[Chapter-delegates] NEWS: 83 ISOC ChAC Delegates approved the proposed amendments to the ChAC Charter today

Tue Dec 22 11:34:35 PST 2020

Dear Chapter Representatives,
With what I have read so far from Olivier's email, he (and many others)
deserve the respect to be recognized over the past five years based on how
they had tackled their responsibility, as a handful of loyal
representatives that worked more like a family than a team.

We only refer to great minds as "troublemakers"; the people who shape our
globe into a village and guide us right into the light when all seems dark.

Olivier is leaving the council with more than a bit of history and
challenged us for the future. I hope we can do more by not trying "to get
rid of " him, but calling them in dire times to give support. Besides, we
will always feel your presence with this golden mail that is touching.

Who deserves accolades? Who deserves the mention? Who deserves the
recognition? It's people like you who have led us this far, encouraging us
to do more by the hour.

To all past leadership and ISOC Staffs, thank you and Congratulations as we
move into another phase of leadership.

In the words of Eduardo Diaz, "May you have a peaceful, joyful and Safe
Holiday Season and a wonderful New Year".

Best Wishes,
Adebunmi Adeola Akinbo.

On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 6:51 PM Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via
Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am delighted that the vote for the amendments to the Chapter Advisory
> Council Charter has given approval, to such an extent that as many as 83
> chapters provided their approval. Congratulations to all.
>
> Unfortunately for me, after drumming so much support from so many chapters
> and encouraging chapters to attend the call, I demonstrated by ineptitude
> by wrongly saving the time at which the call was due to take place and I
> therefore missed it!
>
> It is my loss, as I was going to say a few words of thanks on the call, as
> this is my last year on the Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee.
> Instead, and sadly having missed the call, I will write my projected
> intervention here. The good thing for you is that here, if you are not
> interested, you can press the "delete" button *now*. :-)
>
> I have had the honour to serve on the Chapter Advisory Council Steering
> Committee every year since its inception in 2016, each time as the
> representative for Europe, and also as Vice Chair for the past three years.
> That is five years with a significant number of people that I wanted to
> thank.
>
> First, I wanted to thank the three Chairs under which I served:
>
> Avri Doria – New York Chapter - Chair
> Richard Hill – Switzerland Chapter – Chair
> Eduardo Diaz – Puerto Rico Chapter - Chair
>
> Without their leadership, the Chapter Advisory Council would not be where
> it is today. Even after spending so many years on Internet Governance
> issues, I have learned a lot from them and I am grateful for each of their
> leadership styles.
>
> Each year had its own members and I wanted to acknowledge them on the
> call. Some have served multiple years but I did not want to make this too
> long so I have only listed their first year of attendance.
>
> 2016
> Nadira Alaraj – Palestinian Chapter
> Babu Ram Aryal – Nepal Chapter
> Douglas Onyango – Uganda Chapter
> Rudi Vansnick – Belgium Chapter
> David Vyorst – US Washington DC Chapter
>
> 2017
> Ali Almeshal – Bahrain Chapter
> Jahangir Hossain – Bangladesh Dhaka Chapter
> Ram Mohan – US Philadelphia Chapter
> Janvier Ngoulaye – Cameroon Chapter
> Beatriz Rodriguez – Uruguay Chapter
>
> 2018
> Satish Babu – India Trivandrum Chapter
> Carlos Vera – Ecuador Chapter
> Ines Hfaiedh – Tunisia Chapter
> Nabil Bukhalid – Lebanon Chapter
> Sivasubramanian Muthusamy – India Chennai Chapter
>
> 2019
> Elaine Ford – Peru Chapter
> Susannah Gray – US San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
> Lilian Nalwoga – Uganda Chapter
> Amrita Choudhury – India Delhi Chapter
> Peter Koch – Germany Chapter
>
> 2020
> Jean-Pierre Darrès – Canada Québec Chapter
>
> A special mention goes to Satish Babu who has assumed the role of
> Secretary for several years and to Christine Saegesser, ISOC Staff, who has
> done such an excellent job in accompanying the Committee and in fact the
> whole Chapter Advisory Council, but also to Joyce Dogniez, also ISOC Staff,
> who was the first ISOC Staff to support the Advisory Council.
>
> Why list all of the people above? Because 1. they deserve the recognition
> and 2. this is a wonderful set of people from all around the world. As a
> result, I consider the experience that I have had on this Steering
> Committee, to be so enriching culturally, that I would recommend it to
> everyone. As the Steering Committee had a call every month and as it met
> face to face as many times as possible at IGF meetings or ICANN meetings,
> when it could, I consider all of the above people my friends. Thank you,
> boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, I miss you.
>
> No round of thanks will be complete without thanking the two "founding
> fathers" of the Chapter Advisory Council - Evan Leibovitch and John More.
> These two "troublemakers" put together years of discussions going round in
> circles, into a Charter and an action plan that gave rise to the ISOC
> Chapters Advisory Council. They were helped by a dozen people, again from
> around the world, back in 2013 and 2014. As a truly bottom-up, Chapters-led
> initiative, the whole history of the Chapters Advisory Council has shown
> that in five years, it has been possible for it to establish itself as the
> consensus based voice of the Chapters in the Internet Society structure.
> The vote today showed that it was also able to improve itself, and I hope
> that in the future, it will be possible to continue to do such improvements
> - thanks to the renewed support and involvement of the Chapters taking part
> in the Council.
>
> And finally I would like to thank all of you who are involved in
> representing your Chapter on the Chapter Advisory Council, who have renewed
> their trust in me five times. To be elected to the Steering Committee is a
> privilege and I have full confidence that next year's Steering Committee
> will bring more successes and achievements to be proud of, in keeping the
> dynamism of the Chapters alive.
>
> In the past weeks, contacting so many Chapters that had not yet voted, I
> realised how we are all humans and the current COVID19 pandemic has
> affected us all greatly. Some of you have caught COVID. Some of you have
> had a close family member catching COVID - indeed some of you have lost a
> close family member because of COVID. Some of you have lost their job and
> some are struggling and need to work extra hard to make ends meet. Some of
> you live in a part of the world where there are serious local political
> issues that threaten your daily life. How in the world did you find the
> time to respond and to take part in this vote and/or discussions on the
> Chapter Advisory Council given the extraordinary challenges you are facing?
> I do not know, but I do feel that there should be more recognition for
> people like you - and it infuriates me - literally my blood boils, when I
> hear ignorant people putting Chapters down. Such ignorance is not bliss -
> it is oblivion.
>
> I am not going far. I'll still be a Chapter Advisory Council Delegate for
> ISOC UK England. If you want to get rid of me, you are going to have to try
> harder than that. :-)
>
> Stay safe, and Best wishes for 2021,
>
> Olivier
>
> On 22/12/2020 17:03, Eduardo Diaz via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> All:
>
>
>
> This is to announce that the amendments to the Chapter Advisory Council
> (ChAC) Charter have been approved by 83 chapters during a ChAC meeting held
> today, 22 December 2020. The final tally was 83 in favor and 2
> abstentions.  The total number in favor was more than the 2/3 (76 out of
> 114 Chapters) majority required. You can watch the proceedings HERE
> <https://isoc.box.com/s/nxqvw70mohrof3le6r4289lr2my10if1> (
> https://isoc.box.com/s/nxqvw70mohrof3le6r4289lr2my10if1).
>
>
>
> The next step in the process is to send these results to the ISOC Board of
> Trustees (BoT) for its final approval.
>
>
>
> I would like to thank the ChAC Steering Committee (ChAC-SC) members which
> in unison put a lot of effort behind this. A token of much appreciation to
> German Fajardo (Colombia Chapter), Pierre-Jean Darres (Canada Québec
> Chapter) and Nabil Bukhalid (Lebanon Chapter) for the many hours that they
> put into preparing the proposed changes.
>
>
>
> Finally, I want to take this opportunity to say goodbye to everyone. I
> have chaired the ChAC-SC for the past two years and it has been a very
> rewarding experience. Now is time for others to continue this important
> work.
>
>
>
> May you have a peaceful, joyful and safe holiday season and a wonderful
> New Year.
>
>
>
> Eduardo Díaz
>
> Chair
>
> Chapter Advisory Council Steering Committee
>
> ISOC Puerto Rico
>
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