Thanks, Christine, for a helpful detailed explanation. We have thought a bit about this in New York, where we have an active "uptown" membership in Harlem that might merit their own organization. It would really be a SIG under a different name. The word we came up with is "branch". Yet to initiate, but probably will in the next year. I just attended a Chapter Workshop in Philadelphia and again, was impressed by the DC Chapter's novel arrangement. They dispense with President, VP etc - and have two Convenors plus a 15 person Council. Plus 2 year term limits! I think the last is might be questionable, as we have seen with most Chapters there are always a few solid individuals who are the backbone, but the council idea is not unattractive. So maybe something like a national "Council" with separate branches for Mombasa and Nairobi might work? j On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Christine Saegesser <saegesser@isoc.org>wrote:
Hi all,
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We nevertheless see the difficulty of reaching out to various groups over a geographically very large area. Some solutions to this might include the creation of local "contact groups" or "interest groups" of a national Chapter (e.g. groups with a focus on specific ICT policy or technical issues). The members of these groups would still be direct members of the Internet Society Kenya Chapter (and thus members of ISOC).
I hope you find these explanations helpful - and sorry for the length of this message!
Best regards,
Christine
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