[Chapter-delegates] Revised Chapter Agreement

[Veni Markovski]

Give the fact that ISOC itself doesn't have limits on terms of officers,
but on Trustees, the answer if clear.
However, as a lawyer, is strongly recommend chapters looking into their
national legislation (first), and only after that - into suggestions by the
ISOC (global)(staff).
You can't have a functioning chapter, if the bylaws are not following the
national law.



On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 04:02 Amir Qayyum <qayyum at gmail.com> wrote:

> A small query: is the term limit applies to chapter officers
> (President, Vice President, Treasurer, General Secretary, etc.) only
> or it should be applied to Board members too? The revised chapter
> agreement says "officers" ...
>
> In our Pakistan Islamabad Chapter, we have 2-years term for officers
> and 3-years term for board members. Both are limited to two
> consecutive terms. The total number of terms are limited to three (I
> need to verify whether this 3-terms limit is for both, or for officers
> only ...)
>
> Amir
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org> wrote:
> > Hi Joly, Hi everyone,
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the question (and the reactions).
> >
> >
> >
> > In a few countries term length and limits are set by local NGO/non-profit
> > legislation, in which case the local legislation holds of course. In most
> > countries however this is open to the AGM of the local NGO/non-profit to
> > set.
> >
> > As Chapter officer positions are volunteer positions, our recommendation
> is
> > to have term length of 2 years with a maximum number of consecutive
> terms of
> > 3.
> >
> > We have seen that this allows for volunteers to leave a legacy and 'get
> > things done' during their mandate, but also allows for volunteer
> 'fatigue'
> > to be taken care of and to encourage more consistent succession planning.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> >
> >
> > Joyce
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: <joly.nyc at gmail.com> on behalf of Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> > Reply-To: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, 1 August 2017 at 16:54
> > To: Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org>
> > Cc: "chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org" <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Revised Chapter Agreement
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Joyce,
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for this.
> >
> >
> >
> > My first question is on the term limits clause:
> >
> >
> >
> > (ii) establish the length and maximum number of terms that any individual
> > may hold office both successively and in total.
> >
> >
> >
> > I think for many Chapters this alone would need by-law change, probably
> > requiring an AGM or an extraordinary vote. At the same time it is so
> vaguely
> > worded as to allow effectively unlimited terms. Is there a limit as to
> what
> > ISOC would accept?
> >
> >
> >
> > j
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > We understand that some of the changes in the agreement will imply some
> > changes at Chapter level and we will of course work with all of you to
> > ensure you can go through the necessary processes at local level in due
> > time.
> >
> > We will expect Chapters to sign the revised agreement before 1st of
> January
> > 2018 to still be eligible for Chapter funding.
> >
> >
> >
> > Therefore, I’d like to ask you all to review the attached Chapter
> Charter in
> > the next 30 days, until 31st August and please contact
> > chapter-support at isoc.org with any questions or specific issues you may
> have.
> > A French and Spanish version will be available later this week.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > Joly MacFie  218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast
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> >
> >
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== Sent from my phone, so any spelling mistakes are caused by the
touchscreen keyboard. Also, that's the reason for using short words and
phrases.
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