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

[Vint Cerf]

I can't speak for the others but voting rights are less important to me in
this case  than a basis for community dialogue. Make us a nonvoting SIG if
you have to.
V
On Apr 3, 2015 11:42 AM, "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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