters represent individual people's interests, not driven
>     (necessarily) by a profit or governmental motive.
>   * Organizations represent the most people from more geographic
>     regions than any Internet Society community.
>   * The IETF represents the best in working out the best technical
>     solution, irrespective of one's company, national, or ethnic origin.
>
> Likewise:
>
>   * Without Organizations, we would not have the insights of how
>     things /really/ work.
>   * Without Chapters, we would have no heart.
>   * Without the IETF, there would not be an Internet for there to be
>     an Internet Society.
>
> This is also why, as Jason pointed out, once each Internet Society 
> community selects Trustee(s), those Trustee do not represent that 
> community. Those Trustees work for the best result for the Internet. 
> Not Chapters. Not Organizations. Not the IETF. Not even the Internet 
> Society as a corporation. Just the best for the open, free, 
> accessible, and interoperable Internet.
>
>
> On Mar 29, 2014, at 12:41 AM, Gihan Dias <gihan at uom.lk 
> <mailto:gihan at uom.lk>> wrote:
>
>> On 2014/03/29 ??.?. 9:14, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>>>
>>> Any candidate can promise to throw money at a solution and hope it 
>>> will fix itself. (Whether, once on the Board, such a position has a 
>>> realistic ability to succeed, is reasonable to ask. )
>>>
>> Evan,
>>
>> So I will refrain from making unrealistic promises.
>>>
>>> But the challenge is more than just money, it is one of changing 
>>> culture. IMO, those who are elected have a responsibility to ensure 
>>> at the Board level that chapters are a built-in characteristic of 
>>> ISOC, indeed *the* defining characteristic, not one that appears 
>>> added on as an afterthought.
>>>
>> Yes. Chapters came later in the society's evolution. However, now 
>> they are (or should be) one of the two legs of the society, of equal 
>> status with organisational members. I believe that the best way to do 
>> this to strengthen chapters by
>> 1. Making chapters be active, visible and effective at a national 
>> level, and to have chapters identify and drive national issues
>> 2. Have effective input from each chapter, through regional bureaus, 
>> to the Society. This will include - but not be limited to - the 
>> Chapter Advisory Council.
>> 3. Make chapters financially strong by supporting fund-raising at 
>> chapter level.
>> 4. Support each chapter to have at least a part time paid staff 
>> member. - otherwise volunteer officers will find it difficult to get 
>> any work done
>> 5. Encourage and support collaboration among chapters.
>>
>> I would also like to get your views on other ways of strengthening 
>> chapters.
>>>
>>> Such cultural evolution requires far more than financial 
>>> consideration to ensure chapter sustainability (though that 
>>> component is certainly part of it). I want to hear from each 
>>> candidate a vision that indicates both an understanding of this 
>>> challenge and the political capability to confront it.
>>>
>> Each chapter is unique, and will have its own challenges. ISoc should 
>> be flexible enough to work with each chapter on its own terms, while 
>> at the same time avoiding favoritism.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Gihan
>> ISoc Sri Lanka
>> BoT Candidate
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