[Chapter-delegates] ISOC-NY President Resigns

[Veni Markovski]

Agree with Eduardo -- this is not the first time such a discussion is 
taking place. Those of us, who have been around for the last 25 years 
remember a lot of similar discussions, especially around 2002-2003, and 
then around 2005-2006; some may remember more.
The frustration that Eduardo is writing about comes from the fact that 
every few years (and every few years, when there are elections, when new 
BoT members come for elections?) we spend a lot of time trying to find 
the best way for chapters to be used in a more substantive way by ISOC 
HQ. I truly believe that chapters are willing and able to contribute 
much more than they do today, and of course, all for the success of ISOC 
and its mission, and for the global development of Internet, including 
providing means and tools for affordable access, advice to governments 
to create Internet-friendly policies, etc.
That's what we have been doing since 1995 in Bulgaria.

best,
Veni
www.isoc.bg



On 04/08/16 12:03, Eduardo Diaz wrote:
> Keith:
>
> I have seen similar discussion threats as these popping out through 
> the years with no aval. It is very frustrating specially if the 
> answers that we get are the same ones every time.
>
> I hope that the Chapter Advisory Committee will be able to make a 
> difference here.
>
> We'll see.
>
> Eduardo Diaz
> ISOC-Puerto Rico
>
>  Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 4:55 PM Keith Davidson <keith at internetnz.net.nz 
> <mailto:keith at internetnz.net.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I agree with Carlos regarding the sustainability of ISOC chapters.
>
>     Currently the chapter "officers" spend inordinate amounts of time on
>     doing meeting minutes, treasurers functions, looking after the
>     website,
>     convening meetings, maintaining members lists, and other routine
>     administrivia. It would be of extreme benefit to the chapters if ISOC
>     could provide administrative staff to undertake these functions. This
>     would free up considerable time for the chapter "officers" to spend on
>     strategic thinking and advancing the issues of real importance to
>     their
>     chapters.
>
>     Furthermore, ISOC would gain considerably overall by devolving its
>     centralised authority, allowing more regional or local empowerment, to
>     deal with the issues more critical within those communities. I
>     feel the
>     current centralised structure inhibits ISOC's ability to grow. I also
>     sense from this thread there is a growing frustration with the current
>     structure, and I remain hopeful that high level strategic changes are
>     being considered by the board and senior staff.
>
>     Cheers
>
>     Keith
>

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