[Chapter-delegates] Elections, Polls, Electorate

[Leah Symekher]

Hello:

With close to 2000 regional and global members SFBay Area ISOC Chapter 
has had the same struggles with its membership. Last year we went 
through a painful exercise to identify active and informational only 
members so we could better focus our communication and engagement. 
During the board election only the active members voted. We still have 
some way to go but I like the ideas shared in this email string.  The 
ISOC membership database and Connect have been somewhat helpful but a 
challenge as well especially for targeted communication.

Regards,
Leah Symekher
SFBay Area ISOC Chapter


On 3/16/16 12:01 PM, Amir Qayyum wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> Yes, the obvious question is how we track the attendees ...
>
> In all the chapter meetings, an attendance sheet is circulated, so
> that all those who are physically present can mark their attendance.
> The General Secretary then enters the attendance of all those who are
> participating "online". At the end of the year (in December), the
> General Secretary compiles the attendance data from the signed
> attendance sheets, and then provides the eligible voting members list
> to the election committee. The signed attendance sheets are always
> available as a proof IF the election committee wants to verify the
> voters list.
>
> As per our bylaws, this is not only required for the voters, but also
> for all the candidates, for all chapter positions. Again this helps us
> to have office bearers being elected from the active members only.
>
> This system is working for us (at least for the time being) ...
>
> Amir
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:25 PM, Christian de Larrinaga
> <cdel at firsthand.net> wrote:
>> Amir, How do you keep tabs of this?
>>
>> Christian
>>
>>> Joly MacFie <mailto:joly at punkcast.com>
>>> 16 March 2016 at 16:07
>>>
>>> That isn't a bad system, Amir.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Amir Qayyum <mailto:qayyum at gmail.com>
>>> 16 March 2016 at 14:31
>>> 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
>>>
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>>> Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <mailto:ocl at gih.com>
>>> 16 March 2016 at 00:47
>>> 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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