[Chapter-delegates] My comment to the the board re:supporting chapters

[Keith Davidson]

Very sensible suggestion Jason. As I was saying elsewhere, it is more 
likely the board will agree to a single coherent plan.

Cheers

Keith

On 09-Apr-16 8:34 AM, Livingood, Jason wrote:
> Sounds like it is time for the advisory committee to develop a consensus
> view and put forward a proposal for ISOC’s consideration. Take advantage
> of your new organization and the power of having one voice.
>
> JL
>
> On 4/8/16, 5:22 PM, "Chapter-delegates on behalf of Dave Burstein"
> <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org
> <mailto:chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org> on behalf of
> daveb at dslprime.com <mailto:daveb at dslprime.com>> wrote:
>
>     Folks
>
>     Later today, following up on a discussion at the North American
>     chapters, I'm going to suggest this to the board. Improvements
>     welcome but I'm moving quickly. If you have opinions, I suggest you
>     write board members directly or ask a question in the open, web
>     streamed meeting. I'm happy to share the emails of board members who
>     make them publicly available, which is most.
>
>     My suggestion on how to move forward:
>
>     First, that ISOC start immediately on a program to allow chapters to
>     decide how to spend, say, 3% of the ISOC budget.
>
>     I suggest the first step should be modest, perhaps a $2,000-$10,000
>     allocation to each _active_ chapter. The guideline would be to spend
>     the money as ISOC is currently spending on chapter support: events,
>     expenses to F2F events, web sites, necessary fees for non-profit
>     status, ...
>
>     It should be accompanied by serious but easy to follow rules on
>     accountabilty.  For example, any amount spent above petty cash must
>     be reported on a simple web form within 30 days and posted so others
>     can see where the money is going, Someone independent should check
>     the accuracy of the bank account fairly regularly.
>
>     Sure there will be some wastage, but there's some waste in
>     everYthing we do. Modest supervision should keep it under control.
>
>     Second, that staff discuss in depth with the relevant chapters any
>     major policy move, _before the policy is decided._ (Unless it's
>     urgent.) This is the right way to run the organization. It also will
>     lead to better policy choices.
>
>     Our staff is skilled but not expert in everything. For example, a
>     top staffer made a forceful policy recommendation that would have
>     resulted in 30-50% less wireless capacity in Kenya. (LTE Carrier
>     Aggregation efficiency takes some study to understand,) We
>     particularly lack detailed knowledge of the networks in other
>     countries. In an ITU filing, we insisted on competition as the
>     solution. The cintext was mostly about bringing broadband to rural
>     regions that have difficulty attracting even a single provider.
>     Competition can be great but doesn't work everywhere.
>
>     ----------------------
>
>     Kathy has done an excellent job getting members to speak up. If we
>     are to be a bottom-up, multi-stakeholder, however, we need to get
>     the stakeholders involved in decisionmaking as well.
>
>     Everyone, including the board, has been in general agreement on
>     deepening the chapter role. A former board member tells me this has
>     been an issue for over a decade.
>
>     TIme to make it so.
>
>     Dave Burstein
>
>
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>
>
>
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