[Chapter-delegates] Services, staff considerations, and so forth (was Re: ISOC LIVE - the reports of its death are exaggerated, but..)

[Christian de Larrinaga]

Ed - let's not inhibit discussion. The cha ac is only advisory on ISOC
board and is not a middle man between chapters and the board.  

Chapters have a duty to good governance to their own community. Their ISOC relationship is
probably the most important relationship of a chapter overall. So there
is a direct conversation to be had.  

It does make sense for the ChAC when advising the board to advise
for transparency and disclosure in the round. No harm to do that. But
discussion should be encouraged.

C


Eduardo Diaz via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> writes:

> This is a matter that the Chapter Advisory Steering Committee (ChAC-SC) can address by recommending the
> Board publish all detailed account information publicly. In fact, all matters discussed in this list that the Board
> should attend to should be channeled through the ChAC-SC as formal recommendations to the Board.
> Remember that all recommendations that go to the Board need to be approved by the ChAC membership so
> that when they get there, they are considered to be the voice of all the chapters and not of a few.
>
> -ed
>
> On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> wrote:
>
>  Dear colleagues,
>
>  On Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 11:01:11AM +0000, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond via Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
>  >We are not asking for analysis. Quite the contrary, we are asking for 
>  >more transparency on already existing report. We assume that they 
>  >exist because any firm would produce abbreviated accounts starting 
>  >from detailed accounts. As abbreviated figures are currently 
>  >published, we assume that detailed account exist. I would be very 
>  >concerned if details of every project budget in the Internet Society 
>  >did not exist. That would be alarming.
>
>  Yes, there are of course detailed accounts, and our accounts are audited annually.  Indeed, the reason the
>  Form 990 takes so long to post is because we have to wait for the results of the audit.
>
>  But as I said, a substantial change to the information (and its form and timing) that we release requires, in my
>  view, a change of board policy, whcih would need to be adopted by the Finance Committee and then the
>  Board of Trustees.
>
>  Best regards,
>
>  A
>
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