On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Pradeep Mohandas <pradeep.mohandas(a)gmail.com
wrote:
hi,
I don't think it's a good idea to
separate the chapter and the community.
The chapter is a membership-based organization and by definition an
umbrella organization which represents the community. There is no reason
for differentiation as long as it is volunteer work done by a chapter
member.
I think that although the chapter and community are volunteer based, the
chapter has more legal sanctity and is answerable as an organisation
against as a person being held responsible. Hence, it is important that
even the chapter and the community be seperated. As an action taken by a
member stating that he's taking on behalf of a chapter, makes the Chapter
answerable.
I think it is necessary to seperate the chapter and community as well.
Sure, I agree with the sentiment. The chapter is a legal entity and hence
accountable to its members and the state and national authorities.
However, what I was trying to convey is that if a member of a chapter (who
also happens to be a volunteer) executes a project, in that scenario, I
don't see a reason to differentiate whether the work was done by a
"community member" or a chapter, unless the volunteer member wishes to do
so.
In retrospect, I also understand the need for seperating the Foundation
activities as well. I think it is best to either go for total seperation of
community, chapter and Office or have general statements. This also makes
it necessary for people who hold multiple positions within Chapter and
Office to define their actions even more concretely since we're now
speaking in terms of transparency and accountability.
We will discuss overlapping roles and notify the community about our
decision. Thanks for the comments!
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