Hi, Alan, Just a point of clarification. The use of THROUGH was not meant to be critical. I was simply acknowledging that there might be some evil group that would have a large number of chapters spread around the world, all of which would join local RALOs, but would be crontrolled by that single entity in one Region as part of their efforts to take over the world. In my opinion, any rule/by-law for groups like RALOs should have a reason for being, which was thought through carefully. Enough novel events will appear over time to require adjustments to the rules. When the new event happens, it may be found that the rule does not address the new situation and some re-consideration will be in order. It is just not possible to predict all new events, so the spirit/principal/raison d'etre of the rule should be understood to enhance the adjustment, if an adjustment is required. This is why due diligence exists. The application in question seems to be that somewhat novel event, which requires some consideration. --bob On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Alan Greenberg wrote:
If we were to take this one to heart (which is not in our current rules), we would take a BIG hit in that many of our ALSs are ISOC Chapters.
The critical wording is "an organization join THROUGH local chapters". In the case of ISOC, I have not seen that happening.
Alan
At 26/11/2012 06:37 AM, Bob Bruen wrote:
It is not desirable to have an organization join several RALOs through local chapters, so that the central organization could acheieve undue influence.
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