[Chapter-delegates] Chapter Formation in Iraq

[Ricky Mahabir]

Greetings from Suriname,

Thank you for the clarification Hana. Given the constraints the name is
then proper as per legal requirement.
I have no further objections and wish the team many successful projects.

Kind regards,

Ricky P. Mahabir
FY 2023 - 2024 Service Chairperson | Lions Club Parwani | (LC Member
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Commissaris Sportclub De Dolfijn (Bar, Keuken en Recreatie)
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2021-2023 Secretary ISOC Suriname Chapter (www.isoc.org)

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/ JCI Nilom

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rmahabir

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 11:08 AM Hana Sabbagh via Chapter-delegates <
chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
>
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> Thank you for your comments.
>
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> The NGO Directorate of the Iraqi government has terms and conditions for
> naming a not-for-profit organization, these terms are:
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>    1. The names of the proposed organization *should not* include the
>    following terms: (Iraqi, national, global, international, union,
>    professions, crafts, scientific, syndicate, seminary, society, council,
>    forum, association, center, farmers, fishing, cooperative, central).
>    2. The names of the proposed organization *must include* one of the
>    following specializations: (agricultural, culture, democracy, economic
>    development, education, environment, people with special needs, human
>    rights, media, humanitarian aid, children and orphans, public health,
>    public services, relief, youth, women’s affairs , art, sustainable
>    development).
>    3. The name of the organization *should be as* follows: Organization +
>    a clear proper noun that matches the specializations + one of the
>    specializations.
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> The chapter forming group sent several names to the NGO directorate and
> this was the one that was accepted. They are open to suggestions for names
> that fall within the above-mentioned criteria.
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>
> The chapter will be a separate legal entity and will be referred to as
> Internet Society Iraq Chapter.
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> Thank you
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Hana
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> *From: *Chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates-bounces at elists.isoc.org> on
> behalf of Andrew Sullivan via Chapter-delegates <
> chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> *Date: *Tuesday, 19 March 2024 at 3:38 PM
> *To: *chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
> >
> *Subject: *Re: [Chapter-delegates] Chapter Formation in Iraq
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 01:57:12AM +0000, Christopher Hawker via
> Chapter-delegates wrote:
>
> >  2.
> > chapters are distinct and separate legal entities from ISOC
>
> Yes, this is true.
>
> > as stated by Andrew Sullivan in his email to the Chapter Delegates list
> on 03/12/2024 at 03:16pm UTC "chapters do not have legal responsibilities
> to the Internet Society corporate body". This would mean that the chapter
> would have no legal responsibilities to ISOC.
>
> That way of stating things was perhaps infelicitous (or perhaps some
> context has been cut).  Chapters _do_ have legal responsibilities to the
> Internet Society corporate body, within the scope of the engagement
> letter.  For instance, chapters promise as part of their engagement to do
> certain things (like hold elections for officers); and if they don't do
> them then the various chapter processes kick in (this includes, for
> instance, ineligibility for certain kinds of funding or eventual
> dechartering or so forth).
>
> The main point I was trying to make in that message is that chapters are
> not legally a part of the Internet Society, but are independent legal
> entities.  This is not how chapters work in every organization.  For
> instance, in some cases, a "chapter" is really a branch office of the
> corporation itself.
>
> On the matter of the name, I will observe that we do not have a
> requirement that the entity that is recognized as the chapter must be named
> "Internet Society $place chapter", and many chapter organizations have
> names that are not of the usual "chapter" form.
>
> Best regards,
>
> A
>
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