[Chapter-delegates] Chapters Advisory Council

[Sivasubramanian M]

Dear Evan,

Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> Hello Salam,
>
>
> For those of us (like me) who are not familiar with ISOC jargon such as
>> “CAC is a vital and necessary milestone in the cultural evolution of the
>> Internet Society”
>>
>
> ​I did not attempt to confuse anyone. I was stating that as my personal
> opinion. That was *my* jargon. :-)
>
> There are many here who have been involved in ISOC chapters​ far longer
> than I have been. But it was my observation to date that Chapters, until
> recently did not have adequate representation as one of the three pillars
> of ISOC (IETF, Organizational members, Chapters). They lacked a coherent
> voice through which to advise ISOC on issues as they relate to the needs of
> Chapters, both regarding internal development and contribution to global
> efforts on policy advocacy and education.
>
> The election of Board members by Chapters was one important step. The
> bylaw changes that encouraged formation of a Chapter Advisory Council (to
> operate in parallel with the Organizational Member Advisory Council which
> already exists) were another.
>
> I have heard many ideas in my conversations with other Chapter leaders and
> members, ideas of how to better make use of the Chapter infrastructure to
> contribute to this truly unique facet of ISOC. Some are internal; (capacity
> building, leadership development, day-to-day operations, daily management)
> and some are external (outreach, events, public policy, fundraising, etc.)
> While I do not want to presume what others might want from it, there are a
> number of benefits of having a Council as, amongst other things, a
> bidirectional liaison between Chapters and the Board. (This is not the same
> as Board members who are elected by Chapters; once on the Board they are no
> longer directly accountable to the voters (until their next election).
>


​Apart from enabling better connections, there are several ways by which a
Chapter Advisory Council could help initiate / support global programs as
inter-chapter collaborative programs ( for e.g an event by ISOC England and
Chennai, that the Chapters around the world might find useful ) A Chapter
Advisory Council could support and help organize Chapter programs on a
scale beyond the the scale of the Chapter Events / programs that are at
present rather local. There would be several positive developments
following the formation of the proposed Chapter Advisory Council, so we
could move forward swiftly.

Sivasubramanian M
Internet Society India Chennai



>
> I hope these answer your questions, at least partially. Many more will be
> answered when the next draft is released.
>
> ​- Evan​
>
>
>
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