[Chapter-delegates] Application to form the Internet Society Chapter on Internet of Food

[Imran Anwar]

I agree with Olivier’s point of view.

Imran
http://imran.tv <http://imran.tv/> 

> On Apr 3, 2015, at 11:42, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Gihan,
> (and everyone else who has spoken to this)
> 
> I feel uneasy about the concept of a "Chapter" for several reasons:
> 
> 1. Chapter status gives it voting rights in Chapter elections, which are
> geographic in scope. Creating topical chapters open the door to abuse
> and weakens the geographic emphasis of chapters (in particular, the
> Chapter structure promotes the voices from parts of the world which
> often do not have a voice or a seat at the table) and lessens their
> voice on the Internet Society Board.
> 2. Chapters are entities that are independent of ISOC altogether and
> whilst needing to support the ISOC mission, have leeway which a SIG
> would not have. There is therefore less chance of a SIG to go off the rails
> 3. Taking a leadership role in a topical chapter risks preventing
> someone from taking a leadership role in a geographical chapter. Is it
> possible for someone to be Chair/Vice Chair of more than one Chapter?
> 
> For these reasons, I would support SIGs; topic based groups.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Olivier
> (my own views)
> 
> ps. had this proposal come on April 1st, I would have said it looked
> right in line with the forthcoming TCP-YP - Yummy Protocols
> 
> On 03/04/2015 06:13, Gihan Dias wrote:
>> On 2015-04-03 පෙ.ව. 1:33, Alejandro Pisanty wrote:
>>> I fully agree on reservations on the creation of non-geographical
>>> chapters. We already have a couple good-faith efforts which I think
>>> do their work well and can allow us to study some of the in-depth
>>> issues.
>>> ...
>>> 
>>> The idea of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) is interesting and worth a
>>> comprehensive look.
>> Although we already have the Disabilities chapter (the Interplanetary
>> chapter *may* be considered geograpical based, I too feel that we need
>> a different structure for such groups.
>> 
>> We could work on the idea of SIGs if there is enough interest.
>> 
>> Gihan
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> Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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