[Chapter-delegates] 2014 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections

[Talha Habib]

+1, would like to see action plan.

Thank you
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Warm Regards,
Talha Habib

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On Mar 29, 2014 9:42 AM, "Gihan Dias" <gihan at uom.lk> wrote:

>  On 2014/03/29 පෙ.ව. 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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