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

[John More]

+1

This is an extremely important concept for a program-driven organization with a governing board that is intended to have a membership who are all devoted to the same cause bringing with them important insights and skills, but not per se “representing” particular constituencies.  The various steps being taken to enhance the role of the Chapters, including the change in the number of trustees elected by the Chapters, should be designed (as I believe it has been) to make the Chapters more effective, more involved — all for the benefit of making ISOC itself more effective in dealing with the serious issues facing all of us in defending ISOC’s founders vision of what the Internet should be.

John More
Washington Chapter


On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:12 PM, Livingood, Jason <Jason_Livingood at cable.comcast.com> wrote:

> It is important to keep in mind that the Board is not “representative government” by which I mean that once elected, a Board member serves the entire mission of ISOC and all stakeholders. 
> 
> Please note that the bylaws were changed to enable Chapters to elect the same number of Board members as Organizations and IAB/IETF, a meaningful step. You may also have noticed that Chapters and internationalization/globalization now reports directly to the new CEO whereas it deeper in the organization  before. I believe both of these changes will result in good progress over time, but there are no quick fixes and good things take time as they say.
> 
> Regards
> Jason
> 
> 
> On 3/29/14, 3:18 AM, "Talha Habib" <tali2leo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> +1, would like to see action plan.
>> Thank you
>> --
>> Warm Regards,
>> Talha Habib
>> * Sent from Galaxy Note
>> ** Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>> 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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