[Chapter-delegates] Message from Internet Society Audit Committee Chair

['Andrew Sullivan']

On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 03:33:45PM +0100, Richard Hill wrote:
>
>From time to time, when the laws change in either the US or the chapter's
>country. In the case of Switzerland, the law in question has been stable for
>decades.

But it isn't just the laws.  The IRS issues interpretations about the tax code all the time, and they can also have an effect.  And in case it is not obvious, they don't provide a list of cases that might have been affected.  You are proposing a large potential cost for a benefit that literally nobody has so far in this thread has even attempted to describe, as near as I can tell.  There is nothing that prevents someone who is actually sitting as a member of the formal leadership of a Chapter from being appointed as a Trustee, but if they accept that appointment they have to give the other one up.  If any Chapter is so pressed for volunteers that there is nobody to step in under those circumstances, it raises doubts about the viability of the Chapter, surely?

In any case, I think I have provided all the information I am able to provide on this topic.  I recommend that people who want a change to the policy take it up with the Board's Governance Reform Working Group when that gets off the ground.

Best regards,

A

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