[Chapter-delegates] ISOC's regional engagement

[Andrew Sullivan]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 09:15:39AM +0300, Hank Nussbacher via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
>Perhaps the right phrase you were looking for is "...and the US is one 
>of the most charitably-inclined economy on the planet", this way you 
>don't disparage many countries that have a greater inclination to 
>donate that the USA.

Yes, thanks for the correction, that's exactly what I meant.  I did not intend to disparage anyone and I apologize unreservedly for any offense I caused.

Also, of course, we are already chartered in the US and have the responsibility to raise funds there, yet we aren't very good at that (our individual contributions have always been anemic, though I will say that they have improved over the time I've been here.  In my first year, I am not joking, the number of donations was a single digit).  Registering in new countries implies costs related to reportings, filings, and so on, and they're not light given the scope of the audits we do every year.  So, I think it is wisest for us to get good at soliciting donations in the country where we're actually incorporated before we start trying to get good at it elsewhere.

Best regards,

A

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