[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY President Resigns

Fri Apr 8 04:20:52 PDT 2016

Carlos Raúl Gutiérrez
On 7 Apr 2016, at 22:28, Keith Davidson 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. 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?

A second stop at the Chapter Advisory before funds are disbursed (let 
call it peer to peer control)
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Sivasubramanian M 
>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>
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