i agree with george.
in many developing countries, ISOC chapters are the first internet
organization, and tends to be the primary orgnization in these countries.
(ISOC-Benin, Ghana, Mexico,....)
i would propose overseas chapters of ISOC and other global organizations
are allowed to be the NCC members.
chon
On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 10:50:05AM -0400, George Sadowsky wrote:
> I can understand the reasoning behind this thinking, and in the case
> of ACM, with many chapters located in the United States, I would
> agree with it.
>
> However, where there are chapters located in foreign countries, the
> goals of the chapter tend to be more regional or national and often
> bring significant issues to the table that the parent organization
> would not. I think specifically of the Bulgarian chapter, which
> represents a set of issues not addressed by ISOC Headquarters, or the
> Mali chapter, which is a driving force in extending the Internet in
> that country, or the Madagascar Chapter, whose first meeting I
> attended last week.
>
> If we're focusing upon global Internet governance, then such
> organizations in particular countries, which are often the most
> concerned and involved, should have a voice. While I haven't
> followed the specific governance structure of this group, I'd argue
> that chapters of organizations in countries (other than that in which
> the parent resides) should be allowed to be members, even if the
> parent organization is a member.
>
> George Sadowsky
> (Vice President, Education, ISOC and former Board Member)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> At 10:34 AM -0400 5/8/00, Milton Mueller wrote:
> >Adam:
> >The reasons are pretty clear, and they were formed not specifically
> >to deal with
> >ISOC chapters but with all organizations that have multiple departments or
> >chapters.
> >
> >The thinking was that a single organization could multiply its influence
> >unreasonably by having various chapters join. There are, for
> >example, many local
> >ACM chapters as well as ISOC chapters. Or for that matter, any university has
> >potentially hundreds of separate departments. Rather than giving,
> >say, Syracuse
> >University multiple votes by having its computer science dept, its
> >policy school,
> >and its information school all join as separate "members," or having
> >30 different
> >ISOC chapters and ACM chapters join, it was decided that the fairest way to do
> >this was to have one representative for each organization.
> >
> >--MM
> >
> >Adam Peake wrote:
> >
> > > Would someone please clarify the rule on ISOC Chapter membership, they
> > > can't join as voting members, right?
> > >
> > > What's are the reasons for this.
>
>
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