[Chapter-delegates] Revised Chapter Agreement

[Joyce Dogniez]

Dear Amir, 

Good to hear from you! I hope all is well.

The length and number of terms can be different for Officers and Board members as long as they are defined in your local bylaws. 
It looks like you are all set (

Thanks a lot

Joyce
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Amir Qayyum <qayyum at gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, 2 August 2017 at 10:01
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

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,
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> Thanks for the question (and the reactions).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks a lot
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> Joyce
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> 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
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> Hi Joyce,
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> Thanks for this.
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> My first question is on the term limits clause:
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> (ii) establish the length and maximum number of terms that any individual
> may hold office both successively and in total.
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> We will expect Chapters to sign the revised agreement before 1st of January
> 2018 to still be eligible for Chapter funding.
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> 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.
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