[Chapter-delegates] Elections, Polls, Electorate

[Carlos Raul Gutierrez]

Very similar to our statutes of a duly  registeted local non for profit
associaiton in Costa Rica Amir!!!

Carlos Raúl GUTIERREZ
Apartado 1571-1000
San José COSTA RICA
On Mar 16, 2016 3:32 PM, "Amir Qayyum" <qayyum at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Olivier,
>
> We have recently gone through our chapter elections (Jan 2016) and
> faced a similar issue. However, our bylaws very clearly state the
> distinction between voting and non-voting members. Everyone
> registering with us is just a member and can participate in all our
> activities, whereas only those members are eligible for "voting" in
> the elections who have attended, physically or remotely (through
> Zoom/Skype/etc.) AT LEAST two chapter meetings in the last calendar
> year. This distinguishes the active members from the non-active
> members and can be a tool to filter out some dormant members.
>
> Amir
> ISOC Islamabad Chapter
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 5:47 AM, Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > when it comes to the forthcoming elections, our chapter has in the past
> > conducted straw polls of our "members" to give our leadership team a
> > better idea of the candidate the Chapter should support.
> >
> > We do not charge fees and have over 3000 "members" both in the UK and
> > abroad. I use the quotation mark because the membership is listed on the
> > Internet Society AMS system, as people who are interested in the UK
> > Chapter's activities.
> >
> > Recently the question arose in our chapter as to who were our Chapter's
> > electorate. Is it the 3000+ names listed in the AMS system? Some might
> > say that it is not, since these names are unverified. Half of these
> > names are based abroad. So, if your chapter is without paid members, how
> > do you define your Chapter's electorate?
> >
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > Olivier
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