[Chapter-delegates] Elections, Polls, Electorate

Thu Mar 17 13:15:21 PDT 2016

Here is  our open and transparent  NOMCOM  process for  Internet Society
Canada

http://www.internetsociety.ca/board-nominations-now-open/

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On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 3:48 PM, Alejandro Pisanty <apisanty at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> these ideas may be interesting. How do they apply in ISOC Chennai? Have
> they increased the shared activity of the Chapter members?
>
> Why would ISOC England, one of the most mature and tested-in-battle ISOC
> Chapters, need any outside intervention?
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>>> -------------------------
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