On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Pradeep Mohandas
<pradeep.mohandas@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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