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

Fri Apr 3 13:18:52 PDT 2015

+1 Even je partage entièrement  votre point de vue.

Cordialement
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Le 3 avr. 2015 20:44, "Evan Leibovitch" <evan at telly.org> a écrit :

> Hi all. Forgive my lateness in participating, I've been somewhat ...
> distracted ... this month.
>
> But this topic is of significant interest to me.
>
> Sometime back, when working on the Chapter Advisory Council charter, John
> More and I already had quite the extensive discussion on this topic. Being
> rather newish to ISOC, I was inquiring about the origins of the
> Interplanetary Networking and Special Needs Chapters. They seemed, to me,
> incongruous with the general nature of Chapters which are geographically
> based. While one could have an affinity, interest, or even passion for
> other locations, one (generally) was located in realm of a single
> geographically based chapter. In other bodies in which I have participated,
> there has been the dual concept of geographical groups (often called
> Chapters or Locals) and subject-based groupings (which in many instances
> are known as Special Interest Groups (or SIGs). (Within ICANN At-Large, the
> equivalents of the geographical and subject groupings are RALOs and Working
> Groups respectively.)
>
> There are often significant structural differences between Chapters and
> SIGs:
>
>    - Chapters are intended to be very culturally-specific, tuned to the
>    mores, languages and institutions of the local environment except for
>    interactions with other Chapters (and in our case with ISOC Central). They
>    are focused to communicate with the local public and (when applicable)
>    advocate the group's interest within local political structures.
>
>    - SIGs, on the other hand, are global in nature (to the extent
>    generally reflected by its membership). They tend to standardize on a
>    single language (usually English, for better or worse) for their
>    communications, however the commonly embed the topic-specific jargon that
>    might be just as strange to an outsider as a foreign language. Focused on
>    specific interest, each SIG provides a global forum and tends to focus on
>    research and education rather than political advocacy.
>
>    - When Chapters and SIGs are at their best working together, the SIGs
>    develop policy and education on topics of global interest which are then
>    localised and communicated (to the public, Internet community, policy
>    makers, etc as required) using locally-relevant language and methods.
>    Meanwhile, Chapters use local events and topical issues to help increase
>    SIG membership (which often helps then grow themselves too).
>
> So in this sense I think of Chapters as vertical and SIGs as horizontal,
> not only usefully complementary but (IMO) necessary. It's the best
> embodiment of ISOC's service to both parts of the phrase "think global, act
> local".
>
> In addition to "Interplanetary Networking" and "Disability and Special
> Needs" (which are really functioning as SIGs though chartered as Chapters)
> and "the Internet of Food", I could easily see a number  of other SIGs that
> might attract attention. Some, such as "ISOC Francophonie
> <http://www.isoc-francophonie.org/>" have already been envisioned but not
> yet able to find an appropriate place in the current infrastructure.  I
> myself would have a very high interest in an "ICT for Development" SIG, and
> I'm sure than many of you can think of others.
>
> SIGs, IMO, should not have such strict rules for formation (or
> dissolution) as Chapters. If a minimum number of people are interested, to
> me, that's enough to set up a mailing list and an entry in a directory for
> interested members so long as they adhere to ISOC goals and principals. In
> fact, I personally would extend SIG participation to organizational members
> that share common cause with appropriate SIGs.
>
> Arguably, one of the stumbling blocks so far has been the lack of
> structures within ISOC for accommodating SIGs. That will chance once the
> Chapter Advisory Council charter is approved, for the CAC will have the
> ability to create subgroups. This process, to me, can be the perfect method
> for maintaining a number of SIGs which are independent, yet work with the
> Chapters to further advance their own goals. And that is why John and I
> were having this discussion in the first place, many months ago.
>
> I welcome the support of the SIG concept and hope it is advanced. It has
> the potential to help turn individuals' personal passion into ISOC's global
> action.
>
> - Evan
>
>
> On 3 April 2015 at 13:47, <apisanty at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Vint,
>>
>> While there will still be opportunities for gaming the system, this seems
>> to be the way forward.
>>
>> Let's see that staff proposal - listening, as has been said, to other
>> voices; not the least, the Board of Trustees, esp in our case those elected
>> by the Chapters. And, IMO, get the SIGs in motion so we can see form follow
>> function.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>> Alejandro Pisanty
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>>
>> ! !! !!! !!!!
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vint Cerf <vint at google.com>
>> Sender: "Chapter-delegates" <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org>Date:
>> Fri, 3 Apr 2015 13:25:04
>> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond<ocl at gih.com>
>> Cc: Chapter Delegates<chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Application to form the Internet Society
>>  Chapter on Internet of Food
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