[Chapter-delegates] Elections, Polls, Electorate

[Sivasubramanian M]

​ISOC England could think of a NOMCOM like process, involving those of the
active members as well as one or two leaders from other Chapters, with some
basic accountability guidelines.​

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Leah Symekher <leahs at isc.org> wrote:

> 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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