[Chapter-delegates] Elections, Polls, Electorate

[JOHN MORE]

The Washington DC Chapter by its Bylaws restricts "members" (I.e., people on our mailing list) eligible for office and to vote to those living or working in the Washington metro area who have participated in Chapter activities or attended events. We do not use the AMS system for communications, but have our own system that does a better job of verifying and creating a database. We do attempt to reach out to our broader database of 3000 worldwide because of our active collaboration with other Chapters and our streamed events that have a broader audience. 

John More
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> On Mar 15, 2016, at 8:47 PM, 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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