[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY President Resigns

Thu Apr 7 21:48:47 PDT 2016

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Keith Davidson <keith at internetnz.net.nz>
wrote:

> Hi Amrita, Laurie, John, all,
>
> I respect the validity of the concept of bulk funding as a method of
> supporting chapters. But there is some risk attached for ISOC in taking
> such an approach. It might be that 100 chapters pull ISOC in 100 different
> directions.

Hence, the idea of centralizing Chapter Administration, Keith?

> There would likely be high levels of duplication of efforts and energies
> with many people doing the same function. etc etc. What safeguards would
> ISOC have that the funds were not being wasted, or mis-used?
>
> Maybe the strategy could evolve towards a bulk funding model in time, but
> in the interests of taking smaller steps initially, perhaps the idea of
> having de-centralised regional or sub-regional support would be
> appropriate? It would seem more palatable to take this path, I would think,
> for the board and senior staff to be able to give serious consideration.
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
>
>
> On 08-Apr-16 4:00 PM, Amrita wrote:
>
>> Hi Keith,
>>
>> While it would be good for Chapters to receive administrative support
>> from ISOC Staff,  I tend to agree with Siva and Laurie too.
>>
>> It would definitely help if regional chapters are provided some financial
>> support, since there are few activities which if driven at the local level
>> would be more effective. One such example is the Membership drive, which in
>> most cases is a localized activity.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Amrita Choudhury
>> Delhi Chapter
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org]
>> On Behalf Of Laurie Patton
>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2016 5:34 AM
>> To: Keith Davidson
>> Cc: Chapter Delegates; George Fong - Chair
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY President Resigns
>>
>> Hi Keith
>>
>> This is just my POV. I have not run it by our board, but I have copied in
>> my chair so that he can contradict me if he so chooses.
>>
>> I recently met with Raj Singh and Naveed Haq. I was very impressed with
>> them and their desire to assist us and other chapters.
>>
>> However, I tend to think that Sivasubramanian is correct. I'm not sure
>> that secretarial assistance, website support, membership recruitment etc.
>> could effectively be provided "offshore".
>>
>> I think some direct financial support to each chapter might be a better
>> alternative.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> LAURIE PATTON
>> Chief Executive Officer | Internet Australia
>>
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>> On 8 Apr 2016, at 9:51 AM, Keith Davidson <keith at internetnz.net.nz>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Sivasubramanian, all,
>>>
>>> It certainly is an option to provide some funding to a chapter. But I
>>> wonder if there might be greater value from resources provided by ISOC. In
>>> the Asia Pacific area, for example, it could be possible to add staff to
>>> the AP Regional Bureau, who's role is specifically to support chapters in
>>> the region. So you could have multiple chapters receiving secretarial and
>>> treasury support, website maintenance, membership recruitment, further
>>> chapter development etc, and all could have consistency in terms of
>>> overarching ISOC principles, strategy etc.
>>>
>>> I think the first step of freeing up the Chapter folks to concentrate on
>>> what they want to achieve, rather than remaining bogged down in
>>> administration, would be a great start.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Keith
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08-Apr-16 11:31 AM, Sivasubramanian M wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 2:24 AM, Keith Davidson <keith at internetnz.net.nz
>>>> <mailto:keith at internetnz.net.nz>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     It would be of extreme benefit to the chapters if ISOC could provide
>>>>     administrative staff to undertake these functions.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Keith,
>>>>
>>>> Would be good for Chapters to have administrative assistance, but
>>>> Chapters might find it easier if it is in the form of a revolving budget
>>>> for chapters to engage local staff, or to cover the costs of a local
>>>> office.
>>>>
>>>> Sivasubramanian M
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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