[Chapter-delegates] Revised Chapter Agreement

[Alan Levin]

Hi all,

> On 31 Jul 2017, at 12:06 PM, Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org> wrote:
> With the increased financial support to our Chapters we also have an increased responsibility and accountability towards our community. It is the responsibility of Internet Society’s leadership to manage its funds in a responsible and transparent manner. 
> This implies that the legal relationship between Internet Society and its Chapters needs to be well defined. 

Thanks for this. I think it’s very good!  Well done Joyce and others :) 

> • Purpose of Chapter.
> The purpose of the Chapter shall be to support the Internet Society’s vision, mission, and operating principles in the Territory.

I agree that this is one purpose of the Internet Society of South Africa, and the purpose of this agreement :) 

One of our primary purposes as an association of Internet Society members, is to participate in the ICT policy making processes in our country. Another purpose is to assist our colleagues in other countries with their policy making in that country. 

We have asked for over a decade for global support on national policy making activities. I have suggested that a policy analyst who can compare various trending policies to be able to provide us with important international data about other policies in other countries of similar nature. For example we have a Cybersecurity Bill in our Parliamentary process and it will be invaluable to see an analysis of it’s components compared to other countries that have already been through that process, ideally not a US centric or “North” view, something neutral would be ideal. 

So regards this section:
> Internet Society Support.
> The Internet Society will provide the following support to the chapters in accordance with ISOC’s annual business plan:

I suggest again that we need support from ISOC Global to provide a global policy analyst to assist with support on National Policy Making activities. This should not be a local activity, it’s not regional, it's a global policy analyst  activity need that we have had for decades. Please help !

Sincerely


Alan Levin
ISOC-ZA