Hi everybody
just a another small comment before the formulation starts, I do also
support a stronger role for the ISOC chapters as they play a major role
of THE forum for Internet diffusion in a lot of the developing countries.
regards
Tarek
On Tue, 9 May 2000, Kilnam Chon wrote:
> 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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