Dear Readers,
I put "gave up" in inverted commas precisely because I
did not know whether this was ever a dickered point. To
remove any ambiguity, one can "give up" an issue in one's
own internal thought process before ever communicating it
to the outside world.
I apologize if my use of "lawyer cant" created any misunder-
standing. Let me put this in normalspeak:
ISOC did not make an issue of chapter membership because
ISOC did not perceive a benefit to ISOC per se from empowering
the chapters. Chapters are good for ISOC, but they are sometimes
(like children) a source of embarrassment.
To reiterate the whole point here: the fears of some NCC members
that ISOC would somehow pull strings on its chapters and stack
the voting process in this constituency reflects a misunderstanding
of the relationship between ISOC and its chapters. The chapters
are not extra mouths for ISOC; they divert members' time and
money away from ISOC; they have their own priorities; and the
ongoing attempts to reduce ISOC to an impotent pariah in the
Internet Community are about as amusing as the rudeness of
an ostensibly grownup child on his or her way out the parental door.
There's no good reason not to afford ISOC chapters outside of
the United States a seat at the table.
Kevin J. Connolly
The opinions expressed are those of the author, not of Robinson Silverman Pearce Aronsohn & Berman LLP
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>>> Don Heath <heath@isoc.org> 05/11/00 09:36AM >>>
At 03:27 PM 5/11/00 +0900, Adam Peake wrote:
> >I suspect that the reason why ISOC "gave up" on the
> >issue of chapter membership precisely because the chapters are
> >beyond the control of the International.
>
>Kevin, you give the impression that ISOC at some time pushed for Chapter
>membership. Best I recall this has never been the case. ISOC has never
>pushed the issue.
Kevin usually gets it pretty straight, but you're correct Adam. Thanks.
Don
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