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ISOC Governance
From: Mike Roberts <mmr () darwin ptvy ca us>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 95 9:46:09 PDT
Several people have approached me recently on the subject of whether Educom would consider changing its opposition to the proposal to seat Advisory Council members on the Board of Trustees. The short answer is no. The longer answer is that this is an expedient scheme that does not address the underlying issues, of which the most important is the alignment of the economic support of the Society with its governance. As you know from my notes of last fall, Educom believes that the growth of the Internet makes an individual membership organization' not very useful. At least useful in the sense of doing those things that are essential for the long term health of the community and that no other organization is equipped to accomplish. Thus our proposal to convert ISOC into a federated organziation, with voting membership vesting in the hands of organizational reps. We would, however, consider a compromise alternative, in which voting control was divided in proportion to the percentage of economic support of ISOC provided by the individual members versus the chapters and organizational members. For instance, if organizational membership support was 80% of the budget, thjen 80 percent of the Board seats would go to organizations. - M.
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